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Main Authors: Colevins, Helen, Bond, Diana, Clark, Kathy
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ750588
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author Colevins, Helen
Bond, Diana
Clark, Kathy
author_facet Colevins, Helen
Bond, Diana
Clark, Kathy
Colevins, Helen
Bond, Diana
Clark, Kathy
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contents Nurse Refresher Students Get a Hand from Handhelds Colevins, Helen Bond, Diana Clark, Kathy Educational Technology Nurses Medical Libraries Hospitals Nursing Education Reentry Workers Computers Computer Uses in Education Professional Development Clinical Experience Computer Software Computer Attitudes Returning registered nurses face an uphill challenge when re-entering their field. To help ease the technology shock for nurses who have been out of the field for more than 5 years, info pros in one medical library collaborated with administrators of a nursing education program to purchase Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and load them with appropriate software as a strategy to expedite the students' orientation to the clinical area during their rotations in hospitals. This article describes the steps they followed and what they learned.
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spellingShingle Nurse Refresher Students Get a Hand from Handhelds
Colevins, Helen
Bond, Diana
Clark, Kathy
Educational Technology
Nurses
Medical Libraries
Hospitals
Nursing Education
Reentry Workers
Computers
Computer Uses in Education
Professional Development
Clinical Experience
Computer Software
Computer Attitudes
Nurse Refresher Students Get a Hand from Handhelds Colevins, Helen Bond, Diana Clark, Kathy Educational Technology Nurses Medical Libraries Hospitals Nursing Education Reentry Workers Computers Computer Uses in Education Professional Development Clinical Experience Computer Software Computer Attitudes Returning registered nurses face an uphill challenge when re-entering their field. To help ease the technology shock for nurses who have been out of the field for more than 5 years, info pros in one medical library collaborated with administrators of a nursing education program to purchase Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and load them with appropriate software as a strategy to expedite the students' orientation to the clinical area during their rotations in hospitals. This article describes the steps they followed and what they learned.
title Nurse Refresher Students Get a Hand from Handhelds
topic Educational Technology
Nurses
Medical Libraries
Hospitals
Nursing Education
Reentry Workers
Computers
Computer Uses in Education
Professional Development
Clinical Experience
Computer Software
Computer Attitudes
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ750588