Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge + Online Access

Description

Completely updated with new chapters, cutting-edge scenarios, and projections for the future, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Second Edition continues as the ideal student guide to the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications. With an expanded focus, it now includes essential foundations and clinical applications for undergraduates in addition to evidence-based practice for graduate and DNP students.

Using attention-grabbing case scenarios to illustrate important topics, it incorporates the latest research findings and cutting edge innovations. Further, it is one of the first textbooks to include the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. New to this edition are new chapters on technology and patient safety, system development life cycle, workflow analysis, gaming, simulation, and bioinformatics. With significant contributions from leading experts in the field, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Second Edition provides a complete experience from novice to expert.

Table of Contents

Section I Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 1 Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge
Chapter 2 Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
Chapter 3 Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
Chapter 4 Introduction to Cognitive Science
Chapter 5 Ethical Applications of Informatics

Section II Perspectives of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 6 Overview of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 7 Developing Standardized Terminologies to Support Nursing Practice
Chapter 8 Nursing Informatics Roles, Competencies, and Skills
Chapter 9 Information and Knowledge Needs of Nurses in the 21st Century
Chapter 10 Legislative Aspects: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
Chapter 11 E-Portfolios: Processing and Dissemination of Professional Accomplishments

Section III Nursing Informatics Administrative Applications (Pre-Care and Care Support)
Chapter 12 Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC): NI and Organizational Decision Making
Chapter 13 Administrative Information Systems
Chapter 14 Improving the Human-Technology Interface
Chapter 15 Information Copyright and Fair Use Network Security
Chapter 16 Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use

Section IV Nursing Informatics Practice Applications - Care Delivery
Chapter 17 The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics
Chapter 18 An Insider's View of the Utility of a Clinical Information System
Chapter 19 Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth
Chapter 20 Supporting Consumer Information and Education Needs
Chapter 21 Using Informatics to Promote Community and Population Health
Chapter 22 Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety

Section V Nursing Informatics Education and Research Applications
Chapter 23 Nursing Informatics and Nursing Education
Chapter 24 Simulation in Nursing Informatics Education
Chapter 25 Games, Simulations, and Virutal Worlds for Educators
Chapter 26 Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis
Chapter 27 Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice

Section VI Imagining the Future of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 28 Bioinformatics (BI), Biomedical Informatics, and Computational Biology
Chapter 29 Emerging Technologies and the Generation of Knowledge
Chapter 30 Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge

About the Author(s)

Dee McGonigle, PhD, RN, FACCE, FAAN-Penn State University, New Kensington, Editor-in-Chief, Online Journal or Nursing Informatics (OJNI)

Dr. McGonigle received her baccalaureate degree in nursing from Penn State University, a master's degree in nursing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and her doctorate in Foundations of Education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is an Associate Professor of Nursing, Information Sciences & Technology (IST) and Computational Science at Penn State University, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Editor-in-Chief of the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI). She is actively involved in integrating active and collaborative learning strategies into traditional as well as on-line courses. Dr. McGonigle is interested in the educational impact of the human-technology interface. She conceptualized and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Online RN to BS Nursing Degree program delivered through the World Campus. Dr. McGonigle has co-authored a textbook, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge that was published by Jones and Bartlett in August of 2008. She has over 100 publications, 30 funded grants and 29 international and national presentations. She is a consultant to the Hartford Foundation grant at University Park, a faculty member of the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State, has developed a doctoral level course on technological innovations in teaching and learning, led the development of the recruitment videos and moderated the Hartford Center Radio Shows. Dr. McGonigle is committed to the insightful analysis of ethical dilemmas brought on by this volatile information age. She continues to search for a way to facilitate translation by helping those who know (researchers) and those who do (clinicians) communicate and share. Dr. McGonigle is also interested in the diffusion of innovative technologies, especially those impacting learning.

Kathleen Mastrian, PhD, RN-Penn State Shenango

Dr. Kathleen Mastrian is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Nursing at Penn State Shenango. She earned as BS in Nursing at Penn State, a Master’s in Nursing from Pitt and a PhD in Medical Sociology from Kent State University. She has been involved in the education of non-traditional aged students for 30 years in the RN to BS nursing program. She pioneered the use of Credit by Portfolio Assessment to award advanced standing nursing credit for registered nurses. She has also been active in the development of technology enhanced courses for registered nurses facilitating asynchronous participation and active and collaborative learning. She is one of the founding proposers to place the RN to BS program online for the Penn State’s World Campus, has developed two of the courses for that curriculum, and teaches at least one section per semester for the World Campus program. Recently, she has been asked to teach Sociology for the World Campus, and to facilitate the online teacher training course, OL2000 for Penn State’s World Campus. She has published over 30 nursing journal articles and recently co-edited and published a textbook, “Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge” (Jones and Bartlett 2009) that has been marketed in the US and abroad.