Informatics and Nursing
Competencies and Applications
3rd Edition
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-7817-9597-5 (ISBN)
Description
Thoroughly updated to reflect current technologies, the third edition of this comprehensive text reviews the concepts and applications of nursing informatics. Starting with an introduction to nursing informatics, the contents proceed from Unit One which covers computer basics to Unit Five which examines skills and techniques for using the end product of informatics: data. Other units review the effects that the Internet is having on healthcare, the ins and outs of using personal productivity software, and informatics in the clinical area.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-9597-5 (9780781795975)
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Content
Unit 1: Informatics Basics 1. Overview of Informatics Place in Nursing 2. Meet the Computer 3. Software: Information Management 4. Understanding Computer Concepts: Common Features 5. Computer Communications: Networking Unit 2: Computers and Your Professional Career 6. Professional networking 7. Word Processors: Writing and Rewriting Without a Hassle 8. Presentation Software: Looking Professional in the Spotlight 9. Working with Data: Organizing and Calculating to Create Information 10. Databases: From Data to Knowledge Unit 3: Information Literacy (Competency) 11. The Road to EBP 12. Electronic Information: Finding That Needle in the Haystack 13. Mobile Computing: Finding Knowledge in the Palm of Your Hand Unit 4: The New Healthcare Paradigm 14. Provider Use of Internet in Healthcare 15. The Empowered Consumer 16. Interoperability at the International and National Level 17. Interoperability in Nursing Unit 5: Healthcare Informatics 18. The Informatics Discipline 19. Basic Electronic Healthcare Information Systems 20. Specialized Electronic Healthcare Information Systems 21. Electronic Healthcare System Issues 22. Telehealth: Now and In the Future Unit 8: Computer Uses in Healthcare Beyond Informatics 23. e-Learning 24. Administration: Tools for Efficiency 25. Research 26. Ethics