The second edition of Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice is the most comprehensive, up-to-date resource available in this subject area. The book covers the full scope of nursing informatics and outlines the competency level of nursing practice and professional performance expected from all informatics nurses and nurse specialists. In addition, it details the nursing informatics competencies needed by any RN, spans all nursing careers and roles, and reflects the impact of informatics in any health care practice environment. This is a must-read for nurses, as informatics touche.

Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice can be used as a primary resource in several ways. It is well-suited as a reference and guide for informatics educational programs, NI practitioners, employers developing position descriptions, research and funding agencies, and others needing to understand nursing informatics. The scope section is a comprehensive essay on the status and future of a specialty that affects all nursing practice, addressing key underlying ideas and concepts, including human computer interaction and ergonomics, ethics and confidentiality, the evolution of NI definitions, and the specifications of both the goals for nursing informatics and the roles open to its practitioners.

This book is an indispensable tool and a practical guide for nurses and health care professionals as it details the implementation processes of both small and large clinical computer systems used in various health care settings. Combining theory and research, this book explains system implementation, with material drawn from multiple specialties, such as nursing informatics, information technology, and project management. User-friendly and written in a conversational style, it features practical analogies and case studies to illustrate concepts as it guides the user in the successful execution and management of system implementation, thereby improving the delivery of health care. Designed for use by nurses and health care professionals, chapter highlights include: system selection, the role of the informatics nurse in computer system implementation, project scope, implementation timeline, risk and barrier identification, project management, customization of product, plan for roll-out of product, evaluation of product and implementation process, data protection and legal considerations, and more.

Designed to provide a foundation for nursing informatics knowledge and skills required in today’s data-driven healthcare environment, this text examines the impact and implementation of technology in nursing practice. Patient healthcare needs have only become more complex in a rapidly aging and diversifying population. Nurse Informaticists, as experts in improving healthcare delivery through data and technology, play a key role in ensuring quality and safety to patients. This text relies on nurses’ practical experience to foster higher-level critical thinking and decision-making for professional development in informatics and life-long learning. Application of Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice addresses the foundations of Nursing Informatics competencies, streamlined for the unique experience of practicing nurses. Organized around the framework of AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education, ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Informatics, Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies, and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs), this text features numerous case scenarios of real-life applications to engage the reader and reinforce content. Chapters cover informatics competencies, knowledge, and skills in a concise manner that recognizes the value of prior nursing experience and builds upon the reader’s existing knowledge-base. Key Features Provides information needed for all nurses in order to advance professionally in the new discipline and specialty of Nursing Informatics. Each chapter contains relevant critical thinking exercises, vignettes, and case studies Provides information and skills needed by nurses specific to a variety of healthcare settings Each chapter contains end-of-Chapter Learning Assessments: What Do You Know Now? Instructor Ancillary Package is included

This book is the ideal student guide to the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications.

Delineates the competent levels of nursing care and professional role activities expected of all informatics nurses. Its scope of practice gives the context: the underlying assumptions, characteristics, environments and settings, education and training requirements, key issues and trends, and ethical and conceptual bases of the specialty needed to understand and use the informatics nursing standards of practice. All informatics nurses are held accountable to these standards, which provide a framework for evaluating outcomes, goals, and their specialty practice. The set of specific competencies accompanying each standard serves as evidence of minimal compliance with that standard.