Nurses and technology: an international survey

This paper reports the results of a survey to investigate nurses' comfort with, and concerns regarding, the electromedical and computer equipment they use in their daily practice. Hospitals were surveyed in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Singapore, and South Africa. Fourteen hospitals participated and a total of 933 responses were received. The analysis of the responses revealed that nurses are concerned about the training they are receiving on both technologies, the impact that computer time has on their workload, and the reliability and accessibility of these systems and devices.