Do beliefs about hospital technologies predict nurses' perceptions of their ability to provide quality care?: a study in two pediatric hospitals

Authors:
Ben-Tzion Karsh;Kamisha Escoto;Samuel Alper;Richard Holden;Matthew Scanlon;Kathleen Murkowski;Neal Patel;Theresa Shalaby;Judi Arnold;Rainu Kaushal;Kathleen Skibinski;Roger Brown
Affiliations:
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI;Policy School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI;Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI;Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee;Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee;Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee;Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York;School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI;School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Human interface: Part I
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that nurse perceptions of technology they use in practice would affect their perception that they were able to provide high quality patient care. A survey assessing the variables was administered to 337 pediatric nurses from two academic freestanding pediatric hospitals in the US. Two separate equations were constructed, one to test whether technology perceptions affected individual quality of care and the other to test whether technology perceptions affected quality of care provided by the nursing unit. Nurse confidence in their ability to use hospital technology and their beliefs that the technologies were easy to use, useful, and fit their tasks are important predictors of nurse beliefs that they are able to provide quality care to their patients.