NURSING INFORMATIC LECTURE
WHAT IS INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
•Any technology which processes and
communicates data, INCLUDES
computers, voice, data and image
sensing and communications devices,
graphics devices, multi-media storage,
etc. pen, paper, telephones, and fax
machines
•is an established and growing area of
specialization in nursing All nurses
employ information technologies in their
practice
why do we need to study NI?
• In the 21st Century, information is
doubling every 5yrs , if not tripling in
quantity and quality.
• Information is POWER
• Technology also facilitates the
creative process in nurses, affording
amazing vehicles for
• patient education , teaching and
learning , and providing general health
promotion and prevention information
on a global scale
“THE HIGH TECH AND THE HIGH
TOUCH”
This can only become a common reality
• if nurses are comfortable working with
computers and advanced technology
while providing evidence based care for
their clients .
• The healthcare of our clients is largely
dependent on information.
• Every action taken depends on
previous information and knowledge.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACHIEVE
NURSING INFORMATICS?
• Nursing practice will be revolutionized
and we will truly be a profession of
nurses with our own classification
systems, bibliographic systems, and
payment systems
• We need to use the Internet to
enhance our practice and provide tele-
nursing care . We need to become
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wireless and conduct our services using
all the newer IT tools
We have a long way to go, but if we
utilize information technology
effectively, • informatics will become an
integral part of our profession and the
health care industry. I do believe we
have the knowledge and perseverance
and I am convinced it will come to
pass.”-Dr. Virginia Saba
what is informatics
1957 - First coined by Karl Steinbuch as
“informatiks”. 1962 – Phillipe Dreyfus
used “informatique” Walter Bauer –
translated it into “informatics
Combined the terms “information” and
“automation” which means automatic
information processing
❖ A science that combines a nursing
science, computer science, information
science and cognitive science.
❖ Multidisciplinary science drawing
from varied theories and knowledge
applications
❖ a broad academic field
encompassing human-computer
interaction, information science,
information technology, algorithms, and
social science
❖ Computer science, the study of
complex systems, information and
computation using applied
mathematics, electrical engineering and
software engineering techniques
❖ Information science is the study of
the processing, management, and
retrieval of information
❖ In 1980, Scholes and Barber applied
this new term to the art and science of
nursing, coining the term, “nursing
informatics”, which they defined as
“...the application of computer
technology to all fields of nursing--
nursing services, nurse education, and
nursing research
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WHAT IS HEALTH INFORMATICS
❖ Integration of healthcare sciences,
computer science, information science,
and cognitive science to assist in the
management of healthcare information.
❖ A subdiscipline of informatics
NURSING INFORMATICS
1985 – Kathryn Hannah; is the use of
information technologies in relation to
any nursing functions
❖ 1989 – Graves & Corcoran .. Is a
combination of computer science,
information science and nursing science
designed to assist management and
processing of nursing data, information,
and knowledge to support the practice
of nursing and the delivery of nursing
care
❖ 1994– ANA .. Specialty that
integrates nursing science, computer
science, and information science in
identifying, collecting, processing, and
managing data and information to
support nursing practice, administration,
education, research and the expansion
of nursing knowledge
❖ 2001– ANA ..a specialty that
integrates nursing science, computer
science, and information science to
manage and communicate data,
information and knowledge in nursing
practice
❖ 2001– ANA ..facilitates the
integration of data, information, and
knowledge to support patients, nurses,
and other providers in their decision-
making in all roles and settings. The
support is accomplished through the
use of information structures,
information processes, and information
technology
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COMPUTERS IN NURSING
EDUCATIONS
• COMPUTER Assisted Education
• PDA (Personal Digital Assistants)
• LCD Projectors
• Wireless Routers
• Desktops
• Laptops
• Smartphone
• VIDEOS/ANIMATIONS
• Distance learning
• Testing (NCLEX)
• Student and course record
management
COMPUTERS IN NURSING
PRACTICE
Functions
• Records client information
• Provides access to other departments
• Used to manage client scheduling
❖ DOCUMENTAION OF CLIENT
STATUS AND MEDICAL RECORDS
KEEPING
• Provides access to standardized
forms, policies and procedures
• Access data about client that may be
somewhere in the medical record or
elsewhere in health care agency
Health (Medical) Informatics
Medical informatics is the application of
computers, communications and
information technology and systems to
all fields of medicine - medical care,
medical education and medical
research.
MF Collen, MEDINFO '80, Tokyo
Nursing Informatics Defined
• Nursing informatics is the integration
of nursing, its information, and
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information management with
information processing and
communication technology, to support
the health of people world wide

New Definition - ANA

“Nursing Informatics is a specialty that
integrates wisd, computer science, and
information science to manage and
communicate date, information, and
knowledge in nursing practice.
facilitates the integration of data,
information, and knowledge to support
patients, nurses, and other providers in
their decision-making in all roles and
settings.
This support is accomplished through
the use of information structures,
information processes, and information
technology.”
• ANA (2001). 17
How it all began….
Late 1960’s first computer systems
were implemented in hospitals
Computer nurses began to appear in
hospitals
– Excellent clinicians
– Technically curious and willing to try
new thing
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS
The goal of Nursing Informatics
is to optimize the use of information to
support nurses in the delivery of care in
an acute or community setting to
individual patients, families and the
community
• Nursing Informatics had been in
existence since the 80’s and its
presence and importance is being felt
more today than
• Nursing Informatics will be here to
stay to facilitate the workload of nurses.
• PATIENT. Is still the center of our
work as nurses Let us not lose sight
that computer technology will never
replace the nurses’ Tender Loving Care
(TLC) coupled with the nurses’
judgment.

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