Summary NURS FPX4040 Assessment1 1.docx NURS-FPX 4040 Nursing Informatics in Health Care NURS-FPX4040 Capella University Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist In today s fast-paced health care climate, technology is heavily utilized in order to

NURS FPX4040 Assessment1 NURS-FPX 4040 Nursing Informatics in Health Care NURS-FPX4040 Capella University Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist In today s fast-paced health care climate, technology is heavily utilized in order to make patient care more efficient and accurate. In some instances, the technology advances faster than health care professionals are able to adapt to the new practices and procedures it encompasses. For this reason, nursing informatics should be a cornerstone in any health care facility. According to the American Nurses Association (2015), nursing informatics can be defined as €œthe 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 €(p. 2). Therefore, the role of a nurse informaticist within a health care organization is crit