Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. It aims to improve patient safety and quality of care through generating knowledge and clinical workflows, creating uniform guidelines, and using information technology in all aspects of nursing. Nurses play a key role in nursing informatics by assessing needs, developing efficient clinical workflows, and managing and interpreting data to improve clinical practice.

1. NURSING INFORMATICS
Mrs.Bella Alphonse
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2. Definition
Medical informatics is the application of the principles of computer and information science
to the advancement of life science research, health professions education, public health, and
patient care.
Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrate nursing science, computer science, and
information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom
in nursing practice.

3. MEANING
•Informatics comes from the French word
“informatique” which means “computer science”.
•Informatics is defined as computer science+
information science.

4. DEFINITION
•Hebda (1998), defines
nursing informatics as “the
use of computers technology
to support nursing, including
clinical practice,
administration, education and
research.”

5. •ANA (American Nurses Association) 1994, has
defined nursing informatics as the development and
evaluation of applications, tools, processes and
structures which assist nurses with the management of
data in taking care of patients or supporting the
practice of nursing.

6. GOALS OF INFORMATIC NURSING
• IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE OUTCOME.
• GENERATE KNOWLEDGE AND FLOW CHART TO BE USED IN HEALTHCARE
• CREATING A PLATFORM WITH UNIFORM GUIDELINES.
• HELPING COORDINATE ACTIVITIES OF DIFFERENT PERSONNAL.
• COLLECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND POPULATION DATA, DIAGNOSTIC AND
LABORATORY DATAAND DATA RELATED TO IMAGING.
• PRACTICE INFORMATICS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL.
• USING INFROMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ALL ASPECT OF NURSING.

7. HISTORY OF NURSING INFORMATICS
• 1980’S- ITS USED BY NURSES
• 1986-BLUM INTRODUCED CONEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDY OF
NURSING KNOWLEDGR AND DATA.
• 1989- GRAVES AND CORCORAN MODIFIED THE FRAMEWORK. IT’S A
COMBINATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE , INFORMATION SCIENCE
AND NURSING.
• 1996- JAMES TURELY MODIFIED BY ADDING COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
• ANA DEFINED THE SCOPE OF NURSING INFORMATICS.

8. BENEFITS OF COMPUTERAUTOMATION IN
HEALTH CARE
1)Decreased redundancy of data
entry
2)Decreased time spent in
documentation
3)Increased time for client care

9. 4) Facilitation of data collection for research
5)Improved communication and decreased potential
for error
6)Creation of a lifetime clinical record facilitated by
information systems

10. FUNCTIONS OF NURSING INFORMATICS
•Nursing informatics allows nurses to access health information
in order to develop, implement, and evaluate methods of
patient care or treatment.

11. •Nurses are able to review all information related to
particular patient, which can lead to more efficient,
which can lead to more efficient communication and
care.

12. IMPORTANCE OF NURSING
INFORMATICS
•Enables the appropriate flow of data
collected by nurses, improving access
to patient information at the point of
care, and enhancing nursing abilities
to benchmark, monitor and audit
quality measures.

13. •Aids to collect, store, process, display, retrieve and communicate
timely data and information in and across health care facilities
designed to
Administer nursing services and resource.
Manage delivery of patient and nursing care including
documentation and planning.
Link research resources and finding to nursing practice
Apply educational resources to nursing education.

14. •Facilitates the integration of data, information and knowledge to
support client, nurses and other provider in their decision making in
all roles and settings.
•Promotes the generation, management and processing of relevant
data in order to use information and develop knowledge that
supports nursing in all practice domains to improve practice and
deliver better nursing care.

16. NURSING INFORMATICS
IN HOSPITAL

17. 1) Storage of Patient Data:
 Store note of the patient observe during round.
 Access the right medical information at the right time.
 To access information when you need to be quick, efficient and
accurate.

18. 2) Computerized Presentations:
Computerized power point presentations are much more efficient
and has more impact on the receiver when it comes to presenting
data.
Even in the field of nursing education, computers help the nursing
tutors/educators to present the large and complicated detailed form
of data, which of course is a part of the medical study, in a very
simplified and effective form.

19. 3) Teaching nurses through
Simulations:
The field of medicine involves the concept of
"hands-on work".
Nursing education therefore, must involve a lot
of practice programs to make the students
efficient to face the real life scenario.
Computer programs which enable simulate such
procedures therefore are of great use.

20. 4) Computerized Self Evaluation
Computers also contribute and help the students know their
strengths and weaknesses.
There are many computerized quiz and medical tests with
immediate feedback that can help you brush and develop your
medical facts and requirements without any delay.

21. 5) Medical Data
Every day hospitals and clinics which are attached to it churn out
enormous volumes of data regarding patients, prescriptions,
medications, medical billing details, etc.
Such medical records, are now a day‘s recorded into medical
billing software. Such mammoth databases are known as
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records
(EHR).

22. 6) Medical Imaging:

23. 7) Medical Examination:
 Medical monitoring which will help humans to properly
monitor their own health.
 Such systems and procedures include, bone scan procedure,
prenatal ultrasound imaging, blood glucose monitors, advanced
endoscopy which is used during surgery and blood pressure
monitors.
 Basically these medical tests and tools provide significant
convenience to medical practitioners.

24. Other uses of computer in hospital
•Assessment:
•Patient monitoring:
•Documentation:
•Nursing minimum data sheet:
•Telemedicine:
•Electronic Medical Records (EMR):
 Increased efficiency:
Improved documentation:
Improved quality of care:
Improved security:
Reduced documentation expenses:

25. IMPACT OF NURSING INFORMATICS IN
NURSING PROFESSION
The nursing profession is rapidly changing to keep up with
advancements and new challenges in the healthcare field.As direct
caregivers, nurses are in the front lines of patient care and
consequently often feel the impact of changes in best practices more
immediately than other healthcare professionals.

26. Disadvantages of Technology in Nursing
Set Up and Internet Access: An important disadvantage of technology in
nursing is that some patients may not be savvy with technology. Some
patients may not have mobile phones or Internet access, making applications
and video visits useless for them.
At the Mercy of the Server/Power: If either of these things goes down due
to weather, connectivity problems, or natural disasters, you’re basically
unable to do anything at all. This would be especially problematic in a
nursing classroom setting if simulations and virtual technologies are being
used as well as in a hospital when conducting video calls or procedures that
require machinery.

27. Potential Lack of Attention to Detail: While technology in nursing should
lead to fewer medical errors, there is no guarantee that it will eradicate ALL
errors. Human efficiency and thought are still important, which is why nurses,
doctors, and patients must remember that technology does not always have the
final say. There is still plenty of room for error, and all diagnoses, treatments,
and care plans should be double and triple checked to ensure safety an accuracy
overall.
Malfunctioning Equipment: One of the biggest headaches of technology is
what happens when technology just doesn’t work.

28. ROLE OF NURSE IN NURSING INFORMATICS
Nurse Informaticists are often perceived as the
“techy” nurse, “super-user”, or the “go-to” person when new
technology is implemented.
They are often referred to as “bi-lingual” nurses who can speak
the nursing process and information technology language.
Being an expert in both fields and a liaison between the two
worlds, nurses have assumed different roles and positions in the
arena of informatics.

29. A recent survey conducted by Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) revealed that 14% of nurses are in nursing informatics
role.
Nurses comprise the biggest workforce in healthcare. This being said, nurses
are the largest work-group of end-users of electronic medical record and clinical
information systems; therefore, it is imperative that nurses are well-represented
in the selection, design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical information
systems.
Evidence has shown that nurses who were involved in the clinical
information system cycle have more buy-in, user- acceptance, and positive
perception – all are precursors to successful implementation.

30. HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS NURSING INFORMATICS
FOCUS
Numerous roles within health care,
emphasizing compliance with regulations
and improving hospital finances.
RESPONSIB-
ILITIES
 Work at the intersection of computer
science, information technology, and
health care administration.
 Implement electronic health records and
understand how they impact
organizational, operational, and staffing
needs.
 Manage, interpret, andcommunicate data
to improve patient outcomes.
 Ensure compliance of data and
meaningful use initiatives.
Patient focused, emphasizing
improvement in patient care.
 Work at the intersection of computer
science, information technology, and
nursing.
 Assess hospital and patient needs as
well as business and IT needs.
 Develop efficient clinical workflow to
assess gaps in health care delivery
system and create ways to address
them.
 Manage, interpret, and
communicate data to improve
clinical practice.

31. JOB TITLES
TO EXPLORE
 Coordinate hardware,
software, regulatory
requirements, and
infrastructure of a hospital or
health system.
 Work with staff education to
design training programs for
staff when implementing a
new electronic health records
system.
 Integrate ICD-10 into systems.
 Chief clinical informatics
officer
 Director of clinical informatics
 Project manager
 Clinical manager
 Program director
 Verify that electronic health records
capture information at the point of care
accurately and in a standardized
format.
 Support continuity and quality of
care across caregivers.
 Integrate ICD-10 into systems.
 Assist in staff training programs on
electronic health record systems.
 Nursing informatics specialist
 Director of clinical informatics
 Clinical analyst
 Consultant
 Clinical informatics specialist
Chief nursing
informatics officer