Developing an Evidence-Based Curriculum Designed to Help Psychiatric Nurses Learn to Use Computers and the Internet

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 302-314

  Koivunen, Marita ^a,b   Välimäki, Maritta ^a,c   Jakobsson, Tiina ^a,d   Pitkänen, Anneli ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Vocational Institution in the Espoo Region   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer; Evidence based education; Internet; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 51649101024     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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