title: Clinical application of the Omaha system with the Nightingale Tracker: a community health nursing student home visit program.
abstract: The application of computer use in the clinical and educational arena needs to be emphasized for both the improved management of patient data and nursing knowledge. Faculty commitment to automation of home visit documentation records was essential to sustain the trial of implementing the Nightingale Trackers in the clinical area. The Nightingale Tracker is a software program that automates the Omaha system, a community-friendly nursing language that encourages a focus on health promotion. A team approach involving students, faculty, and technical support enabled the automation of the patient record of a home visiting program in a community health nursing course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 70504, USA. hsloan@louisana.edu
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Carolyn P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Delahoussaye
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003200:Computer User Training; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012984:Software; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled