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@#Introduction: Nurses play a vital role in the care and prevention of ulcers in patients with diabetic foot. Patient education, prevention of ulcers and rehabilitation are some of the vital aspects that nurses provide on a daily basis. Thus, good knowledge and attitude of nurses towards diabetic foot ulcers and its care will ensure better patient care. Objectives: The aim is to study the level of knowledge and attitude of nurses towards diabetic foot ulcers and its care in Hospital Segamat, Malaysia. Methods: A validated questionnaire was used between February 2019 to May 2019 covering area such as demography, predisposing factors of ulcer formation, characteristics of ulcers, complications of ulcers, and attitude towards diabetic foot care. Results: A total of 101 nurses took part and 57% of the participants scored poorly in the knowledge section of the questionnaire. In all 72% had scored poorly when asked regarding complications of diabetic foot ulcers; 49.5% of the nurses had positive attitude towards diabetic foot care; and 79.3% thought that care for diabetic foot ulcer is timeconsuming. Majority of them think that their colleagues are the main source of information. All demographic variables were deemed to be confounders with the knowledge and attitude of nurses towards diabetic foot ulcers and its care. Conclusions: Nurses in this centre had poor knowledge towards diabetic foot ulcers and its care. None of the variable studied were correlated with the level know knowledge. Good or poor knowledge of nurses does not correspond equally to good or poor attitude towards diabetic foot ulcers care. More frequent formal training of diabetic foot care would be needed to ensure better knowledge.
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PURPOSE: to measure the nurses need for the Hospital Information System(HIS) and identify the change of nurses' attitude toward computerization in pre and post HIS implementation. METHOD: Prospective survey using repeated measures design. The subjects were 166 nurses working at surgical units in a tertiary and teaching hospital. Questionnaire was developed by researchers based on the Stronge and Brodt s study (1985). Cronbach' s coefficient was 0.80. RESULT: Nurses' attitudes toward computerization were positive in pre and post Hospital Information Systems. Favorable attitude of staff nurses significantly increased after computerization. Those who were higher position, highly educated, and working longer at their hospital had more favorable attitude toward computerization. Nurses wanted a computerization of works related to laboratory tests and order check most. After computerization, nurses evaluated works related to laboratory tests and order most convenient. CONCLUSION: Appropriate reflection of nurses' need on computerization improved their favorableness towards computerization.