Table 2.
Results of Principal Component Analysis: Five-Factor solution
| Items | Factors | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Clinical informatics role (5 items, α = .91, N = 328, M (SD) = 2.62 (.91)) | |||||
| As a clinician (nurse), participate in the selection process, design, implementation and evaluation of systems. | .83 | ||||
| Market self, system, or application to others | .82 | ||||
| Promote the integrity of and access to information to include but not limited to confidentiality, legal, ethical, and security issues | .82 | ||||
| Seek resources to help formulate ethical decisions in computing | .83 | ||||
| Act as advocate of leaders for incorporating innovations and informatics concepts into their area of specialty | .83 | ||||
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2. Basic computer knowledge and skills (15 items, α = .94, N = 321, M (SD) = 3.86 (.71)) | |||||
| Use telecommunication devices | .73 | ||||
| Use the Internet to locate, download items of interest | .70 | ||||
| Use database management program to develop a simple database | .68 | ||||
| Use database applications to enter and retrieve information | .81 | ||||
| Conduct on-line literature searches | .74 | ||||
| Use presentation graphics to create slides, displays | .74 | ||||
| Use multimedia presentations | .74 | ||||
| Use word processing | .72 | ||||
| Use networks to navigate systems | .75 | ||||
| Use operating systems | .74 | ||||
| Use existing external peripheral devices | .79 | ||||
| Use computer technology safely | .8 | ||||
| Navigate Windows | .77 | ||||
| Identify the basic components of the computer system | .77 | ||||
| Perform basic trouble-shooting in applications | .81 | ||||
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3. Applied computer skills: Clinical informatics (4 items, α = .89, N = 330, M (SD) = 2.45 (1.03)) | |||||
| Use applications for diagnostic coding | .71 | ||||
| Use applications to develop testing materials | .69 | ||||
| Access shared data sets | .75 | ||||
| Extract data from clinical data sets | .77 | ||||
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4. Clinical informatics attitudes (4 items, α = .94, N = 332, M(SD) = 3.74 (.97)) | |||||
| Recognize that health computing will become more common | .82 | ||||
| Recognize human functions that can not be performed by computer | .83 | ||||
| Recognize that one does not have to be a computer programmer to make effective use of the computer in nursing | .83 | ||||
| Recognize the value of clinician involvement in the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of applications, systems in health care | .78 | ||||
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5. Wireless device skills (2 items, α = .90, N = 328, M(SD) = 2.75 (1.16)) | |||||
| Use wireless device to download safety and quality care resources | .77 | ||||
| Use wireless device to enter data | .76 | ||||
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| Pre-post mean difference - independent t-test | .92 * | .11 | .71* | .36* | .67* |
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| Sums of square loading % Extraction (cumulative) | 47.3 | 54.0 | 58.8 | 61.5 | 63.7 |
| Sums of squared loading % Rotation | 36.8 | 28.5 | 36.6 | 23.7 | 9.4 |
Extraction method: Principal Components Analysis, Rotation method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization,
*
P < .01 (2-tailed)