Nuts and Bolts PDA Powerpoint

This PDA training powerpoint was designed by the University of South Dakota. It is easy to see and easy to understand. It will help nurses learn how to start to use a PDA.

Nuts and Bolts Palm Training

Why Nurses Should Use PDAs

Power point presentation by Kathleen Bauer. Excellent introduction to PDAs for nursing. Could be used in a nursing class (with permission, of course).

A Healthcare Library at the Bedside

Personal Note

Tomorrow I am going to get on the Ferry to meet my husband in another town. We are going to take our commercial fishing boat out to troll for Silver Salmon, known as Cohos around here. So I won't be working on my PDA project for a while.

The Best Description of How a PDA Works

Craig C. Freudenrich gave the best description of how a PDA works. This is a good website for someone (like me) who doesn't understand information technology very well.

How PDAs Work

by Craig C. Freudenrich, Ph.D.

I am working on helping nurses to be able to use PDAs in their personal and professional lives. To start I have identified the following things nurses need to know to help them use PDAs

Preliminary
1.1 Need to overcome attitude barriers
1.2 Need to know why they should be using a PDA
1.3 Need to be information technology (IT) literate – to some degree

Startup
2.1 Need to know what a PDA can do
2.2 Need to know which PDA to buy – and which accessories are necessary
2.3 Need to learn how to use a PDA
2.4 Need to know which applications to buy and how to use them

Ongoing
3.1 Continued PDA learning – operations, applications, products
3.2. How to evaluate PDA – operations, applications, products

Advanced
4.1 How to incorporate PDA applications into existing nursing environment
4.2 How to use PDA in education – to teach IT, to teach Nursing – how to teach IT and PDAs to existing nursing workforce
4.3 How to use PDAs to save money and redesign workplace to nursing and patient advantage
4.4 How to use PDAs to build nursing networks
4.5 How to use PDAs to advance patient wellness (2)