Sherpath: Informatics in Nursing Practice

5. Why is the use of standardized nursing terminology important when treating a patient as part of a multidisciplinary nursing team?

Allows all nurses to use the same vocabulary to facilitate communication

3. What does/did the TIGER initiative do for nursing informatics?

Identified a set of nursing informatics skills needed by all nurses in current practice

Nursing diagnoses

NANDA

Diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes

CCC

6. Why does the use of computerized data collection and research in health care increase the need for standardized nursing terminologies in documentation?

Computers cannot make associations between different written descriptions meaning the same thing without standardized terminologies.

Clinical data elements for use in all nursing settings

NMDS

nursing administrative data elements for use in all nursing settings

NMMDS

TIGER Initiatives

The TIGER Vision Pillars include management and leadership, education, communication and collaboration, informatics design, and IT policy and culture. This skill set includes informatics competencies that range from basic computer skills to advanced level IT, and literacy competencies and expertise. TIGER's vision for the future of nursing addresses informatics and the use of emerging technologies to provide safer, patient-centered care by using evidence and technology in practice, education, and research.

2. Which skill demonstrates information literacy?

ability to properly use the electronic health records to pull up information from a patient's last visit

8. Determining a website's date of last update evaluates which criterion for credibility?

currency

Nursing informatics

involves the use of health information systems to support and improve nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, and knowledge to empower patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision-making, and it can be used by nurses in all roles and settings.

9. Which questions should be asked about an online health resource to determine the objectivity of the resource?

is there evidence bias in the website? what are the goals of the website? is bias explicit or hidden?

7. Which question should be asked about an online health information website to verify its content?

is this information found in other sources?

1. Which type of nursing informatics specialty competency is a nurse using when working with a committee to evaluate the ethics of implementing a new patient-tracking software program?

leadership

Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

proposed in 1991 and used today, represents one of the first attempts by nursing informatics specialists to standardize the collection of essential nursing data.

standardized nursing terminology

structured vocabulary that provides a common means of communication among nurses. A standardized language ensures that when a nurse talks about a specific patient problem, another nurse fully understands the problem.

Specialty Areas in Nursing Informatics

technical utility leadership

goal of nursing informatics

to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication.