Hannah / Ball / Edwards Introduction to Nursing Informatics

3rd Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-32189-9
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 362 Seiten

Reihe: Health Informatics

Intended as a primer for those just beginning to study nursing informatics, this text equally provides a thorough introduction to basic terms and concepts, as well as an in-depth exploration of the most popular applications in nursing practice, education, administration and research. The Third Edition is updated and expanded to reflect the vast technological advances achieved in health care in recent years. Readers will learn how to use computers and information management systems in their practices, make informed choices related to software/hardware selection, and implement computerized solutions for information management strategies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hannah, Kathryn J.

Ball, Marion J.

Edwards, Margaret J. A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Series Preface;7
2;Preface;8
3;Contents;10
4;Contributors;12
5;Part I Foundations of Nursing Informatics;14
5.1;Nurses and Informatics;15
5.2;Anatomy and Physiology of Computers;24
5.3;History of Healthcare Computing;39
5.4;Telecommunications and Informatics;53
6;Part II Nursing Use of Information Systems;67
6.1;Enterprise Health Information Systems;68
6.2;Nursing Aspects of Health Information Systems;95
7;Part III Applications of Nursing Informatics;114
7.1;Clinical Practice Applications: Facility Based;115
7.2;Clinical Practice Applications: Community Based;128
7.3;Administration Applications;139
7.4;Education Applications;152
7.5;Research Applications;165
8;Part IV Infrastructure Elements of the Informatics Environment;178
8.1;Nursing Data Standards;179
8.2;Defining Information Management Requirements;197
8.3;Selection of Software and Hardware;207
8.4;Data Protection;226
8.5;Ergonomics;242
8.6;Disaster Recovery Planning;251
8.7;Implementation Concerns;262
8.8;A Process Redesign Approach to Successful IT Implementation;274
9;Part V Professional Nursing Informatics;285
9.1;Nursing Informatics Education: Past, Present, and Future;286
9.2;The Future for Nurses in Health Informatics;298
10;Appendices;311
10.1;Generic Request for Proposal;312
10.2;Nursing Informatics Special Interest Groups;315
10.3;Sources of Additional Healthcare Informatics Information;318
10.4;Professional Societies;321
10.5;Academic Informatics ProgramsWorldwide;323
10.6;Transforming Clinical Documentation: Preparing Nursing for Change;332
10.7;Research Databases of Interest to Nurses;338
10.8;Glossary;345
10.9;Index;362