Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge /

McGonigle, Dee,

Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen G. Mastrian. - Sixth edition. - xxv, 668 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: Building blocks of nursing informatics -- Nursing science and concepts of knowledge -- Introduction to information, information science, and information systems -- Computer science and the foundation of knowledge model -- Introduction to cognitive science and cognitive informatics -- Ethical applications of informatics -- Section II: Perspectives on nursing informatics -- History and evolution of nursing informatics -- Nursing informatics as a specialty -- Legislative aspects of nursing informatics: HIPAA, HITECH, and Beyond -- Section III: Nursing informatics administrative applications: precare and care support -- Systems development life cycle: nursing informatics and organizational decision-making -- Administrative information systems -- The human-technology interface -- Electronic security -- Achieving excellence by managing workflow and initiating quality projects -- Section IV: Nursing informatics practice applications: care delivery -- The electronic health record and clinical informatics -- Informatics tools to promote patient safety, quality outcomes, and interdisciplinary collaboration -- Patient engagement and connected health -- Using informatics to promote community and population health -- Telenursing and remote access telehealth -- Section V: Education applications of nursing informatics -- Nursing informatics and nursing education -- Simulation, game mechanics, virtual worlds, and the realities in nursing education -- Section VI: Research applications of nursing informatics -- Nursing research: data collection, processing, and analysis -- Informatics-based research processes: data mining and artificial intelligence -- Generating and translating evidence for practice -- Section VII: Imagining the future of nursing informatics -- The art of caring in technology-laden environments -- Our expanding realities and the metaverse.

"Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge is a foundational text designed to teach nursing students the core concepts of knowledge management while demystifying nursing informatics, a complex and ever-evolving specialty area. A practical guide for understanding how to leverage modern technology in order to provide safe and high-quality patient care, this text shows students how to acquire, process and disseminate knowledge"--

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Nursing Informatics
Knowledge
Knowledge Management
Nursing Research

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