{"title":"The Internet: facilitating an international nursing culture for psychiatric nurses.","authors":"R Lakeman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"87-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancement of basic computer skills. Evaluation of an intervention.","authors":"J T Fullerton, E Graveley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A series of self-paced tutorials was developed for use by graduate students on the assumption that acquisition of skills in accessing e-mail accounts, use of the World Wide Web, file-transfer protocols, Excel spreadsheet, and PowerPoint presentation software would help students succeed in their program of graduate studies. The postproject evaluation tool was sent to participants via e-mail, to reinforce the acquired skills and demonstrate the successful accomplishment of project objectives. Pre- and postevaluation data indicated an increase in self-rated skill level after participation in the tutorial series. Analysis showed an overall mean gain score of 2.3 points, with pre- and posttutorial gain scores significantly increased for all topic areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"91-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using hypertext to facilitate nurse education.","authors":"D Gillham","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increased use of both multimedia and the World Wide Web for nurse education necessitates critical examination of the use of hypertext in nursing education. The use of hypertext and multimedia have the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning generally, and have a significant impact on nursing specifically. This article discusses hypertext use in nurse education and incorporates an examination of cognitive theories to identify specific hypertext design strategies customized for nursing user groups. Particular attention is directed to the application of cognitive flexibility theory to hypertext design for nurse education, highlighting the representation of both complex clinical situations and human physiology. The article concludes with a discussion of the potential uses of hypertext as a means of accessing information by nurses in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"95-8; quiz 99-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guidelines for developing interactive multimedia. Applications in nurse education.","authors":"R M Ribbons","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an environment of increasing economic constraint, it is necessary for nurse educators to design and implement cost-effective teaching and learning strategies. Computer-based interactive multimedia applications in education have been touted as a cost- and time-effective method of providing a dynamic, information rich, learning environment. Given the profusion of this type of media in the general marketplace, an increasing number of educators are now wishing to develop specific computerized multimedia applications for use in nurse education. Accounts of a number of such developments exist in the literature. However, there is a dearth of literature outlining the processes involved in interactive multimedia production. It would, therefore, appear timely to address issues related to multimedia development. Based on the author's experiences, this article will offer a number of practical suggestions for the development of interactive multimedia applications in nursing education.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"109-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimedia anatomy and physiology lectures for nursing students.","authors":"M Thomson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of the multimedia computer and projector can provide the lecturer who teaches anatomy and physiology to nursing students with a very powerful educational tool. The recent explosion in the number of Internet sites has resulted in a huge resource base of illustrations, photos, x-rays, and film clips, which are useful for anatomy and physiology multimedia presentations. These allow nursing students to be instructed in a clear, colorful, and dynamic fashion. This article shows how to put together anatomy and physiology multimedia presentations quickly and easily, and reviews some of the key sites on the Internet that provide resources suitable for lectures to nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"101-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using e-mail in an undergraduate nursing course to increase critical thinking skills.","authors":"N A Todd","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes how e-mail was used in an undergraduate nursing course to increase contact between students and faculty. Students were required to respond to critical thinking questions using e-mail.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 2","pages":"115-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20462270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the NCLEX Diagnostic Profile Report.","authors":"A Wendt, P Worcester, R Loquist","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Diagnostic Profile Report (DP) is sent to every NCLEX examination candidate who fails, in an effort to help the candidate identify strengths and weaknesses. A candidate may require assistance to make the best use of the information in preparing to take the NCLEX examination again. A nurse educator who is knowledgeable about interpreting the DP is able to help the graduate maximize these preparation efforts. The DP highlights areas of relative strengths and weaknesses, identifies overall performance, and lists the number of questions the candidate took. Different DPs are generated for candidates who did not take the minimum number of questions or who ran out of time before a pass/fail decision could be made. The \"last 60\" rule, which is used to make pass/fail decisions for candidates who run out of time before answering the maximum number of questions, is also explained.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 1","pages":"53-9; quiz 60-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20383911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and evaluation of a computer-assisted instruction package in clinical pharmacology for nursing students.","authors":"P R Gee, G M Peterson, J L Martin, J F Reeve","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent reports commissioned by the Australian Government have highlighted the need to improve medication use in both community and hospital settings. Nurses are placed ideally to promote safe and effective drug use. The aim of this project was to develop and evaluate a computer-assisted instruction package, to help undergraduate nursing students improve their knowledge of clinical pharmacology, and to enhance their ability to contribute to the quality use of medications. In a collaborative project, staff of the Tasmanian Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing have produced the program PharmaCAL, using HyperCard 2.2 for the Apple Macintosh. A wide range of clinical pharmacology units are covered extensively, concentrating on drugs in common use and based on body systems: cardiovascular pharmacology (including hypertension, cardiac failure and angina); respiratory pharmacology; alimentary tract pharmacology (including peptic ulcer, diarrhea, and constipation); central nervous system pharmacology (analgesia, anxiety and insomnia, depression, psychoses, and epilepsy); antibiotic chemotherapy; and diabetes mellitus. Many color illustrations have been included. Each unit has a set of multiple choice questions to provide feedback to students. The package was evaluated in two ways. First, a questionnaire was used to assess users' opinions of the package. Second, a validated multiple choice test on clinical pharmacology and therapeutics was administered to 24 third-year nursing students before and after a set of sessions using the package and to a control group of 28 nursing students who were not exposed to the PharmaCAL package. The package generally was well received by the nursing students. Clinical pharmacology test scores significantly improved after using the package and were significantly higher than for the control group of students. The program is a useful adjunct to the existing nursing curriculum. It also could be used in postgraduate nursing education and other health sciences.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 1","pages":"37-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20381957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The usefulness of the Georgetown Home Health Care Classification system for coding patient problems and nursing interventions in psychiatric home care.","authors":"P K Parlocha, S B Henry","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although several coding systems for standardizing the clinical language of nursing practice have been developed and tested, no studies have been found that examine the usefulness of such a system for psychiatric home care, a rapidly emerging area of nursing practice. This study examined the usefulness of the Georgetown Home Health Care Classification system for the coding of patient problems and nursing interventions in the psychiatric home care setting. Although most problems and interventions could be classified with codes from the Georgetown system, some new codes were needed to prevent loss of potentially significant psychiatric data.</p>","PeriodicalId":77082,"journal":{"name":"Computers in nursing","volume":"16 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20381956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}