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Nurses' Perceptions of Using a Pocket PC for Shift Reports and Patient Care

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  • Karen Chang

    (Purdue University, USA)

  • Kyle D. Lutes

    (Purdue University, USA)

  • Melanie L. Braswell

    (Purdue University, USA)

  • Jacqueline K. Nielsen

    (Purdue University, USA)

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Nurses working in hospitals with paper-based systems often face the challenge of inefficiency in providing quality nursing care. Two areas of inefficiency are shift-to-shift communication among nurses and access to information related to patient care. An integrated IT system, consisting of Pocket PCs and a desktop PC interfaced to a hospital’s mainframe system, was developed. The goal was to use mobile IT to give nurses easier access to patient information. This paper describes the development of this system and reports the results of a pilot study: a comparison of time spent in taking and giving shift reports before and after the study and nurses’ perceptions of the mobile IT system. Results showed significant difference in taking shift reports and no significant difference in giving shift reports. Nurses stated that quick and easy access to updated patient information in the Pocket PC was very helpful, especially during mainframe downtime.

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  • Karen Chang & Kyle D. Lutes & Melanie L. Braswell & Jacqueline K. Nielsen, 2006. "Nurses' Perceptions of Using a Pocket PC for Shift Reports and Patient Care," International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), IGI Global, vol. 1(1), pages 52-63, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jhisi0:v:1:y:2006:i:1:p:52-63
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