{"id":69333,"date":"2005-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-nursing-program-goes-high-tech\/"},"modified":"2005-12-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T00:00:00","slug":"uri-nursing-program-goes-high-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/12\/uri-nursing-program-goes-high-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 nursing program goes high-tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStudents receive PDAs to assist with clinical, classroom work<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. — December 6, 2005 — It used to be that when nursing students had questions about their patients\u2019 medications and illnesses, they had to leave the bedside and consult large and often outdated reference texts. This practice was both inconvenient and time consuming. <\/p>\n


\nToday, thanks to a partnership between the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Information and Instructional Technology Services and the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing, a pilot group of nursing students have the opportunity to find health care information quickly and efficiently at the patient\u2019s bedside using a personal digital assistant (PDA).<\/p>\n


\n\tEarlier this fall, 100 Palm Tungsten E2 PDAs were purchased — 50 for nursing students and 50 for nursing faculty. Graduate students in Professor Laurie Lauzon Clabo\u2019s Clinical Nurse Leadership program, and undergraduate students in Professor Mary Leveillee\u2019s Psychiatric-Mental Health and Nursing in Childbearing-Reproductive Health courses were selected for the pilot project. The PDAs are on loan to the students for the academic year. They will be allowed to keep them as long as they pass their classes and write an evaluation about how they used them. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe students installed a software program called Epocrates on their PDAs, which helps them learn about drug dosing and costs. Epocrates also can store drug databases, medical references and appointments, and it has a tool to make a variety of calculations like intravenous drip rates. Because the nursing students can easily carry this information on the Palm, they no longer need to leave the patient\u2019s bedside to consult textbooks and references when questions arise. \u201cIt\u2019s important for students to have ready access to important information in the clinical setting,\u201d said Leveillee.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, the databases and reference guides are easily updated on a regular basis by synchronizing the Palm to the student\u2019s own computer, ensuring the student has the most up-to-date information available. During the weekly updates, new health care alerts, scholarly articles, and updated diagnostic information are sent to the PDAs. \u201cWe want to make students aware that knowledge isn\u2019t static,\u201d said Lauzon Clabo. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe students in the pilot program are pleased with the advantages of using the Palm in the clinical setting. \u201cI don\u2019t have to leave the patient to look for the cost of medications or to cross-reference drug interactions. I can tell them at the bedside,\u201d said Jessica Doyle, a junior from Newport. \u201cAnd it\u2019s great for looking up diagnoses, treatments, and signs and symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s invaluable to be able to calculate drip rates and algorithms so quickly,\u201d said Lisa Dussinger, a registered nurse from Woonsocket and graduate student in Lauzon Clabo\u2019s class.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe biggest constraint on nurses is time. There\u2019s just not enough time to do everything we need to do,\u201d said graduate student Patricia Carlton of Smithfield, a registered nurse at Miriam Hospital. \u201cThe PDA saves us a lot of time running around looking for answers.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tLuz Marquez-Mocarsky, a graduate student and registered nurse at Roger Williams Medical Center, is pleased to see technology that is already used in the workforce integrated into the classroom. \u201cIt\u2019s the most wonderful thing for educating patients,\u201d said the Cumberland resident. \u201cIt impresses them. They like to read and see what you\u2019re looking up.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNext year, all nursing students will be required to purchase a PDA. \u201cWe know that this is an added expense, but we feel that students will use the PDA\u2019s in all of their clinical courses and graduate knowing that this is a necessary tool for all registered nurses,\u201d said Dayle Joseph, dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing. A Palm Tungsten E2 sells for about $200.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s expensive, but it will definitely be helpful down the road,\u201d said Marquez- Mocarsky. \u201cIt\u2019s the best investment ever.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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