NUR 220 Exam 2: Nursing Informatics -
First Aid Response
Nursing Informatics Definition
The use of health information systems to support nursing practice
•ANA: Nursing informatics "is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and
analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and
wisdom in nursing practice."
What are the three parts of nursing informatics?
Data Collection, Computerization (point of care tech), and making a diagnosis plan of care
What are some examples of point of care techs?
Glucometers or ABGs
Point of care technologies reduce the chance for _____ and they support improved assessment.
errors
What do we call computers that are movable at the bedside?
WOWs (Work stations on Wheels)
Hippa guidelines are critical to....
follow
Telehealth
•The use of the internet to link medical experts with other clinicians
•Allows remote consultations with clear video images
Telenursing
•Transmission by a nurse or a patient of electronic data, images, or audio from a patient's bedside or
home
•Ease of communication allows daily adjustments to improve outcomes and care
Telemonitoring
•Improve organization
•Improve patient outcomes
, •Reduce cost of healthcare
•Improve patient satisfaction
Why is nursing informatics important?
Charting accuracy, physician confusion, streamlined recording of statistics etc.
4 main benefits of Informatics in Nursing
Patient Safety, Record Management, Research Access, Networking
Patient Safety & Nursing Informatics
Diagnostic test results are available sooner, Bar-code system reduces med errors, computerized
provider order entry improves effeminacy, and allows for great understanding of all departments.
Decision support system too (wtf is that??)
Electronic Medical Record is for...
Single episode of care
Electronic Health Record is for...
every health care visit, event, etc.
What are some of the pros of computerizing the medical record?
Allows us to see trends in medications, and creates work lists or work flows to make nurses more
efficient and aware of the events they must complete.
T/F: Nurses must be involved in the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of information
technologies to support patient care
True
What are some challenges to nursing informatics?
Nurses have to able to keep up with and use the latest technology to provide the best care (navigating
the EMR)
Computer Literacy is knowledge of....
Computers and the ability to use them
Information literacy is the ability to recognize when information is needed and how it is.....
produced, and the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information to create new
knowledge
Ethical, Legal and Professional Practice Concerns
•Key areas of ethical conflict
•Creation and retention of documentation
First Aid Response
Nursing Informatics Definition
The use of health information systems to support nursing practice
•ANA: Nursing informatics "is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and
analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and
wisdom in nursing practice."
What are the three parts of nursing informatics?
Data Collection, Computerization (point of care tech), and making a diagnosis plan of care
What are some examples of point of care techs?
Glucometers or ABGs
Point of care technologies reduce the chance for _____ and they support improved assessment.
errors
What do we call computers that are movable at the bedside?
WOWs (Work stations on Wheels)
Hippa guidelines are critical to....
follow
Telehealth
•The use of the internet to link medical experts with other clinicians
•Allows remote consultations with clear video images
Telenursing
•Transmission by a nurse or a patient of electronic data, images, or audio from a patient's bedside or
home
•Ease of communication allows daily adjustments to improve outcomes and care
Telemonitoring
•Improve organization
•Improve patient outcomes
, •Reduce cost of healthcare
•Improve patient satisfaction
Why is nursing informatics important?
Charting accuracy, physician confusion, streamlined recording of statistics etc.
4 main benefits of Informatics in Nursing
Patient Safety, Record Management, Research Access, Networking
Patient Safety & Nursing Informatics
Diagnostic test results are available sooner, Bar-code system reduces med errors, computerized
provider order entry improves effeminacy, and allows for great understanding of all departments.
Decision support system too (wtf is that??)
Electronic Medical Record is for...
Single episode of care
Electronic Health Record is for...
every health care visit, event, etc.
What are some of the pros of computerizing the medical record?
Allows us to see trends in medications, and creates work lists or work flows to make nurses more
efficient and aware of the events they must complete.
T/F: Nurses must be involved in the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of information
technologies to support patient care
True
What are some challenges to nursing informatics?
Nurses have to able to keep up with and use the latest technology to provide the best care (navigating
the EMR)
Computer Literacy is knowledge of....
Computers and the ability to use them
Information literacy is the ability to recognize when information is needed and how it is.....
produced, and the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information to create new
knowledge
Ethical, Legal and Professional Practice Concerns
•Key areas of ethical conflict
•Creation and retention of documentation
