POINTERS: IN NURSING INFORMATICS

* NURSING INFORMATICS- is the specialty that integrates nursing science with

multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and
communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. For many
people, NI, and health care informatics in general, areabout technology. This is
especially true of electronic health records (EHRs) that are required of allcare
facilities.It has contributed to many innovations in healthcare delivery, including
the adoption of digital health records, standardization of diagnostic information,
simplified health insurance administration and improved patient privacy. Within the
larger field of health informatics, nursing informatics uses data management and
information technology approaches to improve patient care practices and prevent
adverse health outcomes.
* ANA --American Nurses Association
* Eating balanced diet and sleeping enough is an example Primary prevention
* team nursing-nursing care model that team is responsible for providing
coordinated
* nursing care to a set of clients for a specific period of time, for example, one
shift.
team nursing-nursing care model that delivery of nursing care to individual clients
by a group of providers led by a professional nurse
* It is the practice of providing care in a medical clinic environment.-Clinic
Nursing
* Managed care--nursing care delivery model that health care providers and agencies
collaborate to render the most appropriate, fiscally responsible care possible
* Effective nursing information system that supports the way that nurses function
and work by providing them the flexibility to use the system to view data and
collect information,provide patient care, and document a patient’s condition and
care provided.In this stage of illness, the person accepts or rejects a
professional’s suggestion.
* The person also becomes passive and may regress to an earlier stage.--Dependent
patient role.
* Informatics enables those in leadership roles, such as CNIOs, to design, develop
and implement decision support tools; educate other nurses in the use of these
resources; and employ predictive analytics tools to identify at-risk patients and
population groups.
* Nursing informatics improves safety by utilizing technology to facilitate the
collection, analysis and reporting of higher-quality data related to patient safety
issues and health outcomes, as well as to prevent medical errors and allow for
better monitoring and reporting of those that do occur.
* Nursing education-It refers to formal learning and training in the science of
nursing. This includes the functions and duties in the physical care of
patients,and a combination of different disciplines that both accelerates the
patient return to health and helps maintain it.Another benefit of nursing
informatics is that a nurse’s notes from a patient's hospital stay can be used to
create discharge instructions and a plan for follow-up care, allowing the
individual to seamlessly transition from one care setting to another
* The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) are even more
comprehensive,enabling nurses and doctors to do everything that EMRs allow them to
do and much more. They transcend standard clinical data to concentrate on the total
health of each patient. As such, they are designed to be shared among all of the
person's healthcare providers — nurses and physicians, laboratory
technicians,specialists and others to ensure coordinated, patient-focused care, and
thus contain information collected by each of these professionals.
* RA 9173-The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.
* ICN stands for-International Council of Nurses
* Participation--patient bill of rights mentioned that participate in the
consideration of ethical issues that may arise in the provision of your care
* Confidentiality--patient bill of rights mentioned that be assured of the
confidential treatment of disclosures and records and to approve or refuse the
release of such information, except when release of specific information is
required by law or is necessary to safeguard you or the university community
* Nursing Informatics-It allows nurses to deliver evidence-based and patient-
centered care, improve human health and advance medical research. It also enhances
clinical workflows so that nurses and other personnel can care for patients more
efficiently and effectively.
* Case Management-nursing care delivery model that involves multidisciplinary teams
that assume collaborative responsibility for planning, assessing needs, and
coordinating, implementing, and evaluating care for groups of clients from pre
admission to discharge or transfer and recuperation.
* Managed care--nursing care delivery model that a health care system whose goals
are to provide cost-effective, quality care that focuses on decreased costs and
improved outcomes for groups of clientsIt restores a person to the fullest
physical,mental, social, vocational, and economic potential possible. Patients
require rehabilitation after a physical or mental illness, injury, or chemical
addiction.---Rehabilitation
* Rehabilitation ---Tertiary PREVENTION
* Health--State in which a person’s physical, emotional, intellectual and social
development or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with
previous experience.
* Wellness--It is a Dynamic state of health in which an individual progresses
towards a higher level of functioning, achieving an optimum balance between
internal and external environment.
* Health Promotion--A process of helping people improve their health to reach
optimal state of physical, mental and social well-being.
* Nurses agree to be advocates for their patients. Practice of advocacy calls for
the nurse to-Assess the client’s point of view and prepare to articulate this point
ofview.
* *Nursing informatics allows nurses to deliver evidence-based and patient-centered
care, improve human health and advance medical research. It also enhances clinical
workflows so that nurses and other personnel can care for patients more efficiently
and effectively.Through consistent leadership and hard work, the dynamic language
and energy of health information and technology continues to grow and evolve along
with the nursing informatics profession.School nurse Suzette approaches nursing
student Kimberly who seems to be having relationship problems. Suzette would
provide emotional support to
* Kimberly to help her cope. Suzette is portraying the role of:---counselor
* This nurses’ role acts to protect the client and represent his or her needs.--
Client advocate
* Nursing informatics professionals are unique, hybrid heroes of healthcare. As
Advocates for impactful innovation, their work keeps patients safe and at the
center. Through their contributions and guidance, workflows are improved for
healthcare staff and best practices followed in the effective management of
information structures, processes and technology.
* Observed data should be interpreted in relation to other sources of collected
data.

* Nursing informatics--field of Nursing that are the translators that have evolved
into health tech innovators who establish businesses, manage medical
economics,create technology and amplify the voice of end-user clinicians, IT is the
specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical
sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge
andwisdom in nursing practice."