This short presentation is a brief discussion of nursing informatics with reflection questions at the end. It was only a trial effort so that I could become more familiar with SlideShare.

1. Nursing Technology and Informatics
Point-of-care computers in healthcare facilities
allow for access to electronic patient records for
nurses and other healthcare workers from
anywhere in the facility.
Access to the World Wide Web within healthcare
organizations enables nurses to have current
research & publications at their fingertips.

2. Challenges
• Technology must address confidentiality and
security concerns
• Information technologies need to support
quality nursing care

3. • Informatics describes all aspects of computers
Nursing Informatics, Healthcare
and information systems
• Nursing informatics applies these to nursing
science in the practice of nursing
• The core of informatics are
– Data
– Information
– Knowledge
– Wisdom in practice
(Blais & Hayes, 2011, p. 290)

4. – Informatics nurse career opportunities
• Acute and ambulatory settings
• Universities
• Consulting firms
– Specialty certification in Informatics available
through ANCC
– Educational preparation
• Graduate nursing
• Post-master’s certificate
• PhD

5. • Informatics Nurses Responsibilities may
include
– Systems implementation
– Systems development
– Liaison
– Informatics education
– Nursing education

6. Informatics Frameworks help clinicians
understand how concepts are structured and
operationalized
– Data, information, and knowledge
– Sciences underpinning nursing informatics
– Concepts and tools from information science and
computer science
– Phenomena of nursing
(Blais & Hayes, 2011, p. 292 - 293)

7. Time to reflect……
• How has implementation of information
technology affected confidentiality in your
work setting?
• What ethical concerns do you have about use
of information systems in health care?

8. Research the topic and comment….
Choose an aspect of nursing practice and find a
Web site with information regarding the topic.
Evaluate the information on the Web site
according to the following criteria:
– Is the publication source trustworthy?
– Does the information enhance nursing care and
practice?
– Is access to the information user-friendly & current?