Essentials of Nursing Informatics

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Kathleen McCormick was the recipient of the 2013 International Award for Nursing Informatics Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Contributors ix
Foreword 1 xvii
Foreword 2 xix
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii


Part 1 — Nursing Informatics 
Technologies 1
Jacqueline Ann Moss
1 Historical Perspectives of Nursing
Informatics • 3
Virginia K. Saba and Bonnie L. Westra
2 Computer Hardware • 23
Mary L. McHugh
3 Advanced Hardware and mHealth • 37
Kathleen G. Charters and Patricia B. Wise
4 Computer Software • 45
Mary L. McHugh
5 Open Source and Free Software • 55
David J. Whitten
6 Data and Data Processing • 83
Irene Joos and Ramona Nelson
7 Health Data Standards: Development,
Harmonization, and Interoperability • 101
Joyce Sensmeier
8 Standardized Nursing Terminologies • 115
Nicholas R. Hardiker, Virginia K. Saba and
Tae Youn Kim
9 Human–Computer Interaction • 131
Gregory L. Alexander
10 Trustworthy Systems for Safe
and Private Healthcare • 145
Dixie B. Baker


Part 2 — System Life Cycle 161
Virginia K. Saba
11 System Life Cycle: A Framework • 163
Marina Douglas and Marian Celli
12 System and Functional Testing • 189
Theresa J. Settergren
13 System Life Cycle Tools • 203
Denise D. Tyler
14 Healthcare Project Management • 215
Judy Murphy and Patricia C. Dykes


Part 3 — Informatics Theory
Standards—Foundations of Nursing
Informatics 227
Virginia K. Saba
15 The Practice Specialty of Nursing
Informatics • 229
Kathleen M. Hunter and Carol J. Bickford
16 Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy • 249
Judy Murphy and Elizabeth (Liz) O. Johnson


Part 4 — Nursing Informatics
Leadership 273
Kathleen Smith
17 The Role of the Nurse Executive in Information
Technology Decision-Making • 275
Roy L. Simpson
18 Establishing Nursing Informatics in Public
Policy • 281
Dana Alexander and Elizabeth Casey Halley
19 Communication Skills in Health IT, Building
Strong Teams for Successful Health IT
Outcomes • 293
Elizabeth (Liz) O. Johnson
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20 Assessing the Vendors • 309
Mark D. Sugrue
21 Nurse Scheduling and Credentialing
Systems • 323
Karlene M. Kerfoot and Kathleen Smith
22 Informatics and the Healthcare Industry • 333
Amy J. Barton


Part 5 — Advanced Nursing Informatics in
Practice 345
Gail E. Latimer
23 Structuring Advanced Practice Knowledge:
An Internet Resource for Education
and Practice • 347
Mary Ann Lavin, Eileen Healy
and Mary Lee Barron
24 Nursing Informatics in Retail Clinics • 363
Frances (Fran) M. Spivak and Sandra Festa Ryan
25 Care Delivery Across the Care Continuum:
Hospital–Community–Home • 371
Charlotte A. Weaver and Laura Heermann
Langford
26 Foundation of a Nursing Plan of Care
Standard • 385
Luann Whittenburg and Virginia K. Saba
27 Computerized Provider Order Entry • 401
Emily B. Barey
28 Physiological Monitoring and Device
Interface • 409
R. Renee Johnson-Smith
29 Health Information Technology:
Striving to Improve Patient Safety • 419
Patricia P. Sengstack
30 The Role of Technology in the
Medication-Use Process • 429
Matthew C. Grissinger and Michelle M. Mandrack
31 The Magnet Model • 451
Andrea Mazzoccoli and Susan H. Lundquist
32 Public Health Practice Applications • 457
Judy D. Gibson, Janise Richards, Arunkumar Srinivasan
and Derryl E. Block
33 Informatics Solutions for Emergency Planning
and Response • 471
Elizabeth (Betsy) Weiner and Capt. Lynn A. Slepski
34 Federal Healthcare Sector Nursing
Informatics • 485
Capt. Margaret S. Beaubien, Murielle S. Beene,
Christine Boltz, Lee Ann Harford, LTC Mike Ludwig,
Daniel F. Marsh, Joel L. Parker, COL Katherine
Taylor Pearson and Capt. Stephanie J. Raps
35 Consumer/Patient Engagement and eHealth
Resources • 499
Barbara B. Frink


Part 6 — Nursing Informatics—Complex
Applications 511
Kathleen A. McCormick
36 Healthcare Analytics • 513
Kathleen C. Kimmel
37 Planning, Design, and Implementation of
Information Technology in Complex
Healthcare Systems • 525
Thomas R. Clancy
38 The Quality Spectrum in Informatics • 537
Rosemary Kennedy, Heidi Bossley, Juliet Rubini and
Beth B. Franklin
39 Translation of Evidence into Nursing
Practice • 553
Lynn McQueen, Heather Carter-Templeton and
Kathleen A. McCormick
40 Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient
Outcomes Through the Integration of
Evidence-Based Practice and Informatics • 569
Joanne M. Seasholtz and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
41 Incorporating Evidence: Use of
Computer-Based Clinical Decision
Support Systems for Health Professionals • 583
Margaret Ross Kraft and Ida M. Androwich
Contents vii


Part 7 — Educational Applications 591
Diane J. Skiba
42 Nursing Curriculum Reform and
Healthcare Information
Technology • 593
Eun-Shim Nahm and Marisa L. Wilson
43 The TIGER Initiative • 609
Michelle R. Troseth
44 Initiation and Management of Accessible,
Effective Online Learning • 617
Patricia E. Allen, Khadija Bakrim, Darlene Lacy,
Enola Boyd and Myrna L. Armstrong
45 Social Media in the Connected Age:
Impact on Healthcare Education and
Practice • 631
Diane J. Skiba, Sarah Knapfel
and Chanmi Lee
46 A Paradigm Shift in Simulation:
Experiential Learning in
Virtual Worlds • 643
Helen R. Connors and Judith J. Warren


Part 8 — Research Applications 661
Virginia K. Saba
47 Computer Use in Nursing Research • 663
Veronica D. Feeg and Theresa A. Rienzo
48 Information Literacy and Computerized
Information Resources • 687
Diane S. Pravikoff and June Levy


Part 9 — Big Data Initiatives 705
Kathleen A. McCormick
49 Genomics and Information Technology
for Personalized Health • 707
Kathleen A. McCormick and Kathleen A. Calzone
50 Global eHealth and Informatics • 727
Amy Coenen, Claudia C. Bartz and Martha K. Badger


Part 10 — International Perspectives 739
Susan K. Newbold
51 Nursing Informatics in Canada • 741
Lynn M. Nagle, Kathryn J. Hannah and
Margaret Ann Kennedy
52 Nursing Informatics in Europe • 751
Kaija Saranto, Virpi Jylhä, Ulla-Mari Kinnunen and
Eija Kivekäs
53 Pacific Rim Perspectives • 777
Evelyn J. S. Hovenga, Michelle L. L. Honey and
Lucy A. Westbrooke
54 Nursing Informatics in Asia • 801
Hyeoun-Ae Park
55 Nursing Informatics in South America • 817
Heimar de Fatima Marin
56 Nursing Informatics in South Africa • 827
Irene van Middelkoop and Susan Meyer
Appendix A Overview of Clinical Care
Classification System • 833
Virginia K. Saba and Luann Whittenburg
Index • 855