title: [The preparatory education of electronic patient record for nursing students before practical nursing training].
abstract: Preparatory education has been provided for both nursing students and teachers to understand the electronic patient record (EPR) since 2004 when EPR was introduced to the hospitals where students are allocated to undertake their work experience. First, the training and management board contacted our medical information department for an appointment and sent us a working group. They taught the nursing training staff how to use EPR and how to assign students to the proper patient record in the EPR system. Second, as preparatory education for the students, they explained the procedure for the use of EPR and the protection of personal information. Students practiced with training in the EPR system, focusing on the functions which are used frequently in practical tasks. As a result of this preparatory education, students understood the protection of personal information very well, although their understanding of the operation and management of the equipment was relatively poor and adversely affected their practice. We need to review our education contents more often. We also need to examine the present state of understanding of EPR and the problems of teaching in practical nursing training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanisi-ku, Kitakyusyu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanayama
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anan
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeyama
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D007564:Japan; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009743:Nursing, Practical / Q000193:education*