Table 5 Nurses’ responses to individual attitude items
From: Attitudes of nursing staff towards computerisation: a case of two hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya
KNH (%) | AKUH (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attitude statements | SA | A | U | D | SD | SA | A | U | D | SD |
A computer increases costs by increasing the nurses workload | 5.2 | 11 | 4.5 | 35.5 | 43.9 | 16.3 | Nil | 2.3 | 23.3 | 55.8 |
Costs of health care are likely to increase because of computers | 8.4 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 34.4 | 33.8 | 18.2 | 4.6 | 29.6 | 34.1 | 2.3 |
The time spent using a computer is out of proportion to the benefits | 5.9 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 32.2 | 42.8 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 36.6 | 41.5 | 13.6 |
Computers represent a violation of patient privacy | 6.7 | 17.3 | 8 | 31.3 | 36.7 | 17.1 | 14.6 | 22 | 34.2 | 12.2 |
Only one person at a time can use a computer terminal and, therefore, staff efficiency is inhibited. | 16.2 | 27.9 | 10.4 | 26.6 | 18.2 | 27.3 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 20.5 | 12.2 |
Computerization of nursing data offers nurses a remarkable opportunity to improve patient care | 49.7 | 35.5 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 40.9 | 29.6 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 27.3 |
Computers contain too much personal data to be used in an area as open as a nursing station | 14.7 | 27.6 | 5.1 | 30.1 | 22.4 | 11.6 | 20.9 | 4.7 | 44.2 | 18.6 |
Computers can cause nurses to give less time to quality nursing care | 8.3 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 35.3 | 38.5 | 14 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 53.5 |
If I had my way, nurses would never have to use computers | 4 | 4.6 | 4 | 15.1 | 72.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 16.3 | 72.1 |
Computers should only be used in the financial department | 4.6 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 17.7 | 73.9 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 80.5 |
Computers make nurses jobs easier | 51.7 | 31.1 | 6 | 7.3 | 4 | 60.5 | 25.6 | 7 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
Paperwork for nurses can be reduced greatly by the use of computers | 69.9 | 20.9 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 56.8 | 29.6 | 2.3 | 9.1 | 2.3 |
Orientation for new employees takes longer because of computers | 7.1 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 38.3 | 34.4 | 4.7 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 37.2 | 37.2 |
Nursing data cannot be manipulated using computers | 13.6 | 23.9 | 9.7 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 12.2 | 26.8 | 4.9 | 36.6 | 19.5 |
Computers save steps and allow the nursing staff to become more efficient | 43.5 | 35.7 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 3.9 | 47.7 | 29.6 | 2.3 | 13.6 | 6.8 |
The more computers in an institution, the less number of jobs for employees | 21.8 | 25 | 10.9 | 24.4 | 18 | 29.6 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 20.5 | 20.5 |
Increased computer use will allow nurses more time to give patient care | 45.3 | 26 | 9.3 | 14 | 5.3 | 37.8 | 29.7 | 8.1 | 16.2 | 8.1 |
Because of computers, nurses will face more law suits | 9.5 | 15.5 | 12.2 | 29.1 | 33.8 | 3 | 15.2 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 36.4 |
Computers can cause a decrease in communication between hospital departments | 7.3 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 28.7 | 46 | 16.7 | 16.7 | Nil | 30.6 | 36.1 |
Confidentiality will be sacrificed by patient records being computerized | 14 | 17.3 | 6 | 33.3 | 29.3 | 32.4 | 27 | 2.7 | 18.9 | 18.9 |