Technology and the Older Nurse

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has commissioned a paper about the importance of keeping older nurses in the workforce. There is a "severe and looming nursing shortage" and older nurses could alleviate some of the shortage. The goal is to keep nurses working, not having them retire. This would require education about the benefits of technology to keep the older nurses working.

http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/wisdomatwork.pdf

Technology in Nursing Education

I have changed my topic from community nursing to technology in education of older nurses. The reason being, I am an older nurse back in school after 30 years. I believe that I have spent more time learning about the computer and other technologies than I have spent deepening my knowledge of nursing.

This link is about people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, who have gone back to school to become nurses:

http://www.nursezone.com/recent-graduates/recent-graduates-featured-articles/Older-Nurse-Graduates-Find-Their-Niche_20118.aspx

This article deals with older nurse and the demands of the profession:

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/11/older-nurses-forced-profession.html

Research shows that nurses work much better with 8 hour shifts, but economics are in favor of the 12 hour shift.

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