Computerization readiness

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kivuti, Lucy Wanjuki ^a,b   Chepchirchir, Angeline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computerization; Knowledge; Nurse managers; Practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952636817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10899758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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