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Nursing Informatics in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore the evolving landscape of nursing informatics, the role of nurses as knowledge workers, challenges, and the future outlook in healthcare informatics.

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Nursing Informatics in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Chapter 9by Lynn M. Nagle Information and Knowledge Needs of Nurses in the 21st Century

  2. Key Terms Defined • Clinical information system • Clinical decision support • Evidence-based practice • Nursing informatics • Nursing knowledge • Research utilization

  3. Informatics Defined • Nursing informatics has evolved over the years • Nurses focus their efforts on: a) articulating b) identifying c) determining

  4. The Goal of Informatics • “Informatics” in a broader sense • Those de-emphasizing “nursing informatics” • Health informatics • The umbrella of “health” informatics

  5. The Goal of Informatics • More timely access to data • Healthcare delivery must be: a) safer b) knowledge-based c) cost-effective d) seamless e) timely • Additional challenges in nursing • The focus of IT in nursing • What is the potential of IT?

  6. Nurse – Knowledge Worker • Knowledge workers • Nurses spending time managing and recording clinical information • Supporting nurses • Nurses as informaticians • Nurses have overwhelming contribution power

  7. Creating Clinical Knowledge • Graves and Corcoran (1989) define nursing knowledge • Capturing multi-faceted data • Adding new dimensions to information • Emerging capabilities in regards to data

  8. Creating Clinical Knowledge • Nurses and the use of knowledge • The genesis of using knowledge • Empirics • Esthetics • Personal • Ethics

  9. Creating Clinical Knowledge • Nurses will continue to generate information • As nurses build on this knowledge their practices are affected

  10. Using Clinical Knowledge • Evidence-based practice • Research utilization • Best practice guidelines • The consensus on the adoption of data standards • A potential for a more uniform data is on the horizon

  11. Clinical Decision Support • Clinical decision support tools • The simplicity of clinical decision support

  12. Challenges • The growth of nurse leaders • Nurse informaticians as advocates • Helping the nurse educator succeed • Mentorship programs

  13. Challenges • Getting support from nurse educators • Implementation of CIS • Nurses know what they need • Nurses know what is required for success

  14. Challenges • Nurses must be involved in the process • Nurses should : be encouraged demand a standard be provided with necessary material

  15. Challenges • Identify the core of informatics • Nursing informatics as a specialty • Using informatics as a core piece of curriculum • Inter-professional education and informatics

  16. Challenges • Will all future graduates be more computer literate? • Being comfortable with a computer is not the only key to success

  17. A View of the Future • Informatics is still new • Technology is still not completely understood • The future of nursing is dependent on informatics • The use and understanding of informatics will be used in all areas of nursing

  18. A View of the Future Opportunities exist for : • Further enhancement • Advancing designs • Delivering care • Engaging with others

  19. Thought Provoking Questions 1. What are the possibilities to accelerate the generation and uptake of new nursing knowledge? 2. What should be the areas of priority for the advancement of informatics in nursing?

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