Date of Paper/Work
5-2011
Type of Paper/Work
Scholarly project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Nursing
Department
Nursing
Advisor
VaLinda Pearson
Abstract
Healthcare organizations are beginning to implement the tools needed to receive government stimulus money for meaningful use. The use of electronic health records is directly related to the amount of stimulus funding available to each healthcare organization. Nurse educators are examining innovative training tools to implement in order to meet the needs of the organizations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the question is web-based training an effective model for training nurses on the electronic health record. A pilot study was created to examine the question. The focus group included medical surgical nurses that had taken web-based training. The paper will address the educational gaps related to this topic and provide recommendations from the pilot study and literature.
Department/School
Nurse Educator
Recommended Citation
Schroeder, Sara Elizabeth. (2011). Does WBT for the HER Meet the Needs of the Medical Surgical Nurse?. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_nursing/53