Nursing informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students.
Background: The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to determine final year nursing students' percept...
| Publicado en: | Curationis Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9 |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
2022
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