Building standard-based nursing information systems [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910860889503321
• Autore: Organization Pan American Health
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : Pan American Health Organization, 2001
• ISBN: 92-75-12363-2; 1-281-63761-0; 9786611637613; 92-75-12719-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.970231
• Soggetti: Medical informatics applications; Nursing informatics; Quality of health care; Nursing Process; Medical Informatics Applications; Medical Informatics; Comprehensive Health Care; Patient Care Management; Information Science; Health Services Administration; Health Care; Nursing; Health & Biological Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Note from the Editors; 1. Introduction; 2. Information and Nursing Practice; 3. The Nursing Process; 4. Standards, Terminologies, and Nursing Information Systems; 5. Classification Systems in Nursing; 6. Nursing Informatics; 7. Education and Research in Nursing Informatics; 8. References; Appendices
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is directed to practicing and student nurses, health care ; professionals invloved in putting information systems in place, and information technology profesionals working in the health sector. Its objective is to provide these health workers with a basic source of facts on the use and implementation of standards in clinical and administrative documentation. A compelling case is made about the importance of appropriately documenting nursing care, in order to facilitate analyses of nursing activities, the provision of quality and evidence-based direct patient care, and promotion of co