Telenursing

Developments in telenursing are occurring at a great pace. In a very short time and driven by technical developments, the field of telenursing has become too extensive to be covered by only a small number of experts. As a consequence, there is a need for a broad overview of the field to enable the concepts to be understood by a wider population. Written by experts from around the globe (USA, Europe, Australia and Asia); brings together a collective knowledge from experts in this field ; lays the foundations for the globalisation of telenursing procedures, making it possible to know that a nursing service could perform on a patient anywhere in the world.--publisher description

Introduction to telenursing / Sajeesh Kumar ; Teaching telenursing with the Charles Darwin University Virtual Hospital / I. Ellis, G Hercelinskyj, and B. McEwan ; Telenursing: current scenario and challenges for Brazilian nursing/ Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Simone de Godoy, Carlos Alerto Seixas, Maria Suely Nogueira, Maria Auxiliadora Trevizan, Leila Maria Marchi Alves, Elaine Maria Leite Rangel, and Alessandra Mazzo ; Telehealth nursing in Canada: opportunities for nurses to shape the future / Antonia Arnaert and Fiona Macfarlane ; Telenursing in an emerging economy: an overview / K. Ganapathy and Aditi Ravindra ; Telenursing in chronic conditions / Takayasu Kawaguchi, Masumi Azuma, Masae Satoh, and Yoji Yoshioka ; Telenursing in Korea / Eun Kyoung Yun and Hyeoun-Ae Park ; Telenursing in a developing country: the Philippine experience / Joselito M. Montalban ; New trends in diagnosis support and role of nurses based on RIGHT-like systems / Antoni Zwiefka and Kazimierz Fraczkowski ; Telenursing in chronic respiratory diseases / Carlos Zamarrón, Emilio Morete, and Francisco Gonzalez ; Telenursing in Africa / Sinclair Wynchank and Jill Fortuin ; Telenursing in Sweden / Inger Holmst…