Research Catalog

Title

Informatics and nursing : competencies & applications / Linda Q. Thede, Jeanne P. Sewell.

Author

Thede, Linda Q.

Publication

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2010], ©2010.

Supplementary Content

Publisher description

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Sewell, Jeanne P.

Description

viii, 456 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Nursing informatics
• Nursing Informatics
• Computers
• Internet
• Medical Records Systems, Computerized

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to Nursing Informatics: Managing Healthcare Information -- 2. Meet the Computer -- 3. Software: Information Management -- 4. Understanding Computer Concepts: Common Features -- 5. Computers and Networking -- 6. Professional Networking -- 7. Word Processing -- 8. Presentation Software: Looking Professional in the Spotlight -- 9. Spreadsheets: Making Numbers Talk -- 10. Databases: Creating Information From Data -- 11. The Internet: One Road to Health and Evidence-Based Practice Information -- 12. Finding Knowledge in the Digital Library Haystack -- 13. Mobile Computing: Finding Knowledge in the Palm of Your Hand -- 14. The Consumer and the Electronic Health Record -- 15. The Empowered Consumer -- 16. Interoperability at the International and National Level -- 17. Nursing Documentation: Is It Valuable? -- 18. The Informatics Discipline -- 19. Basic Electronic Healthcare Information Systems -- 20. Specialized Electronic Healthcare Information Systems -- 21. Electronic Healthcare System Issues -- 22. Carrying Healthcare to the Client -- 23. Educational Informatics: e-Learning -- 24. Administration Tools for Efficiency -- 25. Informatics and Research -- 26. Legal and Ethical Issues.

ISBN

• 9780781795975
• 0781795974

LCCN

2009000986

OCLC

• ocn244418812
• 244418812
• SCSB-8882418

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries