Post-basic nursing students' access to and attitudes toward the use of information technology in practice: A descriptive analysis

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 876-882

  Nkosi, Z Z ^a   Asah, F ^b   Pillay, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computer systems; Post basic nursing students; Unit management and information technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING INFORMATICS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 80054019133     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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