Nursing Informatics
The Use of Nursing Informatics in Health Care Today Melissa Morrison University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Abstract Nursing Informatics is a specialty in Nursing in which a nurse will use technology such a computer in order to document data such as vital signs and to make an educated decision based on the data. A nurse who specializes in Nursing Informatics must display several roles in his or her line of work. The roles are as follows: data gatherer, information user, knowledge user, and knowledge builder. Each of these roles helps in the performance and accuracy of Nursing Informatics. There are both advantages and disadvantages to Nursing Informatics. Technology can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be disastrous. No technology is perfect and can be very costly if something should go wrong. Nursing Informatics has become very prevalent in the health care systems today. In almost every doctor’s office, hospital, or health care facility, there is some form of Nursing Informatics. Most doctors and nurses have begun to use computers instead of paper charts to document data. This cuts the amount of time spent writing in half and allows for more time to be spent with the patient.
The Use of Nursing Informatics in Health Care Today
Nursing Informatics is a specialty within Nursing. Nursing Informatics uses “Information and computer technology to support all aspects of Nursing Practice, including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.” (Hebda & Czar, 2009) In Nursing Informatics, data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are integrated in order to support the decision making process. (Cite source here) In simple terms, Nursing Informatics uses technology such as computers to save time and allow for better nurse-patient interaction. Through the use of Nursing Informatics the process can flow more smoothly and eliminate the stacks of messy
Abstract Nursing Informatics is a specialty in Nursing in which a nurse will use technology such a computer in order to document data such as vital signs and to make an educated decision based on the data. A nurse who specializes in Nursing Informatics must display several roles in his or her line of work. The roles are as follows: data gatherer, information user, knowledge user, and knowledge builder. Each of these roles helps in the performance and accuracy of Nursing Informatics. There are both advantages and disadvantages to Nursing Informatics. Technology can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be disastrous. No technology is perfect and can be very costly if something should go wrong. Nursing Informatics has become very prevalent in the health care systems today. In almost every doctor’s office, hospital, or health care facility, there is some form of Nursing Informatics. Most doctors and nurses have begun to use computers instead of paper charts to document data. This cuts the amount of time spent writing in half and allows for more time to be spent with the patient.
The Use of Nursing Informatics in Health Care Today
Nursing Informatics is a specialty within Nursing. Nursing Informatics uses “Information and computer technology to support all aspects of Nursing Practice, including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.” (Hebda & Czar, 2009) In Nursing Informatics, data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are integrated in order to support the decision making process. (Cite source here) In simple terms, Nursing Informatics uses technology such as computers to save time and allow for better nurse-patient interaction. Through the use of Nursing Informatics the process can flow more smoothly and eliminate the stacks of messy
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