Good

Morning!!!
April12, 2010
7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Section A
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Section B
 NURSING
INFORMATICS
Mon/Tue 7:30 – 10:30 Section A
Mon/Tue 11:00 – 2:00 Section B
Wed/Fri 7:00 – 10:00 Section C
 Clinical Instructor
Joahne P. Tipay R.N.
2. Attendance
Absent
Late
1. Grading System
Prelim Grade = (CS x 2) + Prelim Exam Rating
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3
Midterm Grade = (CS x 2) + Midterm Exam Rating
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3 + Prelim
Grade
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2
Final Grade = CS + Final Exam Rating
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2 +
Midterm Grade
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Class Standing
•Attendance 10%
•Assignments 10%
•Quizzes 60%
•Recitations 10%
•Attitude 10%
 Reference:

ESSENTIALS OF NURSING
INFORMATICS
By:
Virginia K. Saba
Kathleen A. McCormick
The Course
Outline
 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

• This course deals with the use of

information technology system and data
standards based on nursing informatics
principles/theories. It further deals with the
utilization of clinical information systems in
the management and decision-making of
patient care.
 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• At the end of the course and given relevant

actual or simulated situations/conditions, the
student will be able to:
1. apply concept, theories and principles of
informatics in nursing and health care.
2. discuss issues and trends in informatics
relevant to nursing and health.
 COURSE CONTENT:
• Computers and Nursing
A.   Overview of Computers and Nursing
B.   Historical Perspectives of Nursing and the
Computer
C.   Electronic Health Record from a Historical
Perspective
•   Computer Systems
A.   Computer Hardware
B.   Computer Softwareand Systems
C.   Open Source and Free Software
D.   Data Processing
E.   The Internet: A Nursing Resource
F.   PDA and Wireless Devices
G.Incorporating Evidence: Use of Computer-Based
Clinical Decision Support Systems for Health
Professionals
 COURSE CONTENT:
•Issues in Informatics
A.   Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy
B.   The Role of Technology in the Medication-Use
Process
C.   Healthcare Data Standards
D. Electronic Health Record Systems: U.S. Federal
Initiatives and Public/ Private Partnerships
E.   Dependable Systems for Quality Care
F.   Nursing Minimum Data Set Systems
•   Informatics Theory
A.   Theories, Models, and Frameworks
B.   Advanced Terminology Systems
C.   Implementing and Upgrading Clinical Information
Systems
 COURSE CONTENT:
•   Practice Application
A.   Practice Applications
B.   Critical Care Applications
C.   Community Health Applications
D.   Ambulatory Care Systems
E.   Internet Tools for Advanced Nursing Practice
F.   Informatics Solutions for Emergency
Preparedness and Response
G.   Vendor Applications
•   Consumer's Use of Informatics
A.   Consumer and Patient Use of Computers for
Health
B.   Decision Support for Consumers
 COURSE CONTENT:
•   International Perspectives
A.   Nursing Informatics in Canada
B.   Nursing Informatics in Europe
C.   Pacific Rim
D.   Nursing Informatics in Asia
E.   Nursing Informatics in South America
•   The Future of Informatics
A.   Future Directions
 Index Card
Name
Age
Address
Contact Number
Code Name
Next meeting, please bring one 1x1 picture for your sitting
arrangement
 THE HAND EXERCISE

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My name and how I my character
feel about it. How I
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What is this?
And this?
• Who among you owns a computer?
• What type/brand?
• What Operating System are you
using?
Most desktop or laptop PCs come pre-
loaded with Microsoft Windows. Macintosh
computers come pre-loaded with Mac OS X.
Many corporate servers use the Linux or
UNIX operating systems. The operating
system (OS) is the first thing loaded onto the
computer -- without the operating system, a
computer is useless.

The purpose of an operating system is to

organize and control hardware and software
so that the device it lives in behaves in a
flexible but predictable way.
Nursing Informatics
“Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates
nursing science, computer science, and
information science to manage and communicate
data, information, and knowledge in nursing
practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the
integration of data, information and knowledge to
support patients, nurses and other providers in
their decision-making in all roles and settings. This
support is accomplished through the use of
information structures, information processes, and
information technology.”

(ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics

Practice, 2001, pg vii)
Assignment:
• Read Chapters 1, 2 & 3
• Note the different terminologies used.
• In a yellow paper, answer this:
– Discuss the changes in healthcare that
informatics can make. (Use your own
words, no downloads please)