This concise, pocket-sized guide to the online healthcare environment provides background information about the Internet, its services and various types of Internet resources available for nursing and healthcare professionals and students. Updated with the most current resources, the book is designed to provide users with the knowledge and confidence needed to use the Internet for education, research, career and other purposes. Topics include an introduction to the Internet, services available, how to evaluate information and online learning and opportunities. For nursing and healthcare professionals.
This new edition of the award-winning guide to the web for nurses is nearly double in size and twice as useful! Expert nurses in more than 50 content areas have carefully selected and reviewed nearly 400 web sites available in their specialty areas --- resulting in an authoritative guide to the best the web has to offer for the professional nurse. Each web description includes a summary of the site, intended audience, sponsor, level of information, and relevance to nurses. The book also indicates sites which can be referred to patients.
There is a wealth of health information on the Internet. Today’s students of health studies and all health care professionals must be able to use this valuable resource and extract from it what is most relevant and useful. In order for them to do this purposefully and skilfully, they need to have a thorough understanding of how the system works and have the ability to navigate their way around it with ease. The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers and a self instructional guide for students. It shows students how to: get online; navigate the World Wide Web; find health information on the Internet; communicate with other health professionals; access free health and medical resources; publish on the web; use online help with health studies assignments; search for jobs. Each unit contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.
This award-winning guide to the web for nurses is an authoritative guide to the best the web has to offer for the professional nurse. Each web description includes a summary of the site, intended audience, sponsor, level of information, and relevance to nurses.
A handbook especially for nurses and other health professionals. It assists in navigating through online nursing references, shows what's there and how to access it.
Toni Lee Hebda, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Allegheny General Hospital Patricia Czar, St. Francis Medical Center Cynthia M. Mascara, Shared Medical Systems Corp. (SMS) The perfect resource for practical information on computer literacy basics and applications. "Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals" is an accessible guide to the computer technology used by healthcare professionals. Written for nursing and healthcare professionals, this reference provides the most up-to-date information available. FEATURES: Contains expanded coverage of Intranets, search tools, outsourcing, strategies, planning, security, and patient information, providing the most up-to-date coverage of trends, technology, roles, regulations, and legislation. Updated discussion of client and web-based technology describes client and health information systems as well as education offerings and research. Section on HIPAA regulations and legislation familiarizes readers with factors that impact data quality. Chapters contain examples, and case studies that illustrate informatics in practice. Discussion of electronic communication teaches how use the Internet more effectively. Strategic planning for information management encourages appreciation for the intricacies of automated healthcare systems. Introduces characteristics, benefits, and issues surrounding the development and use of Computerized Patient Records (CPR). Disaster planning and recovery provides specific measures for back-up restoration of PCs. Telehealth familiarizes readers withlegal and technical issues.
Designed for use in sequential professional development courses across the curriculum, Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice covers role development of the professional nurse as it occurs in three developmental stages, moving from the simple to the more complex: Nurse as Individual; Nurse/Client Relationships; and Nurse as Member of the Health Care Team.
This book provides an introduction to the Internet for nurses and health-care professionals. It looks at forms of electronic communications across the massive international network, and includes a review of services specific to health care, as well as email information, technical issues and details about the World Wide Web. The up-to-date material considers current developments in information systems within clinical areas, professional bodies,and health authorities and Trusts (including the World Health Organisation, Royal College of Nursing, English National Board and Department of Health). Health on the Information Superhighway is an essential guide for health-care professionals and students who are interested in learning more about the Internet.
