Nursing Practice Standard

Nursing Practice Standard have been developed and recommended by the ANA,
the official nursing organization.
Nursing Education Standards
The NLN has been the primary professional organization that accredits
undergraduate nursing programs.
Nursing Content Standards
The nursing process data elements in EHRs are essential for the exchange of
nursing information across information system and settings.
Computer hardware is defined as all of the physical components of a computer. A
computer us a machine that uses electronic components and instructions to the
components to perform calculation, repetitive and signals.
Memory refers to the electronic storage devices or chips on the motherboard of a
computer. There are three key types of memory in a computer.
Read-Only Memory. Read-only memory (ROM) is a form of permanent storage in
the computer.
Random Access Memory. Random access memory (RAM) refers to working
memory used for primary storage
Cache. Cache is a smaller form of RAM. Purpose is to speed up processing by
storing frequently called items in a small, rapid access memory location.
“Input and Output”
Input Devices. These devices allow the computer to receive information from the
outside world. keyboard and mouse.
Output Devices. These devices allow the computer to report its results to the
external world. Output devices are defined as any equipment that translates the
computer information into something readable by people or other machines.
Storage Media Storage includes the main memory but also external devices on
which programs and data are stored
Hard Drive. The hard drive is a peripheral device that has very high speed and high
density
USB Flash Drive. With the rise demands for higher and higher density
transportable storage, the popularity of the USB disk has also risen
Optical Media. Optical media include CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray. CD-ROM and
DVDs are rigid disks that hold a higher density of information and have higher
speed.
Other Storage Devices. As computers became more dard in offices during the
1990s, more and more corporate and individual information was stored solely on
computers
Cloud Storage. An extension of the online storage service offered by individual
vendors is cloud storage
Mainframes
The mainframe computer is the most common fast, large, and expensive type of
computer used in large businesses (including hospitals and other large healthcare
facilities) for processing, storing, and retrieving data.
Microcomputers (Personal Computers or PCs)
Although mainframe computers provide critical service to the healthcare industry,
much smaller computers are also an essential part of healthcare computing
systems, Computers designed to support a single user are called microcomputers or
personal computers (PCs).
Handheld Computers/Personal Digital Assistants
Handheld computers are small, special function computers, although a few "full
function" handheld computers were introduced in the late 1990s.

CONNECTIVITY, COMPATIBILITY AND INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUES

As greater attention is placed on patient safety and quality improvement, and on
analysis of performance data for planning and evaluation, there is a need to acquire
and combine data from multiple patient care operations' computers and systems.
Unfortunately, different computers have different architectures, hardware
configurations, and storage schemes
COMPUTER POWER
The terms bits and bytes refer to how the machine stores information at the lowest,
or "closest to machine registers and memory," level.
COMPUTER SPEED
The basic operations of the CPU are called cycles, and the four types of cycles,or
operations of a CPU, include fetch, decode, execute, and store.