Healthc Inform Res.  2013 Jun;19(2):86-92. 10.4258/hir.2013.19.2.86.

Nursing Informatics: Decades of Contribution to Health Informatics

• Moen A
• Maeland Knudsen LM

• KMID: 2229489
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2013.19.2.86

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
In this paper we present a contemporary understanding of "nursing informatics" and relate it to applications in three specific contexts, hospitals, community health, and home dwelling, to illustrate achievements that contribute to the overall schema of health informatics.
METHODS
We identified literature through database searches in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library. Database searching was complemented by one author search and hand searches in six relevant journals. The literature review helped in conceptual clarification and elaborate on use that are supported by applications in different settings.
RESULTS
Conceptual clarification of nursing data, information and knowledge has been expanded to include wisdom. Information systems and support for nursing practice benefits from conceptual clarification of nursing data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. We introduce three examples of information systems and point out core issues for information integration and practice development.
CONCLUSIONS
Exploring interplays of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, nursing informatics takes a practice turn, accommodating to processes of application design and deployment for purposeful use by nurses in different settings. Collaborative efforts will be key to further achievements that support task shifting, mobility, and ubiquitous health care.

Keyword

Nursing Informatics; Knowledge; Health Information Systems; Personal Health Records; eHealth

MeSH Terms

Achievement
Complement System Proteins
Delivery of Health Care
Hand
Health Information Systems
Health Records, Personal
Hospitals, Community
Informatics
Information Systems
Nursing Informatics
Polymethacrylic Acids
Telemedicine
Complement System Proteins
Polymethacrylic Acids

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