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Essentials of Computers for Nurses : Informatics for the New Millennium
by Saba, Virginia K.; McCormick, Kathleen A.; Saba, Virginia K.Edition:
3rd
ISBN13:
9780071349000
ISBN10:
0071349006
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
9/14/2000
Publisher(s):
MCG (Manual)
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Summary
The best selling nurses' guide to understanding and using computers in the workplace--now revised and completely up-to-date. New edition discusses the increasing use of specialized software within nursing curriculums. Examines use of the Internet as a powerful research tool; the way computers are changing the practice of nursing and the NCLEX; telemedicine; and more.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Computers are Nursing | p. 1 |
| Overview of Computers and Nursing | p. 3 |
| Historical Perspectives of Nursing and the Computer | p. 9 |
| Computer Systems | p. 47 |
| Computer Hardware | p. 49 |
| Software | p. 67 |
| Data Processing | p. 85 |
| Computer Systems | p. 101 |
| The Internet: A Nursing Resource | p. 123 |
| Issues in Informatics | p. 139 |
| Nursing Informatics and Health Care Policy | p. 141 |
| Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security | p. 155 |
| Data Standards | p. 167 |
| Informatics Theory | p. 177 |
| Nursing Informatics Theory | p. 179 |
| Concept-Oriented Terminological Systems | p. 191 |
| Implementing and Upgrading Clinical Information Systems | p. 199 |
| Practice Applications | p. 231 |
| Practice Applications | p. 233 |
| Critical Care Applications | p. 249 |
| Community Health Applications | p. 265 |
| Ambulatory Care Systems | p. 297 |
| Administrative Applications | p. 301 |
| Administrative Applications of Information Technology for Nursing Managers | p. 303 |
| Translating Evidence into Practice: Guidelines and Automated Implementation Tools | p. 335 |
| Challenges for Data Management in Long-Term Care | p. 357 |
| Consumer Use of Informatics | p. 365 |
| Consumers in Health Care | p. 367 |
| Health-Related Decision-Making by Patients | p. 375 |
| Educational Applications | p. 391 |
| The Nursing Curriculum in the Information Age | p. 393 |
| Distance Education: Using Technology to Learn | p. 413 |
| Innovations in Telehealth | p. 427 |
| Research Applications | p. 443 |
| Computer Use in Nursing Research | p. 445 |
| Computerized Information Resources | p. 457 |
| International Perspectives | p. 477 |
| Canada | p. 479 |
| Europe | p. 489 |
| Pacific Rim | p. 499 |
| South America | p. 509 |
| The Future of Informatics | p. 517 |
| Future Directions | p. 519 |
| Home Health Care Classification (HHCC) System Two Terminologies: HHCC of Nursing Diagnoses and HHCC of Nursing Interventions with 20 Care Components | p. 529 |
| Key Words | p. 535 |
| Index | p. 537 |
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