Factors influencing nurses' attitudes towards healthcare information technology

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 606-612

  Huryk, Laurie A ^a  

^a Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Computers; Electronic health records; Nurses' attitudes; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957123688     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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