Informatics and nursing : opportunities & challenges

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thede, Linda Q. (autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2003
Edición:Second edition.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unit I. Nursing and informatics: the basics. Introduction to nursing informatics: multiple foci. The hardware: meet the computer. Software: the computer at work. Computer communications: lighting-fast information dissemination. Understanding computer concepts: features common to most packaged software.
  • Unit II. Informatics: eHealth. The Internet: eHealth Tools. The Internet: the new healthcare paradigm. Telehealth: now and in the future.
  • Unit III. Informatics: personal productivity. Word processors: writing and rewriting without a hassle. Presentation software: looking professional in the spotlight. Working with numbers: letting the software do the hard part.
  • Unit IV. Informatics: clinical information systems. Informatics nurse specialist: a specialty in two disciplines. Nursing classification systems: terminology does matter. Informatics in practice: clinical information systems.
  • Unit V. Informatics: professional tools and issues. Other facets of informatics: a wide impact. Databases: creating information from data. Nursing knowledge: access via bibliographic and factual databases. Educational informatics: e-Learning. Informatics: challenges and issues.