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Welcome to The eNurse @ School blog, where my focus is to introduce ways to implement health technology in the K-12 setting. 

Advanced research is often completed in order to ask or answer a question. When I was considering what problem I would like to solve I turned to my own practice and experience as a new school nurse. I wanted to do something that could bring something new to the more experienced nurses and initiate something unique. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was the lack of technological resources, specifically using our iPads. Our school district purchased iPads for all ten of the district nurses and it became very obvious that they are not being utilized to their fullest potential within our practice. Furthermore, there was no instruction given on what we could use them for…other then email, and note taking at meetings, the iPads seem to be hidden away somewhere in the abyss of our car trunks, or beneath the piles of paper scattered across our desks. With an abundance of apps and creative innovations, there is no reason that school nurses can’t get with technology and really learn how to utilize the iPad; not only to make our lives easier, but also to make our practice better.