Informatics and nursing
Subtitle: opportunities & challenges
By: Linda Q. Thede
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780781740203
Subjects: Informatique; Verpleegkunde; Nursing; Computers; Automatisering; Data processing; Soins infirmiers; Medical Informatics
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Computers in nursing. c1999.

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