The classic text on how nurses can use technology to improve patient care -- and every aspect of their job performance, education, and career.
Written by leaders in nursing informatics, this comprehensive, up-to-date text explores the ever-growing role computers play in the field of nursing. Offering theoretical background to help you understand how informatics serves many aspects of the profession, Essential of Nursing Informatics also gives you practical help in unlocking computing’s benefits -- both now and into the future. Numerous case studies and examples add real-world relevance to the material.
An internationally recognized contributor team provides information and insights not found in any other text on essential topics such as the application of computers to nursing administration, education, and research; electronic medical records (EMRs) and personal health records (PHRs); coding; and government, clinical, and private sector system requirements.
Completely revised and updated with the latest information on specialized softwares and contributions, the sixth edition of Essential of Nursing Informatics covers:
- Computer systems.
- Information theory.
- Current issues in informatics.
- Continuum of care information technology systems.
- Educational applications.
- Research applications.
- International perspectives (including Europe, Canada, Pacific Rim, Asia, South America, and South Africa).
- The future of informatics.
Table of contents
I. COMPUTERS AND NURSING
- 1. Overview of Computers and Nursing
- 2. Historical Perspective of Nursing Informatics
- 3. Electronic Health Record from a Historical Perspective
II. COMPUTER SYSTEMS
- 4. Computer System Basics
- 5. Systems Life Cycle: Planning and Analysis
- 6. Implementatin and Evaluation
- 7. Healthcare Project Management
- 8. Human Factors
- 9. Open Source and Free Software
- 10. Mobil Computing Platforms
III. INFORMATICS THEORY
- 11. The Practice Speciality of Nursing Informatics
- 12. Advanced Terminological Approaches in Nursing
- 13. Nursing Minimum Data Set Systems
- 14. Overview of the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System: A National Nursing Standard Coded Terminology
IV. CURRENT ISSUES IN INFORMATICS
- 15. Health Data Standards Development, Harmonization and Interoperability
- 16. Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy
- 17. Trustworthy Systems for Safe and Private Health Care
- 18. Shaping Nursing Informatics through the Public Policy Process
- 19. Home Health: the Missing Ingredient in Healthcare Reform
V. CONTINUUM OF CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
- 20. Computerized Provider Order Entry
- 21. Electronic Health Record Vendor Applications
- 22. The Rold of Technology in the Medication-Use Process
- 23. Planning, Design, and Implementation of Information Technology in Complex Healthcare Systems
- 24. The Integration of Complex Systems theory into Six Sigma Methods of Performance Improvement: A Case Study
- 25. Workflow and Healthcare Process Management
- 26. Translation of Evidence into Nursing Practice
- 27. Evidence Based Practice
- 28. Incorporating Evidence: Use of Comptuer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for Health Professionals
- 29. The Magnet Model by Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli
- 30. Internet Tools for Patient Care in Advanced Practice
- 31. IT for the Rural Healthcare Market
- 32. Ambulatory Care Information Systems
- 33. Overview of Post Acute Services
- 34. Public Health Practice Applications
- 35. Informatics Solutins for Emergency Planning and Response
VI. EDUCATIONAL APPLICATI0NS
- 36. Web 2.0 and its Impact on Healthcare Educatin and Practice
- 37. Initiation and Management of Accessible, Effective Online Learning
- 38. Innovations in e-Health
- 39. Consumer and Patient Use of Computers for Health
- 40. Nursing Curriculum Reform and Healthcare Information Technology
- 41. A Paradigm Shift in Simulation: Experiential Learning in Second Life
- 42. The TIGER Initiative
VII. RESEARCH APPLICATIONS
- 43. Computer Use in Nursing Research
- 44. Information Literacy and Computerized Information Resources
VIII. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
- 45. Nursing Informatics in Canada
- 46. Nursing Informatics in Europe
- 47. Pacific Rim Perspectives
- 48. Asian Perspectives
- 49. Nursing Informatics in South America
- 50. Nursing Informatics in South Africa
IX. THE FUTURE OF INFORMATICS
- 51. Future Directions
Appendix
Product Details
- Paperback: 736 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 5 edition (July 21, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071743715
- ISBN-13: 978-0071743716
- Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.9 x 2.3 inches
List Price: $70.00