Informatics and Nursing Opportunities and Challenges

by Thede, Linda Q.

• ISBN13: 9780781740203
• ISBN10: 0781740207
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-12
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This comprehensive introduction to informatics provides a solid foundation for nurses using computers to perform their professional duties. The text is divided into five units. Unit 1 provides an overview of the benefits of nursing informatics and a review of computer hardware and software characteristics and uses. Unit 2 covers communication with computers, including introductions to the Internet and the World Wide Web. This unit also includes chapters on Internet use by health care consumers and the current and future role of telehealth in medical practice. Unit 3 discusses word processing, working with numbers, presentation software, and databases. Unit 4 and 5 covers nursing informatics as a specialty, nursing information systems, and current issues and challenges facing nursing informatics. For more information, visit http://connection.lww.com/go/thede.

Table of Contents

Unit I Nursing and Informatics: The Basics	1	(92)
Introduction to Nursing Informatics: Multiple Foci	3	(20)
The Hardware: Meet the Computer	23	(18)
Software: The Computer at Work	41	(12)
Computer Communications: Lighting-Fast Information Dissemination	53	(20)
Understanding Computer Concepts: Features Common to Most Packaged Software	73	(20)
Unit II Informatics: eHealth	93	(48)
The Internet: eHealth Tools	95	(18)
The Internet: The New Healthcare Paradigm	113	(15)
Telehealth: Now and in the Future	128	(13)
Unit III Informatics: Personal Productivity	141	(48)
Word Processors: Writing and Rewriting Without a Hassle	142	(17)
Presentation Software: Looking Professional in the Spotlight	159	(14)
Working With Numbers: Letting the Software Do the Hard Part	173	(16)
Unit IV Informatics: Clinical Information Systems	189	(52)
Informatics Nurse Specialist: A Specialty in Two Disciplines	191	(12)
Nursing Classification Systems: Terminology Does Matter	203	(19)
Informatics in Practice: Clinical Information Systems	222	(19)
Unit V Informatics: Professional Tools and Issues	241	(94)
Other Facets of Informatics: A Wide Impact	243	(16)
Databases: Creating Information From Data	259	(21)
Nursing Knowledge: Access Via Bibliographic and Factual Databases	280	(23)
Educational Informatics: e-Learning	303	(16)
Informatics: Challenges and Issues	319	(16)
Appendix A Devices for the Input of Data into a Computer	335	(1)
Appendix B Devices That Output Computer Information	336	(2)
Appendix C Devices That Both Input and Output Computer Data	338	(1)
Appendix D Universal Windows Key Presses	339
Index