Love, hate, or indifference: How nurses really feel about the electronic health record system

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Sassen, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a MSN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HATE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LOVE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HATE; HUMANS; LOVE; MEDLINE; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 70349097669     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181b2162a     Document Type: Article

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