PDA application for collecting patient encounter data for Advanced Practice nursing students in a clinical setting

Abstract

Three years ago we developed a web-based clinical log for Advanced Practice nursing students to record patient encounters. Although it solved many problems, students complained about the time it would take to complete each encounter since they actually entered the data twice, once immediately after seeing the patient and later on the web.

The solution: Create a PDA version that students populate with data during the day and upload to the main database at night.