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Nursing Informatic S: Reanrose C. Dragon, RN, MAN, LMT, ITEC Dip

This document provides information about a nursing informatics course, including the course description, objectives, and outline. The course deals with applying nursing informatics principles and theories to utilize clinical information systems for patient care management and decision making. The course objectives include applying informatics concepts to nursing and discussing relevant issues and trends. The course outline covers topics such as computers in nursing, electronic health records, computer hardware/software, and incorporating evidence-based decision support.

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Nursing Informatic S: Reanrose C. Dragon, RN, MAN, LMT, ITEC Dip

This document provides information about a nursing informatics course, including the course description, objectives, and outline. The course deals with applying nursing informatics principles and theories to utilize clinical information systems for patient care management and decision making. The course objectives include applying informatics concepts to nursing and discussing relevant issues and trends. The course outline covers topics such as computers in nursing, electronic health records, computer hardware/software, and incorporating evidence-based decision support.

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NURSING

INFORMATIC
S

Reanrose C. Dragon,RN,MAN,LMT,ITEC Dip


Course Description:
This course deals with the use of information technology
system and data standards based on nursing informatics
principles/theories. It further deals with the utilization of
clinical information systems in the management and
decision-making of patient care.
Course Objectives:

• At the end of the course and given relevant


actual or simulated situations/conditions,
the student will beable to:
• 1. Apply concept,theories and principles of
informatics in nursing and health care
• 2. Discuss issues and trends in informatics
relevant to nursing and health.
• Course Outline
A. Computersand Nursing
1. Computers and Nursing
2. Historical Perspectives of Nursing and the Computer
3. Electronic Health Record from a Historical perspective
B. Computer System
1. Computer Hardware
2.Computer Software and Systems
a.Open Source and FreeSoftware
b.ProprietarySoftware
c. System Software
d.ApplicationSoftware
e. Data
ProcessingSoftware
3. The Internet, a Nursing
Resource
4. PDA and Wireless
Devices
5.Incorporating Evidence: Use of
Computer-Based Clinical Decision
“Computers are incredibly fast,
accurate and stupid. Human
beings are incredibly slow,
inaccurate and brilliant.
Together they are powerful
beyond imagination.”

Albert Einstein
What is informatics?
WHAT IS NURSING
INFORMATICS?
WHAT IS NURSING
INFORMATICS?

Computer Software
Information Computer Hardware
System Configuration
Program Science Science Network

Nursing
Science

Nursing Practice
Theoretical
Knowledge
Base
• defined by Ball and Hannah, authors of
"Using Computers in Nursing," as "those
collected informational technologies which
concern themselves with the patient care
decision-making process performed by
health care practitioners." All nurses use
informatics. As a defined field, nursing
informatics is relatively new, but the work of
the nursing informatics specialist is not
new at all.
APPLICATION OF NURSING
INFORMATICS:
The Role of the Nursing
Informatics Specialist
(NIS)
NURSING and THE COMPUTER

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Major Historical Perspectives
of Nursing and Computers
• Development of Hospital Informatuion System
for financial transactions.
COMPUTERS in
NURSI G
N

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