Disposition of Nursing Staff Toward Using Information Systems | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 5, Volume 6, Issue 15, December 2018, Pages 37-45 PDF (504.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2018.59650 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sanaa A. Mohamed1; Fatma R. Mohamed2; & Nahed S. Abo- El-Magd3 | ||
| 1Nursing Specialist in the Technical Secondary of Nursing, School for Girls at Assuit City, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Currently hospitals are spending much money in Information Systems (IS) to enhance quality of care, efficiency and safety. Aim: The study aimed to assess the disposition of nursing staff toward using information systems. Research design: A descriptive design was carried out in this study. Setting: The study was performed at Intensive care units of Assuit University Hospitals (Chief Assuit University Hospital, Women Health Hospital and Pediatric University Hospital) Subjects: A convenient sample (250) of nursing staff from the previous setting. Tools of the study: Two tools were used, the first one was: A self-administered questionnaire about Knowledge of nursing staff about using information systems and the second one was: A self-administered questionnaire about nursing staff attitudes toward using information systems Results: The nursing staff have good knowledge and positive attitudes toward using information systems and there was a positive relationship between all variables of the study participants' knowledge and total score of attitudes toward using information systems with great statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The nursing staff have good knowledge and positive attitudes toward using information systems. Recommendation: The study recommended that, Hospital administration should work to implement a health information system for the hospital. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Disposition; information systems; Knowledge; Attitudes & Nursing Staff | ||
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