Attitudes of Australian nurses to information technology in the workplace: A national survey

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-121

  Eley, Robert ^a   Soar, Jeffrey ^a   Buikstra, Elizabeth ^a   Fallon, Tony ^a   Hegney, Desley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Information technology; Nurses' attitudes; Nursing informatics; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67949103709     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e318197557e     Document Type: Article

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