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This document provides a comprehensive study guide for Essentials of Nursing Informatics, covering key topics such as health information systems, data management, electronic health records, and clinical decision support. It includes concise notes and clear explanations designed to help students understand core concepts and prepare effectively for exams. The material is organized for easy revision and aligns with common nursing informatics curricula, making it suitable for both coursework and exam preparation.

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Preface vii Part 5 — Advanced Nursing Informatics in
Practice 295
Part 1 — Nursing Informatics Technologies 1
23 Structuring Advanced Practice Knowledge:
1 Historical Perspective of Nursing Informatics • 3 An Internet Resource for Education and
2 Computer Hardware • 11 Practice • 297

3 Advanced Hardware and mHealth • 25 24 Nursing Informatics in Retail Clinics • 307

4 Computer Software • 33 25 Care Delivery Across the Care Continuum:
Hospital–Community–Home • 317
5 Open Source and Free Software • 47
26 Foundation of a Nursing Plan of Care Standard • 329
6 Data and Data Processing • 65
27 Computerized Provider Order Entry • 341
7 Health Data Standards: Development, Harmonization,
and Interoperability • 73 28 Physiological Monitoring and Device Interface • 351

8 Standardized Nursing Terminologies • 87 29 Health Information Technology: Striving to Improve
Patient Safety • 361
9 Human–Computer Interaction • 99
30 The Role of Technology in the Medication-Use
10 Trustworthy Systems for Safe and Private
Process • 371
Healthcare • 111
31 The Magnet Model • 391
Part 2 — System Life Cycle 127
32 Public Health Practice Applications • 397
11 System Life Cycle: A Framework • 129
33 Informatics Solutions for Emergency Planning
12 System and Functional Testing • 153 and Response • 409
13 System Life Cycle Tools • 163 34 Federal Healthcare Sector Nursing Informatics • 419
14 Healthcare Project Management • 171 35 Consumer/Patient Engagement and eHealth
Resources • 433
Part 3 — Informatics Theory Standards—
Foundations of Nursing Informatics 181 Part 6 — Nursing Informatics—Complex
Applications 443
15 The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics • 183
36 Healthcare Analytics • 445
16 Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy • 205
37 Planning, Design, and Implementation of
Part 4 — Nursing Informatics Leadership 229 Information Technology in Complex Healthcare
Systems • 455
17 The Role of the Nurse Executive in Information
Technology Decision Making • 231 38 The Quality Spectrum in Informatics • 465
18 Establishing Nursing Informatics in Public Policy • 241 39 Translation of Evidence into Nursing Practice • 479
19 Communication Skills in Health IT, Building 40 Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes
Strong Teams for Successful Health IT Outcomes • 253 Through the Integration of Evidence-Based
Practice and Informatics • 493
20 Assessing the Vendors • 261
41 Incorporating Evidence: Use of Computer-Based
21 Nurse Scheduling and Credentialing Systems • 275
Clinical Decision Support Systems for Health
22 Informatics and the Healthcare Industry • 285 Professionals • 505


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,vi Contents


Part 7 — Educational Applications 515 Part 8 — Research Applications 575
42 Nursing Curriculum Reform and Healthcare 47 Computer Use in Nursing Research • 577
Information Technology • 517




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48 Information Literacy and Computerized Information
43 The TIGER Initiative • 529 Resources • 599
44 Initiation and Management of Accessible, Effective Part 9 — Big Data Initiatives 613
Online Learning • 537
49 Genomics and Information Technology for Personalized
45 Social Media in the Connected Age: Impact on Health • 615
Healthcare Education and Practice • 549
50 Global eHealth and Informatics • 629
46 A Paradigm Shift in Simulation: Experiential
Learning in Virtual Worlds • 563
Index • 639

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Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide has been created for • Nursing Informatics Technologies
the educator as a resource to facilitate and enhance teaching nurs-
ing informatics. Based on the 6th Edition of Saba and McCormick’s
• System Life Cycle

Essentials of Nursing Informatics, each chapter has been outlined in • Informatics Theory Standards/Foundations of Nursing
Informatics
an easy to understand format for the educator to convey to students
the latest concepts, technologies, policies, and skills. Also available • Nursing Informatics Leadership
to the nurse educator are teaching tips, class preparation ideas, • Advanced Nursing Informatics in Practice
learning objectives, review questions, and answer explanations to
supplement the 6th Edition of Essentials of Nursing Informatics. The
• Nursing Informatics/Complex Applications

Study Guide also includes an online faculty resource to supplement • Educational Applications
classroom teaching (available at EssentialsofNursingInformatics. • Research Applications
com), which includes chapter outlines, learning objectives, key • Big Data Initiatives
words, and explanatory illustrations and tables. These features
frees the faculty to spend more time teaching and less in organiz- In this first edition, the goal has been to close the gap that exists
ing content. The guide is invaluable to students for self-study and in teaching and understanding the breadth of areas in nursing
review of nursing informatics. informatics for educators and students. The ultimate goal is to
Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide is systematically increase the number of registered nurses prepared in nursing infor-
organized into nine sections encompassing all areas of nursing matics to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in
informatics theory and practice: healthcare.

Juliana J. Brixey
Jack E. Brixey
Virginia K. Saba
Kathleen A. McCormick




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Publisher: 2015 ISBN: 9780071845878 Edition: Unknown

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