Nursing Informatics ~ Nursing Path

Introduction

The implementation of information technologies in nursing care settings is on the rise. Informatics competencies are increasingly considered a basic skill for every nurse(Yoon et al, 2009).

Definitions

Health care informatics has been deﬁned as, ‘‘the integration of health sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the management of health care information’’. (Saba & Mccormick, (2001)
Health care informatics may be decided in to specialties like: (Guenther, 2006) -
1. medical informatics,
2. health informatics,
3. dental informatics, and
4. nursing informatics
Medical informatics, refers to information technologies that concern patient care and the medical decision-making process.
Health informatics refers to educational technology for health care
clients or the general public (Young, 2000).
Nursing informatics refers to electronic information combined with nursing and any aspect of clinical practice, administration, research, or education (Guenther, 2006).

Journals on Informatics Nursing

Conclusion

Nursing informatics is a developing ﬁeld of study that is highly interdisciplinary. It is strongly connected to education, business, and computer science. (Guenther, 2006)

Refrences

Yoon S. Yun PY, Bakken S. Psychometric Properties of the Self-Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies Scale. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009 ; 146: 546–550
Saba VK, Mccormick KA. Essentials of computers for nursing: informatics for the new millennium. 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2001.
Young KM. Informatics for health professionals. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis, 2000.
Guenther JT. Mapping the literature of nursing informatics. J Med Libr Assoc 94(2) Supplement 2006.

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