NR 566 Midterm Exam Study Guide.

NR 566 Midterm Exam Study Guide. • General principles of Nursing Informatics o Nursing informatics (NI) is 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. o nursing science, information science, computer science and cognitive science o The conceptual framework underpinning the science and practice of NI centers on the core concepts of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, also known as the DIKW paradigm. o o • Knowledge o The awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision o Nurses have a long history of collecting data, turning it into information, creating knowledge, and ultimately wisdom. This process is known as knowledge work and nurses are knowledge workers. Technology can aid knowledge work by helping nurses to collect data, see trends, process information, and create knowledge that can be used to create wisdom, but nurses need to understand the processes that allow this to happen as well as the tools that Health information technology (HIT) offers them o Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision. When we apply previous knowledge to data, we convert those data into information, and information into new knowledge— that is, an understanding of which interventions are appropriate in practice. Thus information is data made functional through the application of knowledge. • Wisdom o Applying knowledge in a practical way or translating knowledge into actions without conscious thought. o Wisdom is the appropriate application of knowledge to a specific situation. In the practice of nursing science, one expects actions to be ultimately