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Computers and Staff Development

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Nursing Informatics

Part of the book series: Computers in Health Care ((HI))

Abstract

Nursing is evolving in response to society (Romano, 1984), and part of that evolution involves the concept of lifelong learning (Buckholz, 1979). Information is being generated at explosive rates. Between 6000 and 7000 scientific papers are written each day, and knowledge is expected to double every 20 months in the decade ahead. Therefore, 5 years after a nursing student graduates from school, more than 50% of the knowledge acquired will be obsolete (McCormick, 1984).

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  1. Kathryn J. Hannah
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Maryland, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marion J. Ball (Associate Vice Chancellor) (Associate Vice Chancellor)

  2. Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Kathryn J. Hannah (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Health Care Information Systems, Stockholm County Council, S-10272, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulla Gerdin Jelger  & Hans Peterson (Director) &  (Director)

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Hannah, K.J., Osis, M. (1988). Computers and Staff Development. In: Ball, M.J., Hannah, K.J., Jelger, U.G., Peterson, H. (eds) Nursing Informatics. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4160-5_34

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