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Nursing Informatics

Where Caring and Technology Meet

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Marion J. Ball

    1. University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Kathryn J. Hannah

    1. Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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  3. Ulla Gerdin Jelger

    1. Health Care Information Systems, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. Hans Peterson

    1. Health Care Information Systems, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Nursing Informatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Mastering Change

      1. The Impact of Informatics on Nursing
        • Denis Protti
        Pages 3-10
      2. Integrating Nursing and Informatics
        • Marion J. Ball, Judith V. Douglas
        Pages 11-17
      3. Organizational Change
        • Noel Daly
        Pages 18-24
      4. How to Select a Nursing Informatics Consultant
        • Elizabeth E. Ball, Gary L. Hammon
        Pages 25-29

    3. A Neural View of Computing for Nurses

      1. A Neural View of Computing for Nurses
        • Robert I. O’Desky
        Pages 33-45
      2. The Human-Computer Interface
        • Ulla Gerdin Jelger, Hans Peterson
        Pages 46-51
      3. Informatics and Integration
        • James M. Gabler
        Pages 52-63
      4. Evaluation: A Means to Better Results
        • Hans Peterson, Ulla Gerdin Jelger
        Pages 64-77

    4. New Roles for Nurses

      1. What Is Informatics and What Does It Mean for Nursing?
        • Marion J. Ball, Kathryn J. Hannah
        Pages 81-87
      2. New Roles for Nursing Professionals
        • Thomas Jenkins
        Pages 88-95
      3. Careers for Nurses in Health Care Information Systems
        • Betsy S. Hersher
        Pages 96-102
      4. The Role of Nurse as Systems Analyst
        • Beth Jaekle
        Pages 103-105
      5. Nursing Informatics and the Future: The Twenty-First Century
        • Marcia Orsolits, Carolyne K. Davis, Mark S. Gross
        Pages 106-111

  3. Where Caring and Technology Meet

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-114
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    2. Clinical Practice

      1. Introducing Nursing Information Systems in the Clinical Setting
        • Ann Warnock-Matheron, Cheryl Plummer
        Pages 115-127
      2. Nursing Information Systems: A Case Study
        • Russell E. Tranbarger
        Pages 128-137
      3. Bedside Information Systems: State of the Art
        • Shirley Hughes
        Pages 138-145
      4. Operating Room Information Systems Software
        • Constance M. Berg, Darlene Larson
        Pages 146-159
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About this book

Nursing, like other health-related professions, is information-inten­ sive. The quality of care a patient receives is based on the soundness of judgment exercised by the health care team. Underlying sound judg­ ment is up-to-date information. Unless nurses have access to accurate and pertinent information, the care being rendered will not be of the highest standard. What is required is not necessarily more rapid and efficient informa­ tion services. Modern technology can process immense amounts of data in the blink of an eye. What we in the health professions need are information systems that are more intelligent, systems that can inte­ grate information from many sources, systems that analyze and syn­ thesize information and display it so that it may be applied directly in patient care-in other words, information that answers a question or even gives practical advice. In order to accomplish such objectives, work is needed to establish the scientific and theoretical basis for the use of computing and infor­ mation systems by health professionals. This is the research com­ ponent. In addition, there is the need for continued development and evaluation of practical information systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

    Marion J. Ball

  • Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Kathryn J. Hannah

  • Health Care Information Systems, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulla Gerdin Jelger, Hans Peterson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nursing Informatics

  • Book Subtitle: Where Caring and Technology Meet

  • Editors: Marion J. Ball, Kathryn J. Hannah, Ulla Gerdin Jelger, Hans Peterson

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4160-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4160-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 418

  • Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Nursing

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