Nurses' experience of using electronic patient records in everyday practice in acute/inpatient ward settings: A literature review

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-72

  Stevenson, Jean E ^a   Nilsson, Gunilla C ^a   Petersson, Göran I ^a   Johansson, Pauline E ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computers; Electronic records; Nurses' experience; Nursing documentation; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77953560020     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458209345901     Document Type: Article

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