Webwise Nurses Harness New Media for Global Health.

Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University

BALTIMORE, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) is harnessing the power of wireless technologies and online communities to help nurses throughout the world "connect for health." Under the direction of Associate Professor Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, the School's Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice (GANM) has become a teacher for the 21st century, speeding new health information and know-how to nurses around the globe-from the most urbanized, high-tech cities to the most remote villages, using low bandwidth telecommunication technologies.

Kitty Poon, RN, MSN, a graduate of the JHUSON worked with Abbott's GANM …