Introduction to Nursing Informatics

This series is directed to health care professionals who are leading the transformation of health care by using information and knowledge. Launched in 1988 as Computers in Health Care, the series offers a broad range of titles: some addressed to specific professions such as nursing, medicine, and he...

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Main Authors: Hannah, Kathryn J., Ball, Marion J. (Author), Edwards, Margaret J.A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1999, 1999
Edition:2nd ed. 1999
Series:Health Informatics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Foundations of Nursing Informatics
  • 1 Nurses and Informatics
  • 2 Anatomy and Physiology of Computers
  • 3 History of Health Care Computing
  • 4 Telecommunications and Informatics
  • II Nursing USE of Information Systems
  • 5 Enterprise Health Information Systems
  • 6 Nursing Aspects of Health Information Systems
  • III Applications of Nursing Informatics
  • 7 Clinical Practice Applications: Facility Based
  • 8 Clinical Practice Applications: Community Based
  • 9 Administration Applications
  • 10 Education Applications
  • 11 Research Applications
  • IV Infrastructure Elements of The Informatics Environment
  • 12 Defining Information Management Requirements
  • 13 Selection of Software and Hardware
  • 14 Data Protection
  • 15 Ergonomics
  • 16 Usability
  • 17 Disaster Recovery Planning
  • 18 Implementation Concerns
  • V Professional Nursing Informatics
  • 19 Nursing Informatics Education: Past, Present, and Future
  • 20 The Future for Nurses in Health Informatics
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A Generic Request for Proposal
  • Appendix B Addresses for Professional Societies
  • Appendix C Sources of Additional Informatics and Health Care Information
  • Appendix D Research Databases of Interest to Nurses
  • Appendix E Riley and Saba’s Nursing Informatics Education Model: Basic Computer Content for Undergraduate Students
  • Appendix F Proposed Nursing Informatics Education Model for Graduate Nursing Informatics Students