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Nurses' attitudes toward the use of the bar-coding medication administration system.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20182162     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study determines nurses' attitudes toward bar-coding medication administration system use. Some of the factors underlying the successful use of bar-coding medication administration systems that are viewed as a connotative indicator of users' attitudes were used to gather data that describe the attitudinal basis for system adoption and use decisions in terms of subjective satisfaction. Only 67 nurses in the United States had the chance to respond to the e-questionnaire posted on the CARING list server for the months of June and July 2007. Participants rated their satisfaction with bar-coding medication administration system use based on system functionality, usability, and its positive/negative impact on the nursing practice. Results showed, to some extent, positive attitude, but the image profile draws attention to nurses' concerns for improving certain system characteristics. The high bar-coding medication administration system skills revealed a more negative perception of the system by the nursing staff. The reasons underlying dissatisfaction with bar-coding medication administration use by skillful users are an important source of knowledge that can be helpful for system development as well as system deployment. As a result, strengthening bar-coding medication administration system usability by magnifying its ability to eliminate medication errors and the contributing factors, maximizing system functionality by ascertaining its power as an extra eye in the medication administration process, and impacting the clinical nursing practice positively by being helpful to nurses, speeding up the medication administration process, and being user-friendly can offer a congenial settings for establishing positive attitude toward system use, which in turn leads to successful bar-coding medication administration system use.
Authors:
Sana Daya Marini; Arie Hasman; Huda Abu-Saad Huijer; Hani Dimassi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1538-9774     ISO Abbreviation:  Comput Inform Nurs     Publication Date:    2010 Mar-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-25     Completed Date:  2010-05-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101141667     Medline TA:  Comput Inform Nurs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  112-23     Citation Subset:  IM; N    
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. sd01@aub.edu.lb
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Attitude to Computers*
Diffusion of Innovation
Drug Labeling
Drug Therapy / nursing
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Order Entry Systems / organization & administration
Medication Errors / nursing,  prevention & control,  statistics & numerical data
Medication Systems, Hospital / organization & administration*
Middle Aged
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital / education,  psychology*
Patient Identification Systems / organization & administration*
Point-of-Care Systems / organization & administration*
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Safety Management
United States
User-Computer Interface

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