Information technology adoption has been studied extensively and PDA usage patterns have been examined in many user groups. However, no attempts have been made to investigate the factors that affect nurses' decisions to use PDAs in their daily clinical practice. Thus, the primary aim of this study was to examine nurses' IT adoption behaviors by studying factors that affect nurses' decisions to use or not use PDAs in their practice. This study used a descriptive design that employed a web survey to answer the study's research questions. The questionnaire was made available from PDA survey web site (http://www.pda-survey.com) from November 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. Nurses were eligible to participate if they: (1) were age 18 years or older, (2) knew what a PDA is, and (3) able to use the Internet to submit the survey. A total of 313 responses were received during the data collection period. Among those responses, 219 were retained for the analyses (30 response...

Nurses' acceptance of handheld computers