OBJECTIVES

● To know more about the Internet and recognize its importance as a nursing
resource.
● To define Nursing informatics and identify its significance in the nursing
profession.
● To learn how to evaluate the quality of health information on the Internet.

“INTERNET”
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks to serve
several billion users worldwide.

The internet’s tremendous impact on society

•Changing the way, we communicate
•Conduct business
•Obtain information
•Manage life

Who Controls the Internet?

The internet itself has no owners, censors, bosses, board of directors, or
stockholders. In principle, any computer or network that obeys the protocols,
which are technical, not social, or political, can be an equal player.

What are the Technologies behind the Internet?

● World Wide Web

 is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.
With a web browser, one can view web pages that may contain text,
images, videos, and other multimedia, and navigate between them via
hyperlinks.
● The Domain Name System

The internet DNS permits us to give globally unique “names” to network

and computers. The Benefits of this system are:
a. A name is easier to remember than the long strings of number that
makes up an IP address, which is assigned to each computer in the
network
b. A name allows for a change in location that is transparent to the user.

● HOME PAGE

A home page is the main page of a Web Site. It serves as the index or table of
contents to any other documents at the site or other sites.

● Electronic mail (e-mail)

One of the most popular users for the internet remains the ability to send and
receive e-mail. An e-mail address has two parts separated by a “@” sign.

● Use of Emoticons and Abbreviations

Emoticons or Smileys are small icons used to denote mood using characters on a
standard keyboard to form a picture.

● File Attachments
To send a file created by a word processor or other application programs.

Getting on Information

● Modem

● Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)

● Broadband

● LTE (long-term evolution)

● Nursing Informatics is the "science and practice (that) integrates nursing, its
information and knowledge, with the management of information and
communication technologies to promote the health of people, families, and
communities worldwide

Nursing Clinical Practice: Point-of-Care Systems and Clinical Information Systems.

1. Work lists to remind staff of planned nursing interventions
2. Computer-generated client documentation
3. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Computer-Based Patient Records
(CPR)
4. Automatic billing for supplies or procedures with nursing documentation
5. Interactive video technology
6. Presentation software for preparing slides and handouts-PowerPoint and
MS Word

What makes the Internet valuable for Nurses?

1. Diagnoses and Direct Care
2. Patient Education Support
3. Education
4. Employment
5. Community

Benefits of the Internet to Nurses

● Serves as a constant source of up-to-date professional information

● Used to network with colleagues all over the world, sharing their
knowledge and learning from each other, thus broadening the body of
nursing knowledge.
● Cause nursing standards to expand from community and regional, to
national and international.

Nursing is a dynamic profession and computer technology can transform the

nursing profession. A clinical Information System is common to modern
healthcare and is a computer-based system that is designed for collecting, storing,
manipulating, and making available clinical information important to the
healthcare delivery process.

The world is at your fingertips with the internet. As nurses, what we find out
there on the web can lead us to be better health care professionals, better
informed, and better connected.