Nursing Informatics

Nursing informatics is the integration of nursing science, information science and computer science.

One of the early pioneers of Nursing informatics is Dr. Virginia Saba, and she said that nurses should "Think out of the box"

Technology will play an integral part in health delivery and it is imperative that nurses must be able to master and harness them.

1. • Computers are
   • incredibly fast , accurate and stupid . Human beings are incredibly slow , inaccurate and brilliant . Together they are powerful beyond imagination."
   • - Albert Einstein
2. • In the 21 st Century, information is
   • doubling every 5yrs , if not tripling in quantity and quality.
   • Information is POWER
3. • Technology also facilitates the creative process in nurses, affording amazing vehicles for
   • patient education , teaching and learning , and providing general health promotion and prevention information on a global scale.
4. • This can only become a common reality if nurses are comfortable working with computers and advanced technology while providing evidence based care for their clients .
5. • The healthcare of our clients is largely dependent on information.
   • Every action taken depends on previous information and knowledge.
6. • American Nurses Association's Scope and Standards for Nursing Informatics Practice (2008) :
   • “ Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice.”
7. • Standard areas of nursing :
   • Nursing P ractice
   • Nursing E ducation
   • Nursing R esearch
   • Nursing A dministration.
8. • COMPUTER Assisted Education
   • PDA (Personal Digital Assistants)
   • LCD Projectors
   • Wireless Routers
   • Desktops
   • Laptops
   • Smartphones
9. • VIDEOS/ANIMATIONS
   • Distance learning
   • Testing (NCLEX)
   • Student and course record management
10. • Functions :
    • Records client information
    • Provides access to other departments
    • Used to manage client scheduling
11. • Provides access to standardized forms, policies and procedures
    • Access data about client that may be somewhere in the medical record or elsewhere in health care agency.
12. • records clients assessments, medication administration, progress notes, care plan updating, client acuity and accrued charges
13. • EMRs/CPRs
    • Provides easy retrieval of specific data such as trends in vital signs, immunization records, current problems
    • It can be designed to work providers about conflicting medications or client parameters that indicate dangerous conditions
14. • Used extensively in health care to assess and monitor clients conditions
    • Data accumulated from various electronic devices are stored for research purposes
    • Can monitor client
    • Computerized diagnosis
    • Telemedicine
15. • Used to order supplies, tests, meals, and services, from other departments
    • Allows nursing service to determine the most costly items used by a particular nursing unit.
    • May provide information or decisions to modify budget, provide different staffing, move supplies to different locations, or make other changes for more efficient and higher quality care
16. • A. Human resources
    • All employers must maintain a data a database on each employee
    • Administrators can use this database to communicate with employees, examine staffing patterns, and create budget programs
17. • B. Medical records management
    • Allow client records to be searched for trends, number of cases, most expensive cases, and client outcomes.
    • Nurse informaticist can assist administrators with the design and implementation of systems that allow such searches to be generated, analyzed, printed, and distributed.
18. • C. Facilities management
    • heating, air conditioning, ventilation, alarm systems are computer controlled.
    • D. Budget and finance
    • claims are transmitted much more quickly
    • Can also effect cost-savings by reducing the desired services time needed for accounts payable and receivables.
19. • 1. problem identification
    • Useful in locating current literature about the problem and related concepts
    • Helps in searching for existing documents, and e-mail to colleagues.
20. • 2. literature review
    • Software facilitate searches, contains thesauruses so that the most appropriate terms can be selected.
21. • 3. research design
    • Search literature for instruments that have already been established or to design and test instruments that need to be developed for past study.
22. • 4. Data collection and analysis
    • Helps create form for the collection of data such as informed consent, demographic data, and recording forms.
    • Commonly used software for quantitative data analysis: SPSS ( statistical package for social sciences), SAS ( statistical analysis system), Sys STAT, MYSTAT
23. • 5. Research dissemination
    • computer word processing programs are used to author the final reports of research and send research to various readerships.
    • Help speeds completion or research projects
25. • Nursing practice will be revolutionized and we will truly be a profession of nurses with our own classification systems, bibliographic systems, and payment systems .
26. • We need to think outside the box?
27. • We need to use the Internet to enhance our practice and provide telenursing care . We need to become wireless and conduct our services using all the newer IT tools.
28. • “ We have a long way to go, but if we utilize information technology effectively, informatics will become an integral part of our profession and the health care industry. I do believe we have the knowledge and perseverance and I am convinced it will come to pass.”-Dr. Virginia Saba
29. • “ COLLABORATIVE CONNECTIVITY”
30. • Largest in the Philippines
    • Houses 500 patients in 2 towers
    • Rooftop (with Helipad)
    • Provision for additional 288 beds
    • Six-storey podium for special services and diagnostic facilities
    • 18 tower Medical arts building housing 280 doctor’s clinics and
    • 3 levels of parking for 1000 vehicles
31. • To implement a reliable and secure networking solution with optimum connectivity capable of carrying information services such as patient records and X-rays as well as sensitive laboratory results and other medical services information
32. • NORTEL ETHERNET ROUTING SWITCH 8600s
33. • SHAMAN
    • (Strategic Hospital and Medication Automation Network)
34. • http://nursinglectures.blogspot.com
    • http://www.statcom.com – Hospital software
    • http://ojni.org – Online Journal for Nursing Informatics
    • http://www.telehealth.ph – UP National Telehealth center