General principles of nursing informatics - Answer a specialty that combines nursing
science, computer science, cognitive science, and information science that allows for
management and communication of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.
Knowledge - Answer awareness and understanding of information and ways information
can be made useful
wisdom - Answer valuable and viable knowledge applied
Foundation of knowledge model - Answer Humans are organic information systems;
acquiring, processing, generating, and disseminating information/knowledge.
computer science - Answer Study of storage and memory, conversion, transformation,
and transfer or transmission information in machines (computers).
Cognitive science - Answer field of study that examines how humans and other animals
acquire, process, store, and retrieve information. studies the mind, intelligence, and
behavior from an information processing perspective.
information science - Answer Focus on how to gather, process and transform
information into knowledge. It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Standard terminology - Answer terminology approved by appropriate authority such as
ANA.
Data set: named collection of data
Nomenclature: system of rules and procedures for adding names to art of science
(nursing)
Classification: systems hat capture categories (i.e. cost/outcome) insufficient for clinical
documentation.
Taxonomy: Uses classification according to predetermined system. (resulting catalog is
used as framework for discussion, analysis, or information retrieval)