Nurse practitioners and the Internet.

This article describes the Internet as an easily accessible, up-to-date, and valuable information system that nurse practitioners must master to keep up with the needs of their patients and today's healthcare system. It contains a comprehensive review of the multiple uses of the Internet that include education, communication, clinical decision making, and research, and can serve as an update to the information in the healthcare and nursing literature. Strategies are suggested to incorporate the Internet into practice.