1 and exam 2 with correct
answers
Nursing informatics originated from a French word. What is this French
word?
Informatique
It refers to the field of computer science concerned with the processing of
information such as nursing information.
Nursing Informatics
This was seen as a tool that could be used in many environments.
Computer
During what time period were computers introduced into healthcare
facilities?
Early 1960s
HIT stands for?
Healthcare Information Technology
,It is an all-encompassing term referring to technology that captures,
processes, and generates healthcare information.
HIT / Healthcare Information Technology
How many years ago was it when computers were first introduced into the
nursing profession?
40 years ago
In what time period were computers first developed?
Prior to 1960s
CPOE stands for?
Computerized Physician Order Entry
What are the earliest clinical information systems to include nursing practice
protocols?
Technicon Data System (TDS) / Eclipsys & Allscripts
Who defined NI as "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."
ANA / American Nurses Association
,They define NI as "the integration of nursing, its information, and
information management with information processing and communication
technology, to support the health of people worldwide."
The Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group of the International Medical
Informatics
Association
AMIA defined this type of NI as "the field devoted to informatics from
multiple consumer or patient views.
Consumer Health Informatics
The focus of this type of informatics is different; it emphasizes "information
structures and
processes that empower consumers to manage their own health—for
example health
information literacy, consumer-friendly language, personal health records,
and Internet-based
strategies and resources"
Consumer Health Informatics
The U.S. National Library of Medicine defined this type of NI as "the
Interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption, and application
of IT-based innovations in healthcare services delivery, management, and
planning."
Health Informatics
, Historically, the IOM (2003) identified five core competencies needed by all
healthcare care
providers. Two of the five specifically define informatics requirements:
1. Focus on quality improvement (QI)
2. Apply informatics skills and competencies
In 2008, they both emphasized that knowledge and skills in information
management
and patient care technology (informatics) are critical components in nursing
education and accreditation.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National League
of Nursing (NLN)
They prepared a groundbreaking report, The Future of Nursing: Leading
Change, Advancing Health (2010), which looked 10 years to the future of
nursing practice and suggested that the nursing workforce of 2020 will
primarily be technology-based, requiring high-tech informatics skills.
IOM
EHR stands for?
Electronic Health Record
What was considered to be the first major clinical
information system used for documenting nursing