title: The affective outcomes of course work on computer technology in nursing.
abstract: At the University of Iowa, nursing students are introduced to computer technology as one unit in a course designed to explore nursing as a profession. A single group, pretest/posttest design was used to evaluate changes in attitudes associated with the course work. Relationships of attitudes scores and eight background variables were studied. Posttest attitudes scores were significantly higher than pretest scores. The attitudes scores were positively related to skills scores at a statistically significant level of .05, with no significant relationship between attitudes scores and knowledge base scores. Four of the eight background factors were related to the attitudes scores at a statistically significant level of .05.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City 52244.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weiler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*