title: Expert systems as computer assisted instruction systems for nursing education and training.
abstract: The ever-increasing specialization of nursing care may require nursing professionals to provide nursing care outside of their specialty. Nurses will have to familiarize themselves with a new specialization area at short notice. Fortunately, expert-systems technology can prove particularly helpful in achieving this familiarity. As such, this technology can prove a valuable tool for education and training of nursing professionals and students. This article describes the unique edge that expert systems technology provides in this context. Using VP-Expert, an expert system shell, the authors present two examples to illustrate the development of a computer aided instruction system and the unique benefits such a system offers.
authors.affiliation: Accounting, Legal Studies and IS Dept., University of Houston at Clear Lake, TX 77058.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moses
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005103:Expert Systems; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000451:nursing; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000451:nursing; D013781:Texas; D014584:User-Computer Interface