title: Developing a virtual nurses' station for community-based nurses.
abstract: Nurses who work throughout the community need a nurses' station, just as nurses who work in a hospital. The nurses' station is the area where communication, information sharing, and documentation occur. This article describes how a virtual nurses' station was created using Blackboard technology to meet the needs of nurses who are scattered throughout a geographic area. These nurses work in several urban neighborhoods to conduct the outreach services offered through an academic nurse-managed wellness center to community-dwelling older adults. Results have been positive as the virtual nurses' station provides the nurses an area to exchange data and information, print patient health care information, and access nursing policies. Satisfaction surveys from the nurses give valuable input on the design and use of the virtual nurses' station.
authors: University HIPAA Compliance and Health Management Systems, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. kiel@duq.edu
authors: Joan M
authors: JM
authors: Kiel
authors: Lenore K
authors: LK
authors: Resick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D064691:Nurses, Community Health / Q000458:organization & administration; D063187:Nursing Stations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D014584:User-Computer Interface