According to American Nurses

RIJEL P. FABURADA Association nursing informatics is “a

NURSING INFORMAICS
BSN - IV specialty that integrates nursing
science, computer science, and
information science to manage and
communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
APPLYING NIRSING practice”
INFORMATICS

• Practice: knowledge of nursing

information systems can be used
• Administration: • Research: internet
with nursing practice such as patient • Education: informatics
information systems capabilities and
documentation, monitoring devices, and technology has
are used with electronic databases
developing and implementing care applications in education,
communication, staff provide rich access to
plans and pathways, retrieval of including simulation,
scheduling systems, obtaining, compiling,
previous records and imaging, use electronic learning,
cost and budget and conducting
of telehealth, and access to current teleconferencing, and
analysis, and research.
practice standards software availability for
monitoring of trends
educational presentations
with quality and
and programs.
satisfaction data.

STEPS OF NURSING PROCESS

ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION DIAGNOSIS EVALUATION PLANNING

Use the computer During evaluation,

Most current use the computer
terminal to record databases list
admission to record and store
standard To help to begin observations,
information. As writing a plan of Use the computer
diagnoses with patients’ responses
nurses collect data, care, newer to record
associated signs to nursing
enter further computer programs interventions and
and symptoms as interventions, and
information as display patient information,
references. After a nurses’ own
prompted by the recommended such as transfer
the nurse uses her evaluation
computer’s clinical judgment to interventions for and discharge
software program. instructions, and to statements. If a
determine a the selected desired patient
Enter data about diagnoses and communicate this
nursing diagnosis outcome hasn’t
the patient’s health for each patient, expected information to other
status, history, departments. been achieved,
then rapidly get outcomes. record new
chief complaint, information related
and other interventions taken
to that diagnosis. to ensure desired
assessments.
outcomes.