Introduction to Nursing Informatics

FOUNDATION OF NURSING INFORMATICS: 1. Nurses and Informatics 2. Anatomy and Physiology of Computers 3. History of Health Care Computing 4. Telecommunications and Informatics NURSING USE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 5. Enterprise Health Information Systems 6. Nursing Aspects of Health Information Systems APPLICATIONS OF NURSING INFORMATICS: 7. Clinical Practice Applications - Facility-based 8. Clinical Practice Applications - Community-based 9. Administration Applications 10. Education Applications 11. Research Applications INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS OF THE INFORMATICS ENVIRONMENT 12. Nursing Data Standards 13. Selection of Software and Hardware 14. Data Protection 15. Ergonomics 16. Usability 17. Disaster Recovery Planning 18. Implementation Concerns PROFESSIONAL NURSING INFORMATICS: 19. A Process Redesign Approach to Successful IT Implementation 20. Nursing Informatics Education: Past, Present, Future 21. The Future for Nurses in Health Informatics Appendix A: Generic Request for Proposal Appendix B: Nursing Informatics Special Interest Groups Appendix C: Sources of Additional Informatics and Health Care Information Appendix D: Professional Societies Appendix E: Academic Informatics Programs Worldwide Appendix F: Transforming Clinical Documentation: Preparing Nurses for Change Appendix G: Research Databases of Interest to Nurses