Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge(Chapter 1)
Objectives
Define nursing science and its relationship to various nursing roles and nursing informatics.
Introduce the Foundation of Knowledge model as the organizing conceptual framework for the
text.
Explain the relationship among knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing, knowledge
generation, knowledge dissemination, and wisdom.
Building Blocks of Informatics
Nursing science
Information science
Computer science
Cognitive science
ANA Definition of Nursing
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
(ANA, 2003)
Nursing (1 of 2)
Focus of nursing is on the human responses to actual or potential health problems, and
advocacy for various clients.
Nurses must possess:
The technical skills to manage equipment and perform procedures
Interpersonal skills to interact appropriately with people
Cognitive skills to observe, recognize, and collect data; analyze and interpret data; and reach a
reasonable
, conclusion that forms the basis of a decision
Nursing (2 of 2)
Nursing is an information-intensive profession.
The steps of utilizing information, applying knowledge to a problem, and acting with wisdom
form the basis of nursing practice science
.
We acquire data and information in bits and pieces and then transform the information into
knowledge.
Nursing Science and Informatics
What is nursing informatics?
One widely accepted is that it is a combination of nursing science, information science, and
computer science (and we add cognitive science
Nursing science as a building block of nursing informatics
Data versus Information versus Knowledge
Data=
Raw facts that can be alphabetic, numeric, audio, images, and video
Information=
Processed data that has meaning and comes from knowledge, it must be: good quality
accessible, secure, verifiable, reproducible, timeliness, accurate, objective, transparent, flexible,
complete, relevant
Knowledge=
awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways the information can be useful to
support a specific task or arrive at a decision
How does it apply to Nurses
As nursing students and nurses, we collect data from our patients, use the information we
attained in our nursing program (yes it all means something!) and form a knowledge base in
which to care for the patient. When you gain knowledge and are able to apply it to particular
situation then you attain wisdom.
Objectives
Define nursing science and its relationship to various nursing roles and nursing informatics.
Introduce the Foundation of Knowledge model as the organizing conceptual framework for the
text.
Explain the relationship among knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing, knowledge
generation, knowledge dissemination, and wisdom.
Building Blocks of Informatics
Nursing science
Information science
Computer science
Cognitive science
ANA Definition of Nursing
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
(ANA, 2003)
Nursing (1 of 2)
Focus of nursing is on the human responses to actual or potential health problems, and
advocacy for various clients.
Nurses must possess:
The technical skills to manage equipment and perform procedures
Interpersonal skills to interact appropriately with people
Cognitive skills to observe, recognize, and collect data; analyze and interpret data; and reach a
reasonable
, conclusion that forms the basis of a decision
Nursing (2 of 2)
Nursing is an information-intensive profession.
The steps of utilizing information, applying knowledge to a problem, and acting with wisdom
form the basis of nursing practice science
.
We acquire data and information in bits and pieces and then transform the information into
knowledge.
Nursing Science and Informatics
What is nursing informatics?
One widely accepted is that it is a combination of nursing science, information science, and
computer science (and we add cognitive science
Nursing science as a building block of nursing informatics
Data versus Information versus Knowledge
Data=
Raw facts that can be alphabetic, numeric, audio, images, and video
Information=
Processed data that has meaning and comes from knowledge, it must be: good quality
accessible, secure, verifiable, reproducible, timeliness, accurate, objective, transparent, flexible,
complete, relevant
Knowledge=
awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways the information can be useful to
support a specific task or arrive at a decision
How does it apply to Nurses
As nursing students and nurses, we collect data from our patients, use the information we
attained in our nursing program (yes it all means something!) and form a knowledge base in
which to care for the patient. When you gain knowledge and are able to apply it to particular
situation then you attain wisdom.
