Electronic Records vs. Manual Records
In today’s modern world healthcare administration and patient care has the option to use either electronic records or manual records. Each method has positive and negative implications when a medica...
Legislation related to Health Information Technology (HIT) has a noteworthy impact on many practical aspects of the nursing practice. For instance, the Health Information Technology for Economic and C...
Importance of Nursing Informatics
This week’s readings focused on definition of nursing science from the perspective of nursing informatics, discussed basic concepts of information technology, and described the process of cognition ...
Informatics Competencies for Nurses
An elemental part of the application of the technological advancements in nursing is the use of appropriate terminologies. Advanced clinical experts need to have the competence to apply the appropriat...
Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies
Computer systems support the development of wisdom in nursing science. From both mandatory and optional readings for this class, I have developed a new vision of nursing informatics. This is the visio...
Pros and Cons of Electronic Medical Records
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are becoming the new normal in medical clinics and hospitals across the United States. Medical practitioners are utilizing this form of patient data recording system ...
St Jude is a pediatric hospice located Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, the institution has mutated into one of the best pediatric healthcare centers in the US. Unlike most h...
The World of an Informatics Nurse
Introduction Because of recent legislation by the United States Government, it is likely that just about all nurses are now involved with informatics. This is because of Center for Medicare and Medica...
What Is Nursing Informatics And Why Is It So Important
Although the modern technology is supported for effectiveness and efficiency in the nursing facilities, the beginning nurses have encountered a challenge of informatics technology (McGonigle & Mastria...