Use of PDAsin

Education

UNC-CH School of Nursing

March 1, 2003

Julia Shaw-Kokot

Health Sciences Library

Mobile TechnologiesPDA = Personal Digital Assistant

Palm OS (Operating System) devices Palm Handspring

Pocket PC = Windows CE operating system

HP Compaq Dell (Axim)

Mobile Technologies, Cont. Other Devices

Nightingale Tracker Smart Phones Blackberry Tablets

Other terms Handhelds Palmtops

Use of PDAs in Education “Transforming technology”*

Primary Schools Forsyth County Day School (private)

First K-12 school in the country to require for 1st graders Cherokee Central Schools

Cherokee language Harlem

Asthma rates

University of South Dakota *Pen Computing Magazine. Nov. 2001, 60-64.

Nursing SchoolsUniversity of Virginia

Acute and primary care nurse practitioner programs

Pharmacology Arlene Keeling and others “… if nursing schools continued in their use of

the paper bound reference materials they would be graduating nurses with equally outdated and obsolete information and skills.” Rnpalm

Nursing Schools, Cont. Columbia University

Entry-To-Practice students Informatics competencies Sarah Cook and others “…document a select set of data elements

sensitive to nursing care for all patient encounters in order to facilitate building evidence from practice.” Rnpalm

Nursing Schools, Cont. UNC-Chapel Hill

14 Month Second Degree Program Judy Miller and others “Students were able to look up drug information on

the spot. One student was able to detect an entire list of incompatible medications, which were prescribed for her patient! Diagnosis information was available and students took advantage of the opportunities to look up the information in the PDA’s on the clinical site.”

Implementing a Clinical PDA Program for Nursing Students

Educational UsesDrug informationCalculationsStudent trackingDictionaries (Medical Spanish)Reference Resources

Educational Uses, Cont.Links between

Course content Evaluations Clinical logs

pdaED.com Teacher’s Pet

Practice: Visiting NursesVisiting Nurses Association Home

Health Systems in Santa Ana, Calif. Improved level of care Decreased paperwork by up to 50%

(now 1-11/2 hours vs. 3-4 hours per shift) 40% increase in employment applications Bedside access to patient medication

information

Healthcare SystemsMoses Cone Hospital

5 hospitals 100+ Physicians 15 Pharmacists The Rise of Palmtop Technology in

Medicine Part 1

Drug Information ResourcesePocrateMobilMicromedexLexidrugsLippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide

CalculationsMedCalc IVRate Calc PregCalc Professional

Notes and DocumentationCareTracker (ADL)

Web demo

www.resourcesystem.com/new/Ctdemp2.html

Patient Keeper RN Patient Keeper (MAC)Patient Tracker

Reference SourcesMerck Manual 5Minute Clinical Consult Skyscape

Advanced Reference and Transaction system

Catch?Translation software examples

Avantgo Backup Buddy Install Buddy iSilo InstallBuddy JFile

IssuesSecurity (Health Insurance Portability

and Accountability Act of 1996 –HIPPA) Wireless Confidentiality

StandardsHuman/technology interface

Information on PDAsPDACortex http://www.pdacortex.com/PDA in Nursing Listserv

http://www.pdacortex.com/nursing_pdas_listserv.htm

Nursing Library and Information Resources Yale University PDA Guide http://info.med.yale.edu/library/nursing/reference/pda.html

PDAs in Nursing Listserv

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Check out ePocrates (website is www.ePoctates.com) I use it all the time on my Palm IIIC you can update it anytime hotsinc with your computer which I find helps keep me informed of changes.

Question:

> Any advice on programs that I will find helpful for my Palm III c? I am an FNP student, who wants to use the Palm in a family practice setting to help me look up appropriate meds, check contraindications, and dosages.

Where do you get the Davis Drug Guide?? I am a

nursing student who will be starting clinicals in the

spring, and one of our required texts is the Davis

Drug Guide. So I figured that might be a viable

option instead of getting the book and then getting a

new book in a year or so, this way it will update as

new information comes out.

Crystal BallTransitional Technology

Next = wearable

ReferenceHuffstutler, S., Wyatt, T.H., & Wright,

C.P. (2002). The use of handheld technology in nursing education. Nurse Educator, 27(6), 271-5.