A Qualitative Evaluation of the Knowledge Levels of Nurses Regarding Informatics and Health Informatics: The Case of Atatürk Training and Research Hospital.
Aim: to examine the information technology and information management systems use of nurses working at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. Method: A qualitative research with purposeful sampling method was used. 31 of 430 nurses working at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital bet...
| Published in: | International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 555 - 567 |
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International Journal of Caring Sciences
Sep-Dec2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=110579131&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 110579131 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17915201 B92O jtl: International Journal of Caring Sciences issn: 17915201 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep-Dec2015 vid: 8 iid: 3 pid: 64496 pub: International Journal of Caring Sciences artinfo: ui: 110579131 110579131 110579131 110579131 ppf: 555 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Knowledge Levels of Nurses Regarding Informatics and Health Informatics: The Case of Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. aug: au: Çetin, Sibel Ergün, Mehmet Ali Tekindal, Mustafa Agah Tekindal, Benian Tekindal, Melike affil: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Patient Services and Healthcare Hotel Management Manager, Ankara, Turkey sug: subj: Health Informatics Utilization Nursing Informatics Utilization Nursing Knowledge Evaluation Human Turkiye Adult Male Female Qualitative Studies Purposive Sample Semi-Structured Interview Audiorecording Content Analysis Nurse Attitudes Health Information Management Computer Literacy Pilot Studies Information Technology Utilization Professional Competence Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Aim: to examine the information technology and information management systems use of nurses working at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. Method: A qualitative research with purposeful sampling method was used. 31 of 430 nurses working at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital between 15th of December 2010 and 10th of January 2011 participated in the study. Nurse Interview Form was prepared to collect data. Interviews were tape recorded, transcribed, and classified thematically. Data were analyzed through content analysis and the analysis yielded four main themes: "computer use, access, and obstacles", "use of information technology and its necessity for nurses", "health information systems", and "education for information technology". Results: Regarding computer use level, 25.81% of the nurses said, "sufficient"; 45.18% said, "medium"; and 29.03% said, "slightly sufficient". As to the programs used, 12.90% of the nurses used "Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) and the Internet"; 74.19% used "HIMS and at least two programs"; and 6.45% used "MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the Internet apart from HIMS". A great majority of the nurses think that computer use in work brings benefits. However, they think that computer use is currently limited due to lack of education, lack of computer, Internet access problems, and workload. Recommendations: Medical establishments should firstly focus on lack of education about the use of information technology among nurses. In addition, they should urgently deal with problems such as workload, the number of computers, Internet access, and technical support. Moreover, nursing training institutions should ascertain their deficiencies and rearrange their curricula. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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