Empowering a safer practice: PDAs are integral tools for nursing and health care

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-406

  Hudson, Kathleen ^a   Buell, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal digital assistant (PDA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955012411     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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