NUR 211 Test 5
1. WHAT IS INFORMATICS?
Answer Information management Turning data into knowledge Utilizes computing to solve problems and decision-making
- Nursing Informatics
Answer A combination of computer science, information science and nursing science designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data, information and knowledge to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of care"
- What happened in 1992?
Answer ANA Recognition as a nursing specialty in 1992.
- What happened in 1995?
Answer Published the first Nursing Informatics
Answer Scope and Standards of Practice
- What are some of the uses of Health InformationTechnology?
Answer Inform clinical practice via electronic health records (EHR). Ï Exchange of health information Ï Personalized care Ï Public health i.e. biosurveillance, data collection for quality improvement (QI) Ï Research
- Beginning nurse
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Answer basic information management and computer technology skills
- Experienced nurse
Answer highly skilled using information management and computer technology to support major area of practice
- Nursing informatics specialist
Answer meet information needs of practicing nurses by integrating and applying information, computer, and nursing science
- Informatics innovator
Answer conducts informatics research and generates informatics theory
- Computer fluency
Answer Graphical interfaces, Application programs (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation programs), Adequate foundation in computer concepts that enable you to learn new computer skills and programs independently
- Information literacy
Answer Ability to know when information is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively, Critical thinking and problem solving
- Operating System
Answer Software that controls hardware of computer
- Examples of Operating System
Answer Microsoft Windows Apple Macintosh
Windows CE
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