Staff nurses' readiness to use computer system in clinical practice at Shebin Elkom Hospitals | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 9, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-155 PDF (255.62 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029308 | ||
| Author | ||
| Nermin Mohamed Eid | ||
| Assistant Prof. of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Meofiya University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nurses are being challenged to the use of computers into their daily work, it is imperative to understand nurses’ readiness towards the use of computers in order to ensure a successful implementation. Aim is to assess the critical care staff nurses' readiness to use computer system in clinical practice at Shebin Elkom University Hospital and Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospital. Sample was consisting of all staff nurses working in the critical care units at Shebin Elkom University Hospital and Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospital during the study time (152 nurses).Tool: Questioner sheet was used for data collection (49 items). The results indicated that all of the studied nurses in Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospital were agreed with that computer is very important in nursing practice, and the majority of them were agreed with that computers system help to improve nurse performance at work. Total staff nurses have a moderate skills level of using computer and Shebin Elkom University Hospital staff nurses had more knowledge about computer using than Teaching Hospital, most of the staff nurses are aware by the benefits of using computer. The highly cost to provide a large numbers of computers, and no enough spaces in the patients' room are barriers of apply using computer. Nearly all of studied subject were agreed with providing computer programs according to nurses' educational level to overcome these barriers. The study concluded that, highest percent of staff nurses were having readiness to use computer system in nursing practice. The study recommended; nurses need for organizational support includes organizing education and giving training programs for the staff nurses to overcome some of their fears about using computer. Generating supportive written instructions for how to use the computer system before the implementation of the new application. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Staff nurses readiness; computer system; information system | ||
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