Essentials Of Internet Use In Nursing

JOYCE J. FITZPATRICK, PHD, MBA, RN, FAAN , is the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was dean from 1982 through 1997. She has received numerous honors and awards including the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 20 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature, and serves as editor of three nursing journals. Her most recent Springer books are Theory in Nursing: Application to Research and Practice , coedited with Geraldine McCarthy, Encyclopedia of Nursing Education , coedited with Mary Jane Smith and Roger Carpenter, and Concept Analysis , coedited with Geraldine McCarthy. She also coedited, with Kathleen R. Tusaie, the Springer Publishing book, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing: Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches .

Preface
Part I: Clinical Applications

How to Access Information on the Internet, Kimberly S. Glassman
Using the Internet in Clinical Settings: An Overview, Mary L. McHugh
Skill Building and Practice, Mary Etta C. Mills
Improving Performance of Clinical Operations, Trudy. Johnson and Hussein A. Tahan
Staff Development, Julia W. Aucoin
Nursing Staff Recruitment, Maria L. Vezina and Michael Impollonia
Home Care Considerations, Georgia Narsavage
Patient Care Applications, Kristen S. Montgomery
Security Concerns in Clinical Settings, Mary L. McHugh

Part II: Education Applications

Distance Education and Web-Based Courses, Jeanne M. Novotny
Undergraduate Issues in Distance Education, Cheryl Fisher and Patricia A. Abbott
Graduate Issues in Distance Education, Maureen Gerrity, Janice L. Gibson, and Patricia A. Abbott
Issues for Advanced Practice Students, Jane Koeckeritz
Benchmarks for Successful Internet-Based Education, Carol Pullen
Internet Use in the Traditional Classroom, Kristen S. Montgomery
Continuing Education, Julia W. Aucoin

Part III: Other Applications

Health Care Policy and Legal Issues, Carole P. Jennings
The Research Setting, Jan V.R. Belcher and Carol Holdcraft
Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Patricia Hinton Walker

Appendix: Alphabetical Index of Websites Listed