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Computer knowledge, attitudes, and skills of nurses in People's Hospital of Beijing Medical University.
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The first Chinese Hospital Information Systems (HIS) pilot was implemented at People's Hospital of Beijing Medical University. The study assessed nurses’ computer knowledge, attitudes, and skills and examined their interrelationships, and proposed strategies to improve them. Nurses were surveyed using the NCKQ, NCAS, and NCSS instruments developed by the investigators. Nurses displayed moderate computer knowledge and skills and neutral attitudes; skills correlated positively with knowledge and attitudes, but knowledge and attitudes were not correlated.
The first Chinese Hospital Information Systems (HIS) was used as a pilot project at People's Hospital, of Beijing Medical University (BMU). To assess the computer knowledge, attitudes, and skills of nurses working in the hospital, and to examine the relationships among these factors, 169 staff nurses working on clinical units were surveyed by proportionate stratified random sampling. Computer knowledge, attitudes, and skills were measured, by a nurses' computer knowledge questionnaire (NCKQ), nurses' computer attitude scale (NCAS), and nurses' computer skill scale (NCSS), respectively, developed by the investigators. Data analysis showed that the overall computer knowledge and skills of nurses were at moderate levels and the computer attitudes were neutral. Nurses' computer skills were significantly and positively correlated with both computer knowledge and computer attitudes; however, no significant correlation was found between computer knowledge and computer attitudes. Strategies to enhance nurses' computer knowledge, attitudes, and skills were proposed.