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Informatics - ✔✔The science and art of turning data into information.
Nursing Informatics * - ✔✔-The use of information and technology to support all aspects of nursing
practice
-Including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Information Literacy - ✔✔-The ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the skills to find,
evaluate and use effectively.
Information - ✔✔-Data that has been interpreted
Information Science - ✔✔-Focus on how to gather, process and transform info into knowledge.
-Includes 5 Sciences;
Communication, Computer, Social, Library and Cognitive
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in
which way? - ✔✔Information System
How can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes? - ✔✔Allowing
hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned.
Knowledge Worker - ✔✔-Continuous learner
-Uses technology to support and inform nursing practice
-Generate knowledge as a product *
Experienced Nurse - ✔✔-Fully intergrade informatics throughout the course of her practice, not just
for basic data entry and retrieval.
-Knows how to pull trends out of data.
, Beginner Nurses - ✔✔-Uses information systems to manage patients.
Nursing Informatics - ✔✔-National Certification Exam
Clinical Practice Guidelines - ✔✔-Can allow for the creation of nursing policies (example of clinical
decision support)
Information Technologies - ✔✔-CPOE
-Barcode Medication Administration
-Clinical Decision Support
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔-The process by which the physician or provider
enters orders electronically into the EHR
Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) - ✔✔-Type of technology that is used to identify and track supplies
and medications
-Also can track medical equipment and patients
Examples of How Informatics can Affect Nursing Practice - ✔✔-Clinical pathways
-Computer generated care plans
Foundation of Knowledge Model - ✔✔-Knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare
delivery system
-3 Elements (acquisition, process and dissemination)
Data - ✔✔-Patients HT, WT, Code status and DOB
Emerging Trends in Healthcare - ✔✔-Patient safety
-Error reduction
-Additional regulatory requirements
The Mission - ✔✔-Purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Informatics - ✔✔The science and art of turning data into information.
Nursing Informatics * - ✔✔-The use of information and technology to support all aspects of nursing
practice
-Including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Information Literacy - ✔✔-The ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the skills to find,
evaluate and use effectively.
Information - ✔✔-Data that has been interpreted
Information Science - ✔✔-Focus on how to gather, process and transform info into knowledge.
-Includes 5 Sciences;
Communication, Computer, Social, Library and Cognitive
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in
which way? - ✔✔Information System
How can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes? - ✔✔Allowing
hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned.
Knowledge Worker - ✔✔-Continuous learner
-Uses technology to support and inform nursing practice
-Generate knowledge as a product *
Experienced Nurse - ✔✔-Fully intergrade informatics throughout the course of her practice, not just
for basic data entry and retrieval.
-Knows how to pull trends out of data.
, Beginner Nurses - ✔✔-Uses information systems to manage patients.
Nursing Informatics - ✔✔-National Certification Exam
Clinical Practice Guidelines - ✔✔-Can allow for the creation of nursing policies (example of clinical
decision support)
Information Technologies - ✔✔-CPOE
-Barcode Medication Administration
-Clinical Decision Support
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔-The process by which the physician or provider
enters orders electronically into the EHR
Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) - ✔✔-Type of technology that is used to identify and track supplies
and medications
-Also can track medical equipment and patients
Examples of How Informatics can Affect Nursing Practice - ✔✔-Clinical pathways
-Computer generated care plans
Foundation of Knowledge Model - ✔✔-Knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare
delivery system
-3 Elements (acquisition, process and dissemination)
Data - ✔✔-Patients HT, WT, Code status and DOB
Emerging Trends in Healthcare - ✔✔-Patient safety
-Error reduction
-Additional regulatory requirements
The Mission - ✔✔-Purpose or reason for an organizations existence
