Personal digital assistant use by nurse practitioners: A descriptive study

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Stroud, Sally D ^a   Smith, Carol A ^b   Erkel, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Clinical decision making tool; Handheld computer; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149352813     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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