Computer usage among nurses in rural health-care facilities in South Africa: Obstacles and challenges

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-510

  Asah, Flora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; Computer; Information technology; KwaZulu Natal; Nurses; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTERS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOFTWARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84876166099     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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