Women's use of the Internet: what nurses need to know

J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2006 Jan-Feb;35(1):151-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00004.x.

Abstract

Women increasingly access the Internet for health information and social support in managing health-related changes. Some women's use of the Internet has empowered them and created changes in nurse-patient relationships. Nurses and patients must have a mutually respectful open dialogue to develop individualized appropriate plans of care, and nurses should recognize that women who do not have Internet access may have different learning needs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attitude to Computers*
  • Communication
  • Computer Literacy*
  • Computer User Training
  • Electronic Mail
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Internet / statistics & numerical data*
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Patient Education as Topic / organization & administration*
  • Power, Psychological
  • Professional Competence
  • Social Support
  • Women's Health*
  • Women* / education
  • Women* / psychology