Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has selected Skyscrape's smARTlink handheld references for use in the school’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program.

“Having mobile versions of the same trusted textbooks I would normally assign to my students is extremely advantageous. And with Skyscape’s technology combined with the student discount program, the PDA references provide more value," said Renee McLeod, program director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. "Skyscape’s technology enables my students to seamlessly smARTlink from the Five Minute Pediatric Clinical Consult to Stedman’s Dictionary or A2Z Drugs, whether in an ‘open-PDA’ exam or in their clinical site.”

In addition, Dr. McLeod along with Marilyn Hall from San Diego State University were recently granted funding from the National Library of Medicine to examine the way school nurses access and use electronic digital data on the Internet and on their PDAs. A large part of this study involves teaching these nurses how to access the Internet and use their PDAs and medical reference software effectively. The results of this yearlong study titled, “Clinical Effectiveness Using Handheld Technology” are slated to be available in the fall of 2004.