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Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple

information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data,

information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports nurses, consum

ers,

patients, the interprofessional healthcare team, and all other stakeholders in their

decision

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making in all roles and settings to achieve desired outcomes. This support is

accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes,

and

information technology (McGonigle,2017).

Nursing informatics is an everchanging topic in general and not only in nursing, but in

general informatics change constantly as technology progresses and moves along.

Technology plays a significant role in nur

sing thus the need to incorporate and be

knowledgeable about nursing informatics. According to the American Medical

Informatics Association Nursing informatics is the “science and practice that integrates

nursing, its information and knowledge, with inform

ation and communication

technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communication worldwide.”

(adapted from IMIA Special Interest Group of Nursing Informatics 2009). One of the

huge benefits and pros of nursing informatics is that when prop

erly used and managed

it can enhance a patient’s experience by helping nurses to complete quality patient

centered care.

We continuously see the use of nursing informatics in the hospital and clinical setting on

a daily basis. Electronic Health Records are

an excellent resource for nurses to interact

with technology and clinical practice. It makes the process of keeping patient’s

information a lot safer and it is also a terrific way of communication within health care

providers and professionals.

In adminis

tration or clerical work of the clinical setting, nursing informatics are useful

with tasks such as staff scheduling, cost analysis, budget purposes, and E

-

mails to

improve communication.

In education, we can see the advantages with our current situation a

s students. Some

of the current perks as students include video technology, PowerPoint presentations

that are used for lectures, and Microsoft word documents to study for exams.

In research, nursing informatics are focused around evidence

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based data. Some

examples include electronic sources like Medline, NANDA and some drug interactions

websites. They can be used to research patient’s disease’s pathophysiology and

medication side effects or interactions can be researched.

In my opinion, the major implicat

ion of nursing informatics is that there are many fields

that use them. In the clinical setting, patients play a major role in nursing informatics

because these tools are mainly used and focused on their care guarantying that the

patient is being properly

cared for by keying data into the system appropriately. The

goal is to enter all the sensitive information accurately into the system to facilitate the

patient’s records and the plan of care can be smooth. Human errors such as incorrect

Pease reply to this post

Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple

information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data,

information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports nurses, consumers,

patients, the interprofessional healthcare team, and all other stakeholders in their

decision-making in all roles and settings to achieve desired outcomes. This support is

accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and

information technology (McGonigle,2017).

Nursing informatics is an everchanging topic in general and not only in nursing, but in

general informatics change constantly as technology progresses and moves along.

Technology plays a significant role in nursing thus the need to incorporate and be

knowledgeable about nursing informatics. According to the American Medical

Informatics Association Nursing informatics is the “science and practice that integrates

nursing, its information and knowledge, with information and communication

technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communication worldwide.”

(adapted from IMIA Special Interest Group of Nursing Informatics 2009). One of the

huge benefits and pros of nursing informatics is that when properly used and managed

it can enhance a patient’s experience by helping nurses to complete quality patient

centered care.

We continuously see the use of nursing informatics in the hospital and clinical setting on

a daily basis. Electronic Health Records are an excellent resource for nurses to interact

with technology and clinical practice. It makes the process of keeping patient’s

information a lot safer and it is also a terrific way of communication within health care

providers and professionals.

In administration or clerical work of the clinical setting, nursing informatics are useful

with tasks such as staff scheduling, cost analysis, budget purposes, and E-mails to

improve communication.

In education, we can see the advantages with our current situation as students. Some

of the current perks as students include video technology, PowerPoint presentations

that are used for lectures, and Microsoft word documents to study for exams.

In research, nursing informatics are focused around evidence-based data. Some

examples include electronic sources like Medline, NANDA and some drug interactions

websites. They can be used to research patient’s disease’s pathophysiology and

medication side effects or interactions can be researched.

In my opinion, the major implication of nursing informatics is that there are many fields

that use them. In the clinical setting, patients play a major role in nursing informatics

because these tools are mainly used and focused on their care guarantying that the

patient is being properly cared for by keying data into the system appropriately. The

goal is to enter all the sensitive information accurately into the system to facilitate the

patient’s records and the plan of care can be smooth. Human errors such as incorrect