Nursing Bioinformatics Lecture (5)

Introduction Nursing informatics (NI) is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice.

NI supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings. This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.

The goal of NI is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication.

These activities include the design and use of informatics solutions and technology to support all areas of nursing, including, but not limited to, the direct provision of care, establishing effective administrative systems, designing useful decision support systems, managing and delivering educational experiences.

Nursing informatics is one example of a discipline-specific informatics practice within the broader category of health informatics. NI has become well established within nursing since its recognition as a specialty for registered nurses by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1992.

It focuses on the representation of nursing data, information, knowledge and wisdom as well as the management and communication of nursing information within the broader context of health informatics.

Nursing informatics Provides a nursing perspective, Illuminates nursing values and beliefs Denotes a practice base for nurses in nursing informatics

Produces unique knowledge Distinguishes groups of practitioners Focuses on the phenomena of interest for nursing Provides needed nursing language and word context to health informatics.

The Relationship of Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom

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