[Utilization effect of floor plan sketches in hypothetical cases assuming a community care meeting].

Objective　Floor plan sketches (FPSs) are schematic representations of floors in a home. FPSs display information gathered from observations and interviews on people's way of dwelling. To elucidate the effects of utilizing FPSs in case reviews assuming a community care meeting attended by multidisciplinary professionals, we conducted reviews of hypothetical cases created for experimental purposes.

Open access part I: the movement, the issues, and the benefits.

The advent of Open Access (OA) has changed the landscape of accessing digital information globally. OA offers valuable free, full-text, online resources for all health-related professionals, regardless of the practice setting. Because much scholarly information may now be accessed without charge, nurses worldwide can reach a higher level of information competency-a prime requirement for evidence-based practice.

Open access part II: the structure, resources, and implications for nurses.

Electronic publishing has changed the landscape for broadcasting scholarly information. Now Open Access is globalizing scholarly work. Open Access facilitates lifelong learning habits; enhances dissemination and distribution of information; impacts the informatics curriculum; supports active learning; and provides areas for nursing informatics research.