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iCitizen affordable netbook with Nursing Skills offers modern e-learning tools, ready to shape the future of education for nurses and nursing students in the Philippines.
Redfox Technologies and Microsoft announced today the launch of the Netbook iCitizen with Nursing Nursing Skills, an integrated and affordable netbook for e-learning for nurses and nursing students in the Philippines.
As part of this unprecedented partnership, the Netbook Redfox is being driven by the revolutionary operating system Windows 7 and improved with Microsoft Office 2010 suite. This world-renowned software within the netbook is complemented by a selection of software Mosby Nursing Skills Nursing Elsevier, a leading global provider of products and services to scientific, technical and medical information.
"With more and more hospitals, pending the adoption of information technology to provide better quality health care at the point of care, nurses increasingly have the need to keep up with the latest changes in technology and innovation in the workplace, "said Pascal van den Nieuwendijk, Director for Microsoft in Asia private.
In addition to juggling their workloads, nurses are faced with the challenge of constantly updating your skills, not only to keep abreast of rapidly evolving standards of local health departments, but more importantly, to provide greater quality health care to patients. This is where the Nursing Skills iCitizen Netbook comes as both practicing nurses and nursing students can access up to date knowledge in intensive care techniques and procedures for patient care.
"The Nursing Skills iCitizen Netbook demonstrates the seamless integration of a netbook, software and specialized content that supports Microsoft's ability to drive innovative solutions in partnership with our valued partners in one of the key sectors of the Philippines," Van den Nieuwendijk . 'This project will support the overall government initiative to provide health professionals and world class remains one of the leading countries worldwide in this growing segment. "
John Macasio, Director General of the Philippines Redfox Technologies Incorporated, said that ICTs are now an integral part of nursing training and education. "For the 21 st century student nurses, mentors and professional activities such as learning, creating, games, recreation, job and now take place in an ICT environment." "I-Citizen Redfox netbook nursing knowledge that takes the differential experience of learning and practice for all nurses through clustering solution for the acquisition of knowledge, create, share and remember. "
Elsevier expressed his pride in being part of what the company calls an "exciting project that allows us to support the community nursing in the Philippines, providing interactive learning tools nursing," said Robert Gorter, Director of Sales and Marketing, Elsevier APAC Health.
"Mosby's Nursing Skills have been adopted by many institutions of high-profile health worldwide in their efforts to educate student nurses in intensive care skills and procedures. As such, this unique collaboration with Microsoft in the Philippines Redfox and now offer this content to the Filipino community nursing for the first time. "