Supporting nurse decision making in primary care: Exploring use of and attitude to decision tools

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Randell, Rebecca ^a   Mitchell, Natasha ^b   Thompson, Carl ^b   McCaughan, Dorothy ^b   Dowding, Dawn ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision tools; Nurse decision making; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 60449095604     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458208099864     Document Type: Article

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