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Technological change : Building the future : an integrated strategy for nursing human resources in Canada

12 May 2005

Several themes emerged from this literature review: the evolution of technology in nursing practice; the use of technology by and the impact of technology on the staff nurse; the implications of technological change for the nurse manager; the need for increased basic nursing education related to technology; and the need for increased continuing education for nurses in information technology. [...] Geographic variations in the investment and funding allocation of health care technology results in variations in the use of technology and in the impact of technology experienced by nurses in different provinces and territories. [...] This study uses nation-wide data collected across all sectors of nursing employment for the Steps 5 and 6 of the study Building the Future: An integrated strategy for nursing human resources in Canada, so as to better understand the nursing/technology relationship in the following areas: Factors affecting the adoption of technologies, confidence in using technology, ratings of training adequacy an [...] With sample weights applied, the sample was representative of the 2002 nursing population in regards to the distributions of nursing group, geographic location, sector and age.2 The average age of sample was 45.4 (45.1, 45.5, 47.1 for LPNs, RNs and RPNs, respectively); more than 95% of LPNs and RNs and 81% of RPNs were female; 5% of LPNs had RN diplomas or higher; 35% of RNs and 10% of RPNs had co [...] The questions directed respondents to identify the following domain areas: 1) the incidence of technological use, 2) staff nurses’ confidence in using technologies, 3) the amount of training/instruction provided in basic nursing education in using technological tools, 4) the adequacy of training/instruction provided by current employers; and 5) the perceptions of nurses regarding the impact of spe
health gender education economics science and technology psychology communication empowerment canada employment informatics medicine nursing autonomy health care nursing care patient care nurse computing and information technology health informatics lpns nursing practice lpn medical innovations staff nurses
ISBN
0973805161
Pages
67
Published in
Canada

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