Intensive care nurses' interest in clinical personal digital assistants

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Faulk, Jeanette F ^a   Savitz, Lucy A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349091556     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2009570     Document Type: Article

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