Informatics and Nursing

Jeanne Sewell, MSN, RN-BC Associate Professor, School of Nursing College of Health Sciences Georgia College and State University Milledgeville, GA

UNIT I: Informatics Basics
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Nursing Informatics: Managing Healthcare Information
CHAPTER 2 Essential Computer and Software Concepts
CHAPTER 3 Basic Computer Networking Concepts
CHAPTER 4 Social and Professional Networking
UNIT II: Computers Applications for Your Professional Career
CHAPTER 5 Authoring Scholarly Word Documents
CHAPTER 6 Authoring Scholarly Slide Presentations
CHAPTER 7 Mastering Spreadsheet Software to Assess Quality Outcomes Using Numbers
CHAPTER 8 Databases: Creating Information From Data
UNIT III: Information Competency
CHAPTER 9 Information Literacy: A Road to Evidence-Based Practice
CHAPTER 10 Finding Knowledge in the Digital Library Haystack
CHAPTER 11 Mobile Computing
UNIT IV: The Evolving Healthcare Paradigm
CHAPTER 12 Informatics Benefits for the Consumer
CHAPTER 13 The Empowered Consumer
CHAPTER 14 Interoperability at the National and the International Levels
CHAPTER 15 Nursing Documentation in the Age of the Electronic Health Record
UNIT V: Healthcare Informatics
CHAPTER 16 Nursing Informatics: Theoretical Basis, Education Program, and Profession
CHAPTER 17 Electronic Healthcare Information Systems, Electronic Health Records, and Meaningful Use
CHAPTER 18 Design Considerations for Healthcare Information Systems
CHAPTER 19 Quality Measures and Specialized Electronic Healthcare Information Systems
CHAPTER 20 Electronic Healthcare System Issues
CHAPTER 21 Evolving Trends in Telehealth
UNIT VI: Computer Uses in Healthcare Beyond Clinical Informatics
CHAPTER 22 Educational Informatics: e-Learning
CHAPTER 23 Informatics in Management and Quality Improvement
CHAPTER 24 Informatics and Research
CHAPTER 25 Legal and Ethical Issues
Appendix A Computer Hardware Overview Glossary