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Nurses' Evaluation of Computerized Medication Management.

PB2008108936

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Staggers, N. T.
Page Count	86
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to discover safe and effective tasks in medication management for nurses; create a new electronic Medication Administration Record, or eMAR; and formally and informally assess this new eMAR. The samples mean computer experience (knowledge and use) for general computers and clinical information systems was 134 out of a possible of 256, indicating a moderate amount of experience and a gradual increase from previous nurse samples assessed by the PI. The innovative eMAR was well received. The QUIS (Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction) scores ranged from 80 percent to 89 percent satisfaction (mean scores of 7.2 to 7.5) on the various subscales, meaning that the new eMAR had positive ratings. The participants comments were positive overall and enthusiastic from some of the sample. Comments for improvement included methods to make the current patients name even more obvious, expanding the number of viewable medications to their maximum, and exploring faster methods for settings like Labor and Delivery. Nurses did not score high in accuracy when asked to identify information out of the view of view.
Keywords	Nurses Drugs Management information systems Evaluation Pharmacology Safety Patients Clinical medicine Information systems Questionnaires Data base management electronic Medication Administration Record(eMAR)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Coll. of Nursing.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200815

Nurses' Evaluation of Computerized Medication Management.

Nurses' Evaluation of Computerized Medication Management.
PB2008108936

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Staggers, N. T.
Page Count	86
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to discover safe and effective tasks in medication management for nurses; create a new electronic Medication Administration Record, or eMAR; and formally and informally assess this new eMAR. The samples mean computer experience (knowledge and use) for general computers and clinical information systems was 134 out of a possible of 256, indicating a moderate amount of experience and a gradual increase from previous nurse samples assessed by the PI. The innovative eMAR was well received. The QUIS (Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction) scores ranged from 80 percent to 89 percent satisfaction (mean scores of 7.2 to 7.5) on the various subscales, meaning that the new eMAR had positive ratings. The participants comments were positive overall and enthusiastic from some of the sample. Comments for improvement included methods to make the current patients name even more obvious, expanding the number of viewable medications to their maximum, and exploring faster methods for settings like Labor and Delivery. Nurses did not score high in accuracy when asked to identify information out of the view of view.
Keywords	Nurses Drugs Management information systems Evaluation Pharmacology Safety Patients Clinical medicine Information systems Questionnaires Data base management electronic Medication Administration Record(eMAR)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Coll. of Nursing.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200815