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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Pilot Project

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Pilot Project. Ruth Chastain, EdD, RN Jill Webb, PhD, RN Rosemary McLaughlin, MSN, RNC. Question. What is the effectiveness of using handheld/ PDA devices for nursing faculty and students in the clinical lab experience at Union University School of Nursing?.

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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Pilot Project

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  1. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Pilot Project Ruth Chastain, EdD, RN Jill Webb, PhD, RN Rosemary McLaughlin, MSN, RNC

  2. Question • What is the effectiveness of using handheld/ PDA devices for nursing faculty and students in the clinical lab experience at Union University School of Nursing?

  3. Literature Review • Personal experience • AACN Standards • TNA convention presentation • Nursing literature • Colleagues • Schools of nursing Web sites • http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/PDA.html • Nurse Educator List-serv

  4. Methodology • Descriptive Inquiry About: • Advantages • Disadvantages • Personal experiences • Shared experiences • Student feedback

  5. Procedure • PDA’s purchased for 3 faculty members • A technical support person assigned • Nursing software installed • Used in clinical areas of: • Medical/surgical nursing • Skills practicum • Psychiatric nursing

  6. Results - Advantages • “PDA envy” • Information depth • Current information • Adaptivity • Beam capacity

  7. Results - Advantages • Interest and cooperation from software publishers • Outcomes interest by software publishers • Reference books in PDA format • Disciplinary freeware • http://www.freewarepalm.com • Other freeware • http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/atp3palm.htm

  8. Results - Advantages • Increasingly technologically connected • Expanded knowledge for faculty and students • Information available at point-of-care • Demonstrated to potential students and families that Union University School of Nursing was aware of current technology

  9. Results - Disadvantages • Learning curve as with any technology • Cost • Data loss potential • Hardware requires respect • Confidentiality issues • Ethical and legal demands • Potential violation • Problems may be overcome with system security

  10. Results - Disadvantages • Student expectations – faculty must direct use in clinical setting • Personal web access helpful and preferred • Heightened attention to test security

  11. Conclusions/ Implications • Recommend for all school of nursing clinical faculty • Provide an orientation to PDAs • Phase in faculty use • Formal faculty discussion about recommended software for faculty and students – c/c text decisions

  12. Conclusions/ Implications • Recommend but not require for nursing students • Optional alternative to reference books beginning fall 2003 to entering students • Provide and introduction to PDAs for junior and senior students

  13. System Recommendations • Recommend to students • At least 16M • Palm OS • Color, lighted screen • Expandability • Explore e-mail

  14. Are you considering PDAs? • Explore discipline specific data bases available • Obtain 2 or 3 professionally specific proprietary programs for a pilot study • Evaluate need carefully – not a toy

  15. Future Considerations • Anticipate time required for programming • Acquire experienced technical support • Determine potential impact on Computing Services resources

  16. Still MUCH to Learn • QUESTIONS?

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