Informatics and nursing : opportunities & challenges / Linda Q. Thede

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2003Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 781740207
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT 50.5 .T44 2003
Contents:
Unit I. Nursing and informatics: the basics -- Ch. 1. Introduction to nursing informatics: multiple foci -- Ch. 2. The hardware: meet the computer -- Ch. 3. Software: the computer at work -- Ch. 4. Computer communications: lighting-fast information dissemination -- Ch. 5. Understanding computer concepts: features common to most packaged software -- Unit II. Informatics: ehealth -- Ch. 6. The Internet: eHealth Tools -- Ch. 7. The Internet: the new healthcare paradigm -- Ch. 8. Telehealth: now and in the future -- Unit III. Informatics: personal productivity -- Ch. 9. Word processors: writing and rewriting without a hassle -- Ch. 10. Presentation software: looking professional in the spotlight -- Ch. 11. Working with numbers: letting the software do the hard part -- Unit IV. Informatics: clinical information systems -- Ch. 12. Informatics nurse specialist: a specialty in two disciplines -- Ch. 13. Nursing classification systems: terminology does matter -- Ch. 14. Informatics in practice: clinical information systems -- Unit V. Informatics: professional tools and issues -- Ch. 15. Other facets of informatics: a wide impact -- Ch. 16. Databases: creating information from data -- Ch. 17. Nursing knowledge: access via bibliographic and factual databases -- Ch. 18. Educational informatics: e-Learning -- Ch. 19. Informatics: challenges and issues
Summary: The book will help you understand the tools of computer fluency; explore the impact of computer communication on healthcare; learn the latest programs including word processing, presentation and spreadsheet programs; consider nursing informatics as a career; and examine key issues in security, ergonomics and user interfaces
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Includes index.

Unit I. Nursing and informatics: the basics -- Ch. 1. Introduction to nursing informatics: multiple foci -- Ch. 2. The hardware: meet the computer -- Ch. 3. Software: the computer at work -- Ch. 4. Computer communications: lighting-fast information dissemination -- Ch. 5. Understanding computer concepts: features common to most packaged software -- Unit II. Informatics: ehealth -- Ch. 6. The Internet: eHealth Tools -- Ch. 7. The Internet: the new healthcare paradigm -- Ch. 8. Telehealth: now and in the future -- Unit III. Informatics: personal productivity -- Ch. 9. Word processors: writing and rewriting without a hassle -- Ch. 10. Presentation software: looking professional in the spotlight -- Ch. 11. Working with numbers: letting the software do the hard part -- Unit IV. Informatics: clinical information systems -- Ch. 12. Informatics nurse specialist: a specialty in two disciplines -- Ch. 13. Nursing classification systems: terminology does matter -- Ch. 14. Informatics in practice: clinical information systems -- Unit V. Informatics: professional tools and issues -- Ch. 15. Other facets of informatics: a wide impact -- Ch. 16. Databases: creating information from data -- Ch. 17. Nursing knowledge: access via bibliographic and factual databases -- Ch. 18. Educational informatics: e-Learning -- Ch. 19. Informatics: challenges and issues

The book will help you understand the tools of computer fluency; explore the impact of computer communication on healthcare; learn the latest programs including word processing, presentation and spreadsheet programs; consider nursing informatics as a career; and examine key issues in security, ergonomics and user interfaces

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