Edward A. Greenberg

Evaluating Web sites.

Your task: uf0b7 Be persistent. It may take some detective work to find information identifying the author/sponsor of the site. uf0b7 Consider the qualifications and organizational affiliation of the author uf0b7 Look up the organization which produced the Web site (if its unfamiliar) to identify its credentials, viewpoint, or agenda uf0b7 If the source is an E-journal, discover whether it is refereed (reviewed by scholars) before it is accepted for publication.

Nurse Practitioners and End-of-Life Care: Beliefs, Practices, and Perceptions

The purpose of this study was to explore how nurse practitioners (NPs) approach end-of-life (EOL) care. A modified version of the End-of-Life Decision Questionnaire was distributed to NPs attending the 2001 National Conference for Nurse Practitioners in Baltimore, MD. Findings indicate that the majority of NPs had initiated EOL discussions in their career. Education and experience contribute significantly to the comfort level of NPs who initiate EOL discussions. Nurse practitioners also feel that additional education as well as experience would enhance their ability to initiate EOL discussions.

Computer and Internet use by home care and hospice agencies.

Nurses in home healthcare and hospice are embracing the advances in computer science and technology to provide an edge in administration and clinical practice. Of concern to nurse managers is the extent to which personal computers and the Internet have been used in home healthcare and hospice, and what information, opportunities, and needs related to education are on the horizon. This article discusses the results of a national survey conducted exclusively on the World Wide Web to answer these questions.

What are cookies

The purpose of the cookie is to help the website keep track of your visits and activity. This isn’t always a bad thing. For example, many online retailers use cookies to keep track of the items in a user’s shopping cart as they explore the site. Without cookies, your shopping cart would reset to zero every time you clicked a new link on the site. That would make it impossible to buy anything online!

Defining and monitoring indwelling catheter-related urinary tract infections.

Defining and monitoring infection rates in home care is of major importance with the implementation of Adverse Event Outcome Reports. This study identifies the collective effort of home care quality improvement nurses in defining standard indicators for urinary tract infections and the ways to monitor these infections within and across home care agencies for evaluation and benchmarking.

NPs vs other healthcare providers in end-of-life care.

As nurse practitioners become more vital to primary care, they are also more apt to play a role in end-of-life care. In order to be proficient providers, NPs must familiarize themselves with issues surrounding EOL care.

Searching the Web.

The Web is an extraordinarily dynamic medium that is growing in size and complexity at a furious pace. Web pages already number in the billions and roughly double each year. The contents of the Web are largely unstructured, which may make finding specific information a considerable challenge. However, once you develop some skill at navigating this realm, youll reap considerable rewards. Surfing the Net can become habit forming, and as your proficiency increases, the challenge may well be knowing when to stop.

An Internet primer. Part I.

The Internet provides electronic communications and access to information around the globe. In only one decade of public use this format has emerged as the method of rapid access to information, and projections are for continued growth. The WWW consists of over 40,000,000 servers containing billions of pages of information on virtually every conceivable subject. This doesnt include news servers, FTP servers, bulletin boards, and other online information sources. The home healthcare nurse, now and in the future, needs knowledge about and access to this system, to tap into the most current government recommendations about medications and treatment protocols, to access health statistics, consumer information, and additional educational, professional, and client-centered articles and opportunities. We hope this new Home Healthcare Nurse feature, Staying Connected, will develop into a source of ongoing, up-to-date information to assist you in accessing and utilizing this valuable resource. Next month, well provide some specific directions for navigating the information superhighway.