Factors affecting the use of nursing information systems in Taiwan.
OBJECTIVE
This paper reports a study to test a proposed model of factors (demographic variables, computer experience and perceived technology characteristics) influencing the efficient use of a computerized nursing care planning system by hospital clinical nurses.


BACKGROUND
Although nursing information systems have been used in health care institutions, little research has explored the efficiency of computer use in nurses' daily practice.


METHODS
A secondary data analysis was applied to focus on clinical nurses' daily computer use. The original data were collected from a medical centre in Taiwan to establish the reliability and validity of a scale to evaluate computerized nursing care plan systems.


RESULTS
Younger nurses with more education, less computer knowledge and less usage pressure, and who perceived that they had less usage benefit, more education training and usability regarding system use, spent less time on the computerized nursing care plan.


CONCLUSIONS
The results can be used for further organization of education programmes and as a reference for training strategies. Further examination and analysis of item content are suggested.
Lee
Ting-Ting
TT
Nursing Department, National Taipei College of Nursing, 365 Min-Td Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. tingting@mail1.ntcn.edu.tw
Lee
Tzu-Ying
TY
Lin
Kuan-Chia
KC
Chang
Pi-Chen
PC
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013624:Taiwan