Blending technology in teaching advanced health assessment in a family nurse practitioner program: Using personal digital assistants in a simulation laboratory

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 536-543

  Elliott, Lydia ^b   Decristofaro, Claire ^a   Carpenter, Alesia ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mission Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Family nurse practitioner; Family nurse practitioner program; Handheld computer; High fidelity simulation mannequin; Nursing education; Personal digital assistant (PDA)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FAMILY NURSING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FAMILY NURSING; HUMANS; MANIKINS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 84865662826     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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