NURSING INFORMATICS (MIDTERM)
ACCESSIBILITY TO
GUIDELINES, PROTOCOLS, AND
PROCEDURES
- A struggle for clinicians prior to
the 21st century was maintaining
awareness of current guidelines
HANDHELD DEVICES
- A pocket-sized computing device
with a display screen and
input/output interface
- Many appliances can qualify to be
called handheld (mobile phone,
PDA, mobile PC, handheld game
consoles, etc.)
MOBILE COMPUTERS:
o Notebook PC
o Ultra-Mobile PC
o Handheld PC
o Personal digital
assistant/Enterprise
digital assistant
o Graphing calculator
o Pocket Computer
o Tablet Computer
o Handheld game consoles
o Nintendo DS
o Game Boy, Game Boy
Color
o Game Boy Advance
o Sega Game Gear
o PC Engine GT
o Pokemon Mini
o NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo
Color
o Atari Lynx
o Pandora
o GP2X/GP332
o Gizmondo
o Playstation Portable
o N-gage
NOTEBOOOK PC
- A laptop often called a notebook is
a small, portable personal
computer (PC)
- Having a thin LCD
ULTRA-MOBILE PC
- An ultra-mobile personal
computer or UMPC
- A miniature version of a pen computer
- Were launched by Microsoft and Intel in
spring 2006
HANDHELD PC
- A computer build around
a form factor
- Smaller than any standard laptop
computer
- Referred to as a palmtop computer
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT/
ENTERPRISE DIGITAL ASSISTANT
- Functions as a personal information
manager
- Widespread adoption of highly capable
smartphones
GRAPHING CALCULATOR
- Capable of plotting graphs, solving
simultaneous equations
POCKET COMPUTER
- 1980’s era user programmable
calculator-sized computer that had
fewer screen lines
- Fewer characters per line, than the
Pocket-sized computers introduced in
1989
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TABLET COMPUTER
SEGA GAME GEAR
- can be carried easily
- control by using its touch screen with
multi-touch technology

HANDHELD GAME CONSOLES

PC ENGINE GT

NINTENDO DS

POKEMON MINI

GAME BOY, GAME BOY COLOR

NEOGEO POCKET, NEOGEO

COLOR

GAME BOY ADVANCE

ATARI LYNX
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PANDORA HANDHELD DEVICES

MEDIA RECORDERS:

o Digital still camera (DSC)

o Digital video camera (DVC
or digital Camcorder)
o Digital audio recorders
o Media players/displayers
o Portable media player
GP2X/GP32 o E-book reader

DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER

GIZMONDO

DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER

- audio signals picked up are converted
into a stream of discrete numbers
- representing the changes over time in
air pressure for audio, luminance values
for video, then recorded to a storage
device
PLAYSTATION PORTABLE

PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER

N-GAGE
E-BOOK READER
- a book publication made available in
digital form, consisting text, images, or
both
- readable on the flat-panel display of
computers or other electronic devices
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HANDHELD DEVICES
COMMUNICATION DEVICES:
o Mobile Phones
o Cordless Telephone
o Pager
MOBILE PHONES
CORDLESS TELEPHONE
PAGER
BENEFITS OF HANDHELD
DEVICES AND GADGETS
- become as popular as oxygen and their
popularity cuts across age, class, sex,
nationality, race and ethnicity barriers
- replacing the fixed-line telephone
- transition from the wired to the wireless
world
OFFICE ON THE GO:
- you can send and receive emails, browse
the net wirelessly at 3g speeds, access
secure office files through VPNs, edit files
and much more
- no longer limited by size or mobility
HIGH CONVENIENCE:
- have inbuilt GPS navigation services
- can do all the functions that your
traditional computer can do
NEW ENTERTAINMENT FORMS:
- people watch movies on their own
notebooks and wide display mobile phones
BREAKING THE COMMUNICATION
BARRIER:
- today you may just tweet your status on
your mobile, or book a railway ticket
through your cell while sitting in a bus.
- no place to hide yourself
CLINICAL PRACTICE
GUIDELINES
- include recommendations intended to
optimize patient care
PICO
Population: major depression
Intervention: alternative medicine
Comparison: pharmacologic treatments
Outcome: remission or reduction in
depressive symptoms
Time: