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Welcome to Your Wiki for NURS 6004 on Mobile Devices for Healthcare Information

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This wiki was created for students in NURS 6004 to experience the development of a wiki. Each student is offered the opportunity to collaborate by adding, editing, altering or removing information in order to build an informative wiki on mobile devices for healthcare providers.

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Mobile Devices

Learn more about Mobile Devices (Smartphones and PDAs) on Wikipedia - Mobile Devices

The Palm Pilot: Getting Your Practice in Hand by Robert T. Smithing, MSN, NP available at NP Central

Installing applications on your Palm OS based PDA from TECHTV VAULT

Guidelines for installing Palm Software from a Windows Computer at DATA IDentification Online

Check out this web site for information on choosing a mobile device: http://www.med.yale.edu/library/services/computing/pdahardware.html

Mobile Devices in Clinical Practice and Education

Article Summary: Stroud SD, Smith, CA, Erkel EA, (2009) Digital Assistance Use by Nurse Practitioners A Descriptive Study Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 21:31-38. Abstract and article as pdf available at allnurses.com

Abstract: Zurmehly J, (2010) Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Review and Evaluation Nursing Education Perspectives. 31(3): 179-182

Online Article: George, L. & Davidson, L. (June, 2005). PDA use in nursing education: Prepared for today, poised for tomorrow. (OJNI). Vol. 9, No. 2 [Online].

Online Article: Garritty, C. & Emam, K. E. (2006).[[ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550702/].Who’s Using PDAs? Estimates of PDA Use by Health Care Providers: A Systematic Review of Surveys.doi: 10.2196/jmir.8.2.e7.

Applications and Downloads

Mobile Solutions Center by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at AANP Mobile Solutions Center

Health care resources and tools from - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Mobile clinical resources for healthcare providers on multiple platforms from skyscape

Mobile applications for nurses, nurse practitioners and students available at: Unbound Medicine

Mobile products from the publishers of Taber's, and Medical, Nursing, & Health Professions Texts, References & Resources at F.A. Davis Company

Pediatric Facts Made Incredibly Quick available from Skyscape. Covers topics important for every pediatric nurse including developmental milestones, normal assessment findings for each age group, abuse assessment, vital signs, pain measurement, immunization schedules, laboratory test results, and many more. Requires subscription for about $20.00 per year.

Check out this site the lets you download software that will sync your LG phone to your MS Outlook: http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/mobile-support/mobile-lg-outlook-sync.jsp

Handheld Computers & Healthcare. Website dedicated to the use of mobile devices used in healthcare with links to information, applications and forums. Found at pdacortex.com

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