護理人員使用行動護理站之成效探討

Translated title of the contribution: Exploring Nurse, Usage Effectiveness of Mobile Nursing Station

Fang Mei Chang, Ting-Ting Lee*, Kuan Chia Lin

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A mobile nursing station is an innovative cart that integrates a wireless network, information technology devices, and online charts. In addition to improving clinical work and workflow efficiencies, data is integrated among different information systems and hardware devices to promote patient safety.Purpose: This study investigated the effectiveness of mobile nursing cart use. We compared different distributions of nursing activity working samples to evaluate the nursing information systems in terms of interface usability and usage outcomes.Methods: There were two parts of this study. Part one used work sampling to collect nursing activity data necessary to compare a unit that used a mobile nursing cart (mobile group, n = 18) with another that did not (traditional group, n = 14). Part two applied a nursing information system interface usability questionnaire to survey the mobile unit with nurses who had used a mobile nursing station (including those who had worked in this unit as floating nurses) (n = 30) in order to explore interface usability and effectiveness.Results: We found that using the mobile nursing station information system increased time spent on direct patient care and decreased time spent on indirect patient care and documentation. Results further indicated that participants rated interface usability as high and evaluated usage effectiveness positively. Comments made in the open-ended question section raised several points of concern, including problems / inadequacies related to hardware devices, Internet speed, and printing.Conclusion: This study indicates that using mobile nursing station can improve nursing activity distributions and that nurses hold generally positive attitudes toward mobile nursing station interface usability and usage effectiveness. The authors thus encourage the continued implementation of mobile nursing stations and related studies to further enhance clinical nursing care.
Translated title of the contributionExploring Nurse, Usage Effectiveness of Mobile Nursing Station
Original languageChinese (Traditional)
Pages (from-to)32-40
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Nursing
Volume60
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2013

Keywords

  • interface usability
  • mobile nursing station
  • observation
  • questionnaire survey
  • work sampling

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