Back to the Future: Personal Digital Assistants in Nursing Education

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-592

  McLeod, Renee P ^a   Mays, Mary Z ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handheld computing; Mobile decision support; Mobile technology; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CURRICULUM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 53649083463     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2008.06.008     Document Type: Review

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