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Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics
Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.
Albert Einstein
Definition
Nursing informatics (NI) is a specialty that
integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports consumers, 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 2008
To get the.... RIGHT information to the RIGHT people at the RIGHT time to do the RIGHT job at the RIGHT cost
Have additional education & experience related to technology and information systems Are excellent project managers May be board certified in Nursing Informatics by ANCC
Florence Nightingale in the United Kingdom Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) Montreal, Canada in 1642. Ventilators and physiological monitors Intensive and critical care settings less acute areas home care
Present
NI has become a part of our professional activities. Informatics has advanced the field of nursing by bridging the gap from nursing as an art to nursing as a science.
Data-Informationknowledge triad
Toffler (1990)
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more effectively with the use of an EMR system that encompasses nursing informatics tools. In fact, reports can often be generated within seconds with just a few keystrokes. This would save much time and minimize many errors than older reporting and tracking systems.
Administration Analysis of reports generated from a spread sheet software application. Review of outcome indicators using a decision-support software application Recording of workload and interventions as a by-product of electronic charting.
Research Evaluation of nurse-sensitive outcome measures using a standard minimum data set Use of knowledge bases via the internet Recording of workload and interventions as a by-product of electronic charting.
Education Distance learning/teaching via the internet Recording of workload and interventions as a by-product of electronic charting.
Nursing Practice
Nursing Process is the cornerstone of Professional Nursing Practice Defines the What and How of professional practice The steps of the process are measurable The process steps can also be used by other clinical disciplines
Automation of Documentation
Why automate documentation not only for nursing but for all of patient care? Up-to-date, accurate information of each step of the Nursing Process is the Power behind safe, high quality patient-centered care!
Standardized Documentation
The collection tool for information management Information Management Key role for Nursing Informatics Key to research and evidence collection Research and Evidence Collection Key to repeatable, standardized care and improved outcomes
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Patient care is an interdisciplinary process requiring an interdisciplinary approach to documentation, data collection and analysis
5. A new nursing role--Internet guide--has developed as patients are given information prescriptions with instructions to find applicable resources at recommended Web sites.
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6. With their growing experience in a highly automated environment, nurses will be in a prime position to become agents of change. They may help colleagues for implementations and new or upgraded software. They can explain system needs of healthcare professionals and patients to designers, engineers and vendors.
level Specialty in Nursing Informatics MSN Distance learning online Certificate programs Post graduate degree
Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and an improved information infrastructure Together, nurses and nursing informatics must lead, and be visible, vocal and present at the table to achieve healthcare delivery transformation.
Nurses do not want to be passive consumers of technology Nurses want devices that are integrated, voice activated, handheld, use biometrics, provide translation, are portable, wireless, auto populate, and are smart
Emerging roles CNIO, Entrepreneurs, Product Developers, Web design, Independent Consultants Challenges Integration of dataduplication often Inability to access data for decision making Unique distinctions between roles has not been definedcompetencies
Conclusion
The time has come for healthcare to leave the manual tools of the past in the past and turn to the enablers of the 21st century. The nursing profession is being transformed to meet the needs of the new world and will be a major player in the revolution.
"By the turn of the century, most health care delivery systems will function with computers and will be managed by computer literate nurses. I believe, that by the turn of the century, "high tech and high touch" will be an integral part of the health care delivery system,