Application of personal digital assistants in medical orders documentation and vital sign monitoring
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2014.03.18
- VernacularTitle:掌上电脑在医嘱处理及生命体征测量中的应用
- Author:
Youhui ZHANG
;
Yunzhi YANG
;
Li CAO
;
Rong ZENG
;
Xiaoqing YIN
;
Meifang DU
;
Zhimin YUAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
personal digital assistant;
medical order;
vital signs
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2014;(3):57-59
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of applying personal digital assistant(PDA)in documenting medical orders and monitoring vital signs.Method There was significant diffenence the between two groups in dicumenting,inedical orders,monitoring vital signs(P<0.05).Result BPDA needed significantly shorter time for documenting medical orders and monitoring vital signs than the traditional method(P<0.05).Conclusions PDA may shorten the time for documenting medical orders and monitoring vital signs. It reduces the repetition of nursing routines,optimizes the work flow sheet so that nurses have more time for patients and the quality of nursing is improved.
