Web
Based Model:
The Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index (READI)
And
The Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index- Revised
(READI-R)
The
projects goal is to make the Readiness Estimate and Deployability
Index (READI) and The Readiness Estimate and Deployability
Index Revised (READI-R) available in a web based format.
Web basing the READ and READI-R will enable military and
civilian health care workers to easily access and utilize
the instrument. The author's interest in this project
began while completing a MSN under the tutelage of Dr.
Carol Reineck at the University of Texas Health Science
Center San Antonio. As an active duty Air Force Officer
the author has previous experience with mobilization and
deployment of military medical personnel. Web basing this
instrument is the next logical step enabling the dispersal
of the information for a broader audience. The ultimate
goal is to have the instrument become a routine tool used
by the leadership within the military to aid in identifying
the needs of the medical personnel who are readying for
deployment.
Permission
for use of the material within this web site has been
granted by:
-
Dr.
Carol Reineck, PhD RN,
Assistant Professor, (Colonel, USA, Retired)
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Dr.
Theresa Dremsa, Lt Colonel, USAF, NC
-
Felecia
Rivers, Captain/Army Nurse Corps
-
Dr.
Barbara Covington, PhD, RN
Associate Dean
Information and Learning Technologies
Associate Professor, (Colonel,
USA, Retired)
University of Maryland School of Nursing
-
Heather
Cura, BA
Web Specialist & Site Designer
The
Tri Service Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) provided
funding and oversight for several congressionally-funded
research grants concerning the Readiness Estimate and
Deployability Index. The developers of this website extend
grateful appreciation for their support and for approval
to post the instrument on this website. A link to the
TSNRP can be found at the links
button.
Links
from web sites affiliated with The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio's web site (www.uthscsa.edu)
to other websites do not constitute or imply university
endorsement of those sites, their content, or products
and services associated with those sites. Material and
links provided by the Health Science Center are for informational
purposes only.
The
authors have worked to ensure that all information in this
web site project concerning information (current nursing
practices, drug dosages, schedules, and routes of administration)
are accurate as of the time of posting. As health care,
nursing research, and practice advance, however, standard
practices and therapeutic standards may change. For this
reason and because human and mechanical errors sometimes
occur, we recommend that the reader follow the advise/guidance
of current published approved practice standards/information.
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