title: Attitudes of nurses toward computerization: a replication.
abstract: To assess the attitudes of nurses toward computerization, Stronge and Brodt's questionnaire, Assessment of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Computerization was used to survey head nurses, staff registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses in a 500-bed hospital. Nurses' attitudes were generally favorable toward computers and there were no significant differences in attitudes by nurses' job title, level of education, age, or years of nursing experience. Previous experience with computers was the only variable significantly related to total mean score with those nurses who had previously used computers having significantly (p less than 0.001) more favorable attitudes toward computers than those who reported no previous computer use. A factor analysis was obtained; five factors emerged. Although the factors are similar to the categories identified by Stronge and Brodt, results of the factor analysis suggest response bias.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103-2739.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Smeltzer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jasion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000592:standards; D004522:Educational Status; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires