Nurses' satisfaction with the use of PDA and analysis of its influencing factors

VernacularTitle:护士使用PDA满意度调查及影响因素分析
Author: Xueting WAN ¹ ; Yandong WANG ; Haina LIU ; Hong ZHANG
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1. 天津中医药大学护理学院
Keywords: Nurses; Private digital assistant; Satisfaction; Influencing factor
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(25):3234-3237
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore nurses' satisfaction with the use of private digital assistant (PDA) as well as its influencing factors, and to offer some reference for hospitals to introduce the mobile nursing information system.Methods Totally 568 nurses from 3 tertiary hospitals in Tianjin where PDA was applied were investigated and analyzed with the self-designed PDA Satisfaction Scale.Results The nurses' total score of PDA satisfaction was (3.15±0.57). There was statistically different difference between the scores of PDA satisfaction among the nurses with different education backgrounds, working years, titles and number of patients (F=3.091,1.461,3.961,5.596;P<0.05).Conclusions Nurses' satisfaction with the use of PDA is above average, and hospitals and relevant authorities should take effective measures to improve nurses' satisfaction with the use of PDA.