Joan Webster|James B. Davis|Victoria L. Holt|Glenys Stallan|Karen New|Tania Yegdich
Australian nurses' and midwives' knowledge of computers and their attitudes to using them in their practice
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|Royal Women's Hospital|Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|Royal Women's Hospital|Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|Royal Women's Hospital
introduction new information retrieval system use health service staff large tertiary referral hospital provided excellent opportunity nurses make greater use evidence inform practice however extent nurses able access resource unknownthe aim study obtain information test nurses knowledge computers attitudes using practiceduring october 2001 computer use questionnaire attached pay advice slips nursing staff royal brisbane royal womens hospital n 1708 staff asked return completed questionnaire preaddressed return envelope encourage prize gold class cinema pass two offeredof 1708 questionnaires distributed 590 returned giving 345 response rate computer use influenced education nursing seniority age length time service lesser extent genderinformation study assisted planners educators identify clusters nurses target interventions area results also used assess success interventions