A: Share how technology has facilitated the dissemination of science-based findings to improve health care outcomes in your practice.
B: Share how the lack of appropriate technology has hindered the advancement of nursing science and
care.
C: Share how, in your practice setting, decisions are made to institute technology changes.
Describe how nursing is involved in the decision.
References:
Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals text to complete the following:
Read Murphy’s 2010 article, “Nursing Informatics: The Intersection of Nursing, Computer, and
Information Sciences,” from Nursing Economics, volume 28, issue 3, pages 204?207.
Explore the Alliance for Nursing Informatics Web site.
(Resources)
Chapter 1, “Informatics in the Healthcare Professions,” pages 1?32. After completing this chapter,
you should be able to:
Define the terms “data,” “information,” “knowledge,” and “wisdom.”
Describe the role of the nurse as knowledge worker.
Discuss the significance of good information and knowledge management for health care delivery,
disciplines, and consumers.
Distinguish between medical, nursing, and consumer informatics.
Differentiate between computer and information literacy.
Discuss the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative, and contrast the
different informatics competencies needed for nurses entering into practice, experienced nurses,
and informatics nurses and nurse specialists.
Discuss the relationship between major issues in health care and the deployment of information
technology.
Identify characteristics that define nursing informatics as a specialty area of practice.
Provide specific examples of how nursing informatics impacts the health care consumer as well as
professional practice, administration, education, and research.
Forecast the roles that nursing informatics and health information technology will play in the
health care delivery system five years from now.
Compare the types of educational opportunities available in nursing informatics.
Chapter 27, “Evidence-Based Practice and Research,” pages 541?570. After completing this chapter,
you should be able to:
Describe ways that computers and informatics support nurses with the integration of evidence-based
practice and the research process.
Discuss the necessity of computerized literature searches to translate research into practice.
Identify selected software programs for statistical analysis.
Discuss impediments to health care research related to health information technology.
Examine the relevance and impact of technology in translational research.
Examine strategies for best practices that engage health care professional students to utilize and
apply research tools and technology.
Discuss implications and the impact of human subject protection and confidentiality on health care
research.
Discuss the role of the health care professional in integrating technology into evidence-based
practice in a variety of health care delivery environments.