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Information Technology

Handheld Computer Software for School Nurses

Martha Dewey Bergren, RN, DNS, BC, NCSN, FNASN, Section Coeditor
Elizabeth Ann Murphy, RN, MA, NCSN, Section Coeditor

Elizabeth Ann Murphy, RN, MA, NCSN, is a school nurse at Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia. She is the coeditor of the Information Technology Section of The Journal of School Nursing, the owner of the Handheld Computers for School Nurses Website, the Technology Committee Chair of the Virginia Association of School Nurses, and a presenter on handheld computers and other topics

School nurses used computers in the 1980s, the Internet in the 1990s, and are embracing handheld computers in the first decade of the 21st century to improve their practice. The purpose of this article is to provide information about handheld computers and software applications that school nurses can use in day-to-day, emergency, and disaster situations. Handheld computers help school nurses to make decisions based on accurate and up-to-date information, and to practice evidence-based nursing. Evidence-based nursing is the process by which nurses make clinical decisions using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise, and patient preferences.

Key Words: beam • freeware • handheld computer • personal digital assistant • software • synchronize

The Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 21, No. 6, 356-360 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/10598405050210061101
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