Why Nurses Need to Understand Nursing Informatics

Nursing informatics in undergraduate nursing education in Australia before COVID-19: A scoping review

“…Globally, the definition of NI has evolved over the past few decades; however, a universal definition is still not recognised in the academic arena. Scholars have clustered NI definition into three main themes: information technology-oriented, conceptually oriented, and role oriented definitions ( Faustorilla, 2020 ; McGonigle, Hunter, Sipes, & Hebda, 2014 ; Staggers & Thompson, 2002 ). The information technology-oriented definition asserts that NI is used in all fields of nursing.…”

“…The information technology-oriented definition asserts that NI is used in all fields of nursing. NI is used in nursing practice to track patient's outcomes, find data trends, and assess workload and interventions ( McGonigle et al, 2014 ). NI in education supports virtual teaching and learning, assessment, and analytics associated with educational outcomes.…”

“…Nurse executives use NI to improve workflows, decision support, and manage resources. NI supports nursing research by evaluating patient outcomes, evidence-based practice, standardised terminologies, and virtual knowledge bases ( McGonigle et al, 2014 ).…”

Informatics Solutions for Application of Decision-Making Skills

“…Nursing informatics is a field of science that combines the sciences of nursing, information, computers, and cognition to provide better access to patient information and support nursing practice. 3 The goal of nursing informatics is to facilitate progression of patient data to information and wisdom to improve the patient condition. 3 Nursing informatics currently includes many tools aimed at facilitation of these efforts.…”

“…3 The goal of nursing informatics is to facilitate progression of patient data to information and wisdom to improve the patient condition. 3 Nursing informatics currently includes many tools aimed at facilitation of these efforts. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the utilization of Electronic Health Record (EHR), Clinical Data, and Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) tools to support decision-making in critical care nursing practice.…”