Fast Facts in Health Informatics for Nurses

Lynda R RN FAAN Hardy

ISBN 10: 0826142257 / ISBN 13: 9780826142252

Published by Springer Publishing Company, 2019

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Provides a broad overview of informatics knowledge to empower nurses to be thoughtful and participate in the capture, storage, and use of data to create information and knowledge to optimize patient outcomes.In this book, you will gain an understanding of how clinical decision support tools work so you can provide feedback about [their] effectiveness and recommend additional ways decision support tools help.'Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI, From the ForewordUnderstanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. This book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding upon integral systems and technologies within our healthcare system and their impact on the responsibilities of the individual nurse.Highlighting the intricacies within a specialized approach to healthcare data, data mining, and data organization, this resource connects day-to-day informatics practices to larger initiatives and perspectives. Clear and concise synopses of healthcare essentials, case studies, and abundant practical examples help readers understand how health informatics improves patient care within the nursing scope of practice. Thought-provoking questions in each chapter facilitate in-depth considerations on chapter content.Key Features:Key information about the electronic health record, telehealth, wearables, and decision-support toolsPractical examples demonstrate how informatics improves patient care within the nurse's scope of practiceCase studies with thought-provoking questionsNurses' influence on data qualityRelevant ethical, legal, and social issuesThe intersection of technology and informatics and the power of data.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fast Facts in Health Informatics for Nurses
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826142257
• ISBN 13: 9780826142252
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 11D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 225 grams

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Synopsis

“Provides a broad overview of informatics knowledge to empower nurses to be thoughtful and participate in the capture, storage, and use of data to create information and knowledge to optimize patient outcomes…In this book, you will gain an understanding of how clinical decision support tools work so you can provide feedback about [their] effectiveness and recommend additional ways decision support tools help.”

―Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI, From the Foreword

Understanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. This book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding upon integral systems and technologies within our healthcare system and their impact on the responsibilities of the individual nurse.

Highlighting the intricacies within a specialized approach to healthcare data, data mining, and data organization, this resource connects day-to-day informatics practices to larger initiatives and perspectives. Clear and concise synopses of healthcare essentials, case studies, and abundant practical examples help readers understand how health informatics improves patient care within the nursing scope of practice. Thought-provoking questions in each chapter facilitate in-depth considerations on chapter content.

Key Features:
• Key information about the electronic health record, telehealth, wearables, and decision-support tools
• Practical examples demonstrate how informatics improves patient care within the nurse’s scope of practice
• Case studies with thought-provoking questions
• Nurses’ influence on data quality
• Relevant ethical, legal, and social issues
• The intersection of technology and informatics and the power of data

About the Author

Lynda R. Hardy, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is an associate professor of clinical practice at the Ohio State University College of Nursing and affiliate faculty at the Translational Data and Analytics Institute.