Week 4: Midterm Study Guide
• General principles of Nursing Informatics: Gives data that supports clinical decision,
from the science of nursing incorporated into healthcare, incorporation of electronics to assist
healthcare professionals,
• Knowledge: Knowing information and using it to support decisions and tasks,
understanding which intervention is appropriate,
• Wisdom: Gained knowledge from experience and time, past experiences to assist with
clinical decisions and choices, knowing which intervention to apply based off of previous
experiences, the foundation of nursing science, appropriate application of knowledge to a
specific situation,
• Scientific Underpinning: Science is the base for knowledge for nursing practice (ex.
Biology, physiology, phycology, ethics & nursing), scientific basis for advanced nursing
• The Foundation of Knowledge Model: How knowledge relates to nursing informatics,
knowledge is key to informatics, composed of multiple items (knowledge acquisition,
dissemination, generation & processing), organizing conceptual framework,
• Computer science: Theoretical foundations of information and computation and their
implementation and application in computer systems,
• Cognitive science: Studies the mind, intelligence, and behavior from the information
standpoint, the study of the mind & how information is processed in the mind,
• General principles of Nursing Informatics: Gives data that supports clinical decision,
from the science of nursing incorporated into healthcare, incorporation of electronics to assist
healthcare professionals,
• Knowledge: Knowing information and using it to support decisions and tasks,
understanding which intervention is appropriate,
• Wisdom: Gained knowledge from experience and time, past experiences to assist with
clinical decisions and choices, knowing which intervention to apply based off of previous
experiences, the foundation of nursing science, appropriate application of knowledge to a
specific situation,
• Scientific Underpinning: Science is the base for knowledge for nursing practice (ex.
Biology, physiology, phycology, ethics & nursing), scientific basis for advanced nursing
• The Foundation of Knowledge Model: How knowledge relates to nursing informatics,
knowledge is key to informatics, composed of multiple items (knowledge acquisition,
dissemination, generation & processing), organizing conceptual framework,
• Computer science: Theoretical foundations of information and computation and their
implementation and application in computer systems,
• Cognitive science: Studies the mind, intelligence, and behavior from the information
standpoint, the study of the mind & how information is processed in the mind,
