Western Mindanao State University
College of Nursing
MOLINA, CHRISTINE JOY
BSN 2B
Nursing Informatics is the integration of Nursing Science, Information Science and Computer Science. Cite three (3) examples of situations or cases that are
practiced to any healthcare setting, where Nursing Informatics concepts and strategies are applied.
State your references.
Expound your answers clearly.
Health Care Nursing Science
Settings
Clinical In laboratory settings or gathering of
Laboratories necessary specimens, requires proper and
careful handling. And nurses, most of the
time, are those that takes specimens such
as blood samples from patients, and are
responsible for the delivery of these
specimens to the laboratory. Nurses apply
the different protocols on how to properly
gather specimens, and these protocols are
placed because they have significant
reasons behind them. One is for self-
protection, which is why nurses wear
gloves. Second is for prevention of
disease, like using disposable syringes and
needles which can only be used once. All
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Information Science
Nurses follows protocols when
collecting specimens, and one of these is
the labelling of the specimens. Correct
labelling of specimens is a vital factor for
patient safety. If a specimen is not
accurately identified, it can lead to
delayed or wrong diagnoses, missed or
incorrect treatments, blood transfusion
errors, and more.
Diagnostic lab tests help determine
a patient's condition, therefore it
is important for nurses to be
knowledgeable about the different tests
and their values in order to make informed
clinical decisions and proper nursing care
Computer Science
Most diagnostic laboratory
examinations are done through the help of
computers and machines that speeds up
the work with accuracy. Computers are
used to run different tests, such as
complete blood count (CBC) and
urinalysis, and provides accurate and fast
analysis of results which then allow faster
implementation of nursing interventions.
Computers also allow medical laboratories
to keep track of the patient’s data for
current and future use, and make sure that
all treatment options are available.
Through computer science, medical
technology continues to improve for better
 of these reasons for making sure to follow
correct nursing interventions are backed
up by nursing theories which is part of
nursing science. Nursing informatics
upgrades the nursing care by providing
technology that can give laboratory
examination results to nurses in a faster
way; and thus, allowing nurses to provide
the necessary interventions for the
patient’s condition depending on his/her
results.
Nursing Stations Nurses are the first and main
contacts of patients. They are always
assisting, caring, and monitoring the
condition of the patient. In nursing
stations, nurses keep charts of patients and
medications belonging to each patient
admitted in the area assigned to the
nursing station. Nursing informatics plays
a key role in this healthcare setting by
providing information about patients
including the time of administration of
medications, and laboratory results.
Nurses are able to do their jobs easier
through this. If information are given
faster and accurately, they can perform
interventions efficiently. Nurses also do
researches about their patient’s condition,
devices in the nursing stations allow them
to have access to do so.
Intensive Care Units Patients in intensive care units or
ICUs require critical care since their
plan. Additionally, nurses are responsible and faster analysis of data and results, and
for the patient’s records of the different for better patient and condition or disease
laboratory examinations the patient has approach.
taken. These records will later on help in
monitoring the patient’s condition.
Through nursing informatics new ways of
keeping patient’s record have evolved
such as the electronic health record (EHR)
systems which is easier to access; and
thus, faster implementation of
interventions.
Nurses are responsible for the Each nursing station has computers
patient’s record chart. And information in them for nurses to utilize for better
coming from the different healthcare quality of care. Computers help nurses in
providers can be accessed through the many ways such as storing of patients’
help of nursing informatics. Information information aside from writing them down
can be electronically sent to nursing on patients’ charts; researching about their
stations which is easier for the nurse since patients’ conditions to better have an idea
there is no need to personally get the data, about them, and allowing them to save
thus saving time and faster response to time and give more time in planning and
patient needs. implementation of nursing interventions.
Nurses are sometimes required to
research on the patient’s condition and
technology provides an easier access to
electronic books. Nursing stations have
computers to let nurses have access to
different sources of information.
Intensive care units or ICUs have Intensive care units have become
become more developed with the more efficient in delivering critical care
 condition is far more severe and are life-
threatening than those in normal wards.
ICUs are areas where patients require
complex assessment, high-intensity
medication, continuous therapy and
interventions, and unrelenting nursing
attention and continuous watchfulness.
Which is why nurses assigned in these
ICUs are more fully equipped with
knowledge and skills to better provide
care. And nursing informatics helps
develop nursing science by providing
different technology that assists nurses in
the implementation of nursing care and
interventions. One of this is the use of
monitor which is a machine that watches
the heart rate and also gives readings of
blood pressure, respirations, and heart and
lung pressures. This device help nurses to
monitor the patient’s vital signs in real
time.
advancement of medical technology led
by nursing informatics. Devices such as
monitors that serve as lookouts of the
patient’s vital signs give information in
real time. ICUs have this system called
Intensive Care Information system
wherein it enables electronic
documentation and automated reporting,
patient data management, improving
practitioners’ satisfaction, quality of care
as well as data, increasing cost
effectiveness, time saving, decision
supporting and improving researches.
Thus, giving an accurate information
about the patient and his/her condition.
through the use of computer science
developed through nursing informatics.
Today, monitors and other computer-
generated devices are essential in every
ICU since it place a vital role in
monitoring the state and condition of a
patient. Computers also help in processing
data and information of patients to display
these in an easy-to-understand formats.
Computers and other medical machines
are also used for check-ups like CT scan
which is commonly used in patient
monitoring.

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