Table 2.

Clinical tasks conducted by nurses by device and location of use (N = 1751 tasks)

Location	Clinical task	Tablet PC	Generic COW	Ergonomic COW	Stationary PC	Total (% of total tasks)
Bedside
	Review chart	1	5	-	-	6
	Prepare drug	1	28	1	-	30
	Administer drug	3	30	2	-	35
	Witnessing drug	1	6	1	-	8
	Ordering drug/test	-	1	-	-	1
	Drug information	-	1	-	-	1
	Viewing results	-	1	-	-	1
	Documenting others	-	3	1	-	4
	Total	6	75	5	-	86 (4.9%)
Patient’s room
	Review chart	-	65	4	-	69
	Prepare drug	4	348	10	-	362
	Administer drug	6	396	11	-	413
	Unchart drug	-	7	1	-	8
	Witnessing drug	3	62	3	-	68
	Ordering drug/test	-	14	2	-	16
	Changing/canceling drug	-	1	-	-	1
	Reorder drug	-	1	-	-	1
	Drug information	-	12	1	-	13
	Viewing results	-	2	-	-	2
	Documenting others	1	38	-	-	39
	Total	14	946	32	-	992 (56.7%)
Medication room
	Prepare drug	-	2	-	-	2
	Administer drug	-	2	-	-	2
	Ordering drug/test	-	1	-	-	1
	Total	-	5	-	-	5 (0.3%)
Workstation
	Review chart	-	1	-	1	2
	Prepare drug	-	1	-	5	6
	Administer drug	-	8	-	6	14
	Witnessing drug	-	8	-	10	18
	Total	-	18	-	22	40 (2.3%)
Corridor
	Review chart	2	96	10	2	110
	Prepare drug	2	187	9	3	201
	Administer drug	1	203	6	1	211
	Unchart drug	-	6	-	-	6
	Witnessing drug	2	63	2	-	67
	Ordering drug/test	-	9	-	-	9
	Reorder drug	-	1	-	1	2
	Drug information	-	7	-	-	7
	Viewing results	-	1	-	-	1
	Documenting others	-	11	1	-	12
	Other task	-	1	-	-	1
	Total	7	585	28	7	627 (35.8%)
Multiple locations
	Prepare drug	-	1	-	-	1
	Total	-	1	-	-	1 (0.06%)
Total		27	1630	65	29	1751 (100%)