Nursing Informatics: CA 3
1997 National Informatics Agenda for Education and Practice
educate nursing students in core informatics content
1993 Nursing Informatics: Enhancing Patient Care
establish a nursing language for computerized documentation
What is the focus of nursing informatics?
information management
What 4 things defines nursing informatics?
1. designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data. 2. thinking that is done by nurses to make knowledge-based decisions and inferences for patient care. 3. information and knowledge to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care 4. combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science.
What are 6 benefits of nursing informatics?
1. quick retrieval of test results 2. improved communication between all healthcare providers 3. better healthcare records 4. creating and using aggregate data 5. making previously buried data usable 6. preventing errors
In what year did the American Nurses Association (ANA) recognize nursing informatics as a subspecialty of nursing?
1992
T/F: Every nurse has a role in informatics.
True
T/F: most current definitions of nursing informatics underemphasize the role of the patient.
True
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Use of ethics in the application of technology
Computer fluency
ability to learn new computer skills and programs independently (dynamic state)
Information literacy
ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use knowledge
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER)
aim to make informatics the stethoscope of the 21st century
Leapfrog Group
promote high-value healthcare using incentives and rewards
As changes in information systems occurred over the years, the lack of what elements complicated the transfer of data between different systems?
standard terminology and protocols
A lifetime electronic health record is the ultimate goal of healthcare informatics. What is included in a lifetime EHR?
standardized data, consumer access to records, and secondary use of healthcare data
Computer literacy
the ability to perform various tasks with a computer (temporary state)
