Author Affiliations: University of Wisconsin-Madison and Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL (Dr Kossman); and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, IL (Ms Scheidenhelm).
Financial Disclosure: Dr Kossman is supported by a National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship (1F37 LM009063-01).
Funding/Support: The study was supported by a grant from Xi Pi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, International.
Previous Presentation: Preliminary findings of this research were presented at the Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics, Baltimore, MD, July 20-23, 2005 and Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, March 31-April 3, 2006 conferences and the 9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics Seoul, South Korea, June 11-14, 2006 (NI2006).
Corresponding author: Susan P. Kossman, RN, PhD, Campus Box 5810, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-5810 (s[email protected]).