Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge / Dee McGonigle, Phd, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF, Director, Virtual Learning Experiences (VLE) and Professor, Graduate Program, Chamberkain College of Nursing, Member , Informatics and Technology Expert Panel (ITEP) for the American Academy of Nursing, Kathleen Mastrian, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Nursing, Pennsyvania State University, Shenango Sr. Managing Editor, Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI).
Section I: Building blocks of nursing informatics. Nursing science and the foundation of knowledge -- Introduction to information, information science, and information systems -- Computer science and the foundation of knowledge model -- Introduction to cognitive science and cognitive informatics -- Ethical applications of informatics -- Section II: Perspectives on nursing informatics. History and evolution of nursing informatics -- Nursing informatics as a specialty -- Legislative aspects of nursing informatics: HITECH and HIPAA -- Section III: Nursing informatics administrative applications: precare and care support -- Systems development life cycle: NI and organizational decision making -- Administrative information systems -- The human-technology interface -- Electronic security -- Workflow and meaningful use -- Section IV: Nursing informatics practice applications: care delivery. The electronic health record and clinical informatics -- Informatics tools to promote patient safety and quality outcomes -- Patient engagement and connected health -- Using informatics to promote community/population health -- Telenursing and remote access telehealth -- Section V: Education applications of nursing informatics. Nursing informatics and nursing education -- Simulation, gaming mechanics and virtual worlds in nursing informatics education -- Section VI: Research applications of nursing informatics. Nursing research: data collection, processing, and analysis -- Data mining as a research tool -- Translational research: generating evidence for practice -- Bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and computational biology -- Section VII: Imagining the future of nursing informatics. The art of caring in technology laden environments -- Nursing informatics and knowledge management.
Summary:
" Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Fourth Edition teaches nursing students the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications. This comprehensive text contains basic through complex concepts to address the needs of the novice through innovator. The text takes the reader from the building blocks of informatics through complicated topics such as data mining, bioinformatics, and system development. The content is enhanced through its grounding in the Foundation of Knowledge Model founded by the authors. The purpose of this text is to provide a set of practical and powerful tools to ensure that students gain a solid understanding of Nursing Informatics and is able to move from information through knowledge to wisdom. The field of Informatics is a rapidly growing and ever-changing. In accordance with industry changes the Fourth Edition has been updated to include two competency based assessment tools: TANIC and NICA L3/L4."--Publisher's description.
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