Fast Facts in Health Informatics for Nurses (eBook)

Lynda R Hardy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
244 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-4226-9 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Provides a broad overview of informatics knowledge to empower nurses to be thoughtful and participate in the capture, storage, and use of data to create information and knowledge to optimize patient outcomes...In this book, you will gain an understanding of how clinical decision support tools work so you can provide feedback about [their] effectiveness and recommend additional ways decision support tools help."e;-Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI, From the ForewordUnderstanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. This book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding upon integral systems and technologies within our healthcare system and their impact on the responsibilities of the individual nurse.Highlighting the intricacies within a specialized approach to healthcare data, data mining, and data organization, this resource connects day-to-day informatics practices to larger initiatives and perspectives. Clear and concise synopses of healthcare essentials, case studies, and abundant practical examples help readers understand how health informatics improves patient care within the nursing scope of practice. Thought-provoking questions in each chapter facilitate in-depth considerations on chapter content.Key Features:Key information about the electronic health record, telehealth, wearables, and decision-support toolsPractical examples demonstrate how informatics improves patient care within the nurse's scope of practiceCase studies with thought-provoking questionsNurses' influence on data qualityRelevant ethical, legal, and social issuesThe intersection of technology and informatics and the power of data

Inhalt

Contributors

Foreword Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI

Preface

1. Informatics and Why It Matters

Lynda R. Hardy and Ann Deerhake

2. Informatics Frameworks and Competencies: What a Nurse Needs to Know

Carolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy

3. The Power of Data

Rebecca Freeman and Helen Hill

4. Technology and Informatics

Tami H. Wyatt and Xueping Li

5. Getting Familiar With the Architecture: Computing Systems, Networks, and Data Security

Lisa M. Blair

6. The Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, and Personal Health Record

Angela Wilson-VanMeter and Laurel Courtney

7. Decision Support in the Age of Precision Health

Lisa M. Blair

8. Informatics and the Floor Nurse

Laurel Courtney and Judith Moore

9. Digital Health: mHealth, Telehealth, and Wearables

Rebecca S. Koszalinski, Marjorie M. Kelley, and Tara R. O’Brien

10. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues

Carolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy

11. The User Experience

Paula Smailes and Marjorie M. Kelley

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Studiengänge ► Pflegewissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Decision support tools • Electronic Health Record • EPatient • Ethical Issues • floor nurse • Health Informatics • Legal issues • Nursing education • nursing practice • social issues • Technology • User Experience
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-4226-5 / 0826142265
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-4226-9 / 9780826142269