title: Mobile technology: lessons learned along the way.
abstract: Although mobile technology has the potential to promote patient safety by increasing accuracy and efficiency, faculty may find instituting a personal digital assistant (PDA) program overwhelming. In addition, there is a dearth of information on how students are using this technology. The authors discuss the implementation of a PDA program that required all nursing students entering their first clinical rotation to purchase a PDA loaded with nursing software and describe how the students used this technology. Lessons learned along the way are emphasized to help faculty develop, implement, and/or improve their school's PDA/software program.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. kbeard@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Kenya V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: Elsa-Sophia
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Morote
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009518:New York; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012449:Safety; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D012984:Software; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult