Technology in nursing education: A study of PDA use by students

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 371-376

  George, Lynn E ^a   Davidson, Lynda J ^a   Serapiglia, Constance P ^a   Barla, Srinivas ^a   Thotakura, Anusha ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Nursing education; Personal digital assistants; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 78349266053     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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