Contents Metastructures, concepts, and tools of nursing informatics -- Functional areas of nursing informatics -- Evolution of informatics competencies -- Informatics competencies : spanning careers and roles -- Preparation for nursing informatics specialty practice -- Ethics in nursing informatics -- The future of nursing informatics -- Trends in regulatory changes and quality standards -- Trends in care delivery models and innovation -- Significance of the standards -- Standards practice for nursing informatics -- Standards of professional performance for nursing informatics.
Abstract "Nursing informatics (NI) 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, are about technology. This is especially true of electronic health records (EHRs) that are required of all care facilities. That is just one among many aspects of nursing informatics, a distinctive practice specialty that is the focus of this new publication. The second edition of Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice is the most comprehensive, up-to-date resource available in this subject area. The book covers the full scope of nursing informatics and outlines the competency level of nursing practice and professional performance expected from all informatics nurses and nurse specialists. In addition, it details the nursing informatics competencies needed by any RN, spans all nursing careers and roles, and reflects the impact of informatics in any health care practice environment. This is a must-read for nurses, as informatics touches on every RN's practice."