What is Your Informatics Skills Level? --The Reliability of an Informatics Competency Measurement Tool
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To determine the reliability of the nursing informatics selfassessment tool which was developed and extended from Kaminski’s assessment tool among health care students. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant difference in participant responses for a test/retest survey completed by nursing students.
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