Information Technology in Nursing

Information technology sophistication in nursing homes.

OBJECTIVE There is growing recognition that a more sophisticated information technology (IT) infrastructure is needed to improve the quality of nursing home care in the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of IT sophistication in nursing homes considering the level of technological diversity, maturity and level of integration in resident care, clinical support, an...

Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home

Use of Information Resources for Clinical Decisions by Nurses and Nursing Students, and Its Barriers after Introducing Information Technology

Introduction: Holding computer skills training and information technology (IT) courses for nurses and delivering IT courses in nursing curriculum are of recent changes in nursing field. This study focuses on the identification and comparison of information sources used by nurses and nursing students after introducing information technology and identifying barriers to using them. Methods: This ...

Impact of Healthcare Information Technology on Nursing Practice.

PURPOSE To report additional mediation findings from a descriptive cross sectional study to examine if nurses' perceptions of the impact of healthcare information technology on their practice mediates the relationship between electronic nursing care reminder use and missed nursing care. DESIGN The study used a descriptive design. The sample (N = 165) was composed of registered nurses working ...

The effects of information technology on perioperative nursing.

Numerous advances in technology during the past decade require that nurses not only be knowledgeable in nursing science but that they also become educated in information technology (IT). Perioperative IT has the potential to improve the quality of health care, reduce costs, decrease medication administration errors, reduce time spent on paperwork, increase management efficacy, and allow afforda...