NURSES' PDA LEARNING NEEDS

I wanted to post these again because this is the framework for the next part of the project

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)


// posted by colleen @ 1:51 PM

UPDATE

We spent a lot of time away from the computer. My PDA battery became totally uncharged and I had to reload stuff when I got home. My husband had some health problems so I got to see what it was like to be the family member of someone with some serious problems. Yesterday, I finally had a chance to work on the project again. While I was gone, I realized that I had probably analyzed most of the web sites that were going to be of any interest. There are still some to go and I am going to be working on them; but I think it is time to switch to writing up what I have learned. I am going to make one main document with a section to address each learning need that I have identified. I hope to write small publishable articles about each learning need that I will submit to a nursing magazine. I am also considering doing a powerpoint presentation with one slide for each learning need. I may consider submitting that to the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics or another Nursing Organization for them to publish on their website. There are commercial sites that I may also consider.

Yesterday the best site I looked at was one that contained a lot of tutorials. Most of them include screen shots of the PDA. Help Palm OS Tutorials

This website helps you understand that the PDA is basically something that you can operate and understand without too much difficulty.