| The problem was a gap in knowledge regarding the stress nurses experience with electronic medical records. The participants were mostly female nurses working in a hospital during and 6-months after implementation of an electronic medical record. The Clinical Index of Stress was used to measure stress levels and two questionnaires were utilized to determine specific stressors and coping mechanisms. The findings represented no significant increase in stress overall at implementation and 6-months after implementation. There was a significant correlation between increased stress levels and increased age of participant with a Pearson coefficient of 0.771. The conclusions drawn indicate that age plays a major role in the nurse's stress during the implementation of electronic medical record. The nurses recommended using more practice scenarios and increasing the number of classes offered, as well as having more resources available on the floor at implementation can ease the stress level of nurses.;Keywords: Electronic Medical Record, Nurses, Stress, Index of Clinical Stress. |
