Essentials of Nursing Informatics, 7th Edition

by Virginia K. Saba, Kathleen A. McCormick

Overview

The single best resource for learning how technology can make the nursing experience as rewarding and successful as possible

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Essentials of Nursing Informatics provides the information and insights readers need to manage and process data to improve the quality and outcomes of healthcare. Topics include the use of computers in nursing administration, practice, education, and research; computer systems and information theory; electronic medical records, continuum of care information technology systems, and personal health records; coding; and government, clinical, and private sector system requirements.

This revised and updated edition covers the latest changes in technology, administration, policy, and their effects on healthcare informatics in the U.S., with contributing international authors from Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The seventh edition includes section summaries, and each chapter includes sample test questions and answers.

This updated seventh edition covers:

• Nursing Informatics Technologies
• Nursing Practice Applications
• System Standards
• Advanced Applications for the 4th Nursing IT Revolution
• System Life Cycle
• Educational Applications
• Informatics Theory Standards
• Research Applications
• Policies and Quality Measures in Healthcare

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260456790
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/22/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	896
File size:	68 MB
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About the Author

Virginia K. Saba, EdD, RN, FACMI, FAAN, LL, has been a pioneer in the integration of computer technology into the practice of nursing for more than 30 years, and spearheaded the nursing informatics movement. Her resume includes a 15-year tenure at Georgetown University, where she taught and integrated computer technology into both the graduate and undergraduate programs. She is still heavily involved in the advance of informatics in nursing, and speaks and consults extensively throughout the world.


Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FHIMSS, has impressive experience in both the private and public sectors, including a 30-year tenure in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where she served at NIH and AHRQ, as well as teaching clinical courses at the University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland. She is presently Principal/Owner SciMind, LLC.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix

Foreword xix

Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Part 1 Nursing Informatics Technologies Carol J. Bickford Marisa L. Wilson 1

1 Historical Perspectives of Nursing Informatics Virginia K. Saba Bonnie L. Westra Juliana J. Brixey 3

2 Computer Systems Basics-Hardware Mary L. McHugh 29

3 Advanced Hardware and mHealth David J. Whitten Kathleen G. Charters 45

4 Computer Systems Basics-Software Mary L. McHugh 57

5 Open Source and Free Software David J. Whitten 69

6 Data and Data Processing Irene Joos Cristina Robles Bahm Ramona Nelson 101

Part 2 System Standards Virginia K. Saba JoyceSensmeier 119

7 Health Data Standards: Development, Harmonization, and Interoperability Joyce Sensmeier 121

8 Standardized Nursing Terminologies Jane Englebright Nicholas R. Hardiker Tae Youn Kim 137

9 Human-Computer Interaction Gregory L. Alexander 153

10 Trustworthy Systems for Safe and Private Healthcare Dixie B. Baker 163

11 Social Determinants of Health, Electronic Health Records, and Health Outcomes Marisa L. Wilson Paula M. Procter 181

Part 3 System Life Cycle Denise D. Tyler 193

12 System Design Life Cycle: A Framework Susan K. Newbold 195

13 System and Functional Testing Theresa (Tess) Settergren Denise D. Tyler 219

14 System Life Cycle Tools Denise D. Tyler 235

Part 4 Informatics Theory Standards Virginia K. Saba 251

15 Healthcare Project Management Barbara Van de Castle Patricia C. Dykes 253

16 The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics Carolyn Sipes Carol J. Bickford 265

17 Foundations of Nursing Informatics Sarah Collins Rossetti Susan C. Hull Suzanne Bakken 287

Part 5 Policies and Quality Measures in Healthcare Kathleen Smith 317

18 Establishing Nursing Informatics in Public Policy Rebecca Freeman Allison Viola 319

19 Quality Measurement and the Importance of Nursing Informatics Jean D. Moody-Williams 329

20 Using Six Sigma and Lean for Measuring Quality Evelyn J. S. Hovenga Lois M. Hazelton Sally R. Britnell 341

21 Informatics Applications to Support Rural and Remote Health Amy J. Barton 355

22 Communication Skills in Health IT, Building Strong Teams for Successful Health IT Outcomes Elizabeth (Liz) Johnson Karen M. Marhefka 363

23 Nurse Scheduling and Credentialing Systems Karlene M. Kerfoot Kathleen Smith 381

24 Mastering Skills that Support Nursing Practice Melissa Barthold™ 393

Part 6 Nursing Practice Applications Heather Carter-Templeton 403

25 Translation of Evidence into Nursing Practice Heather Carter-Templeton 405

26 Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes Through the Integration of Evidence-Based Practice and Informatics Lynda R. Hardy Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk 423

27 Nursing Plan of Care Framework for HIT Luann Whittenburg Avaretta Davis 441

28 Structuring Advanced Practice Knowledge: Curricular, Practice, and Internet Resource Use Mary Ann Lavin 455

29 Beyond EMR Implementation: Optimize and Enhance Ellen Pollack 481

30 Federal Healthcare Sector Nursing Informatics Stephanie J. Raps Margaret S. Beaubien Christine Boltz Michael E. Ludwig Chris E. Nichols Gerald N. Taylor Susy Postal 493

31 Monitoring Interoperability, Device Interface, and Security R. Renee Johnson-Smith Jillanna C. Firth 507

32 Population Health Informatics Karen A. Monsen 521

33 Informatics Solutions for Emergency Planning and Response Elizabeth (Betsy) Weiner Lynn A. (Slepski) Nash 535

34 Health Information Technology: Striving to Improve Patient Safety Patricia P. Sengstack 553

35 Consumer Patient Engagement and Connectivity in Patients with Chronic Disease in the Community and at Home Hyeoun-Ae Park Naoki Nakashima Hu Yuandong Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li 567

Part 7 Advanced Applications for the Fourth Nursing IT Revolution Kathleen A. McCormick 583

36 New Models of Healthcare Delivery and Retailers Producing Big Data Susan C. Hull 587

37 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Eileen Koski Judy Murphy 605

38 Telehealth: Healthcare Evolution in the Technology Age Teresa A. Rincon Mark D. Sugrue 615

39 Nursing's Role in Genomics and Information Technology for Precision Health Kathleen A. McCormick Kathleen A. Calzone 635

40 Big Data Analysis of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data Roy L. Simpson 653

41 Nursing Data Science and Quality Clinical Outcomes Lynn M. Nagle Margaret A. Kennedy Peggy A. White 663

42 Nursing Informatics Innovations to Improve Quality Patient Care on Many Continents Kaija Saranto Ulla-Mari Kinnunen Virpi Jylhä Pia Liljamo Eija Kivekäs 677

43 Global eHealth and Informatics Hyeoun-Ae Park Heimar F. Marin 693

Part 8 Educational Applications Diane J. Skiba 707

44 Nursing Curriculum Reform and Healthcare Information Technology Eun-Shim Nahm Mary Etta Mills Marisa L. Wilson 709

45 The Evolution of the Tiger Initiative Toria Shaw Morawski Joyce Sensmeier 725

46 Initiation and Management of Accessible, Effective Online Learning Patricia E. Allen Khadija Bakrim Darlene Lacy 739

47 Social Media Tools in the Connected Age Diane J. Skiba Sarah Mattice Chanmi Lee 757

48 A Paradigm Shift in Simulation: Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds and Future Use of Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Drones E. LaVerne Manos Nellie Modaress 769

Part 9 Research Applications Veronica D. Feeg 791

49 Computer Use in Nursing Research Veronica D. Feeg Theresa A. Rienzo Marcia T. Caton Olga S. Kagan 793

50 Information Literacy and Computerized Information Resources Diane S. Pravikoff June Levy 825

Appendix Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System: Overview, Applications, and Analyses Virginia K. Saba Luann Whittenburg 843

Index 873

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Karen O'Grady, MLIS, MAEd (University of San Diego)
Description: This book covers everything nursing informatics students need to know, from the histories of computers and healthcare informatics to clearly defined steps of IT project management and current technologies and research implications. It exhaustively covers legislation, agencies, milestones, barriers, definitions, and the past, present, and future of nursing informatics. Each chapter begins with objectives and key words, and concludes with test questions, answers to the test questions, and references. The nine distinct parts of the book, each with an introduction, are fairly unique for a textbook. The previous edition was published in 2015.
Purpose: The foreword notes: "The accelerating demands for gathering and using data to improve patient care and clinical operations have increased awareness of informatics as a core skill, intensifying the needs for clinicians to better understand these increasingly ubiquitous technologies. This edition incorporates updated teaching aides to help educators develop more sophisticated users of technology, who are equipped to improve processes and workflows that result in safer, more effective patient care." The purpose is to provide lessons and information about every conceivable aspect of nursing informatics. This is an extremely worthy objective, and the book knocks this out of the ballpark.
Audience: This book is aimed at nursing informatics students, as well as at nursing informatics educators like me. I plan to add many of the websites and other resources this book offers to my healthcare informatics LibGuide. This would work as a two-semester textbook for undergraduate students or graduate students. The authors, both PhDs, are well established in their fields and extensively published. There is even an informatics leadership award named after Virginia K. Saba.
Features: The book's greatest strength is its stunning comprehensive coverage of the topic. Unlike other nursing informatics books I have reviewed, this one has exhaustive resources and pages and pages of organizations, historic timelines, relevant conferences, and websites that are all relevant and useful for students. Many nursing informatics books throw in every list imaginable, many of which are of no conceivable use for students, not this book. It is very thoughtfully assembled. Several different chapters discuss a variety of aspects of nursing. Several cover the intersection of technology and patient privacy, federal agencies, healthcare communication and workflows, telehealth, newly created devices, open-source resources, hospital administration, informatics education, and more. Absolutely nothing is missing or could have been covered more thoroughly. Nearly all of the graphics in the book perfectly demonstrate the points they are illustrating. This is nitpicky, but the potentially intriguing figure 11.1 on Social Determinants of Health Visualization in chapter 11 sadly has text that is far too small to read. The book suffers in the editing and/or mechanics from chapter to chapter. The term "nursing informatics," for example, is sometimes upper case and sometimes lower case. I can see errors in some of the APA formatting in chapter references as well. I understand the purpose of having key words at the beginning of each chapter, but I am unclear about why some of the words in this book were chosen. Many textbook chapters introduce terminology that is then defined throughout the chapter, and many of this book's chapters do include technical vocabulary in the key words. However, key words such as Internet, computers, standards, data, vocabulary, disasters, patient, technology, emergencies, privacy, security, and terminology are hardly technical terms that need defining. Nursing Informatics is introduced as a key word in nine different chapters. Perhaps they are there for the purpose of indexing each chapter? There are a few other inconsistencies among chapters. Only chapter 1 concludes with both a reference list and a bibliography; only chapter 18 begins with an abstract; and only chapter 28 begins with the author's acknowledgements. I would have liked to see more editorial consistency among chapters. One last thing: I'm not sure how necessary the introductions to the nine parts are, particularly the ones that go on about what a great honor it is to have this or that author contributing to the book. Students won't get anything out of these.
Assessment: Until now, my favorite book about nursing informatics was Emerging Technologies for Nurses: Implications for Practice, Carroll (Springer Publishing Company, 2021). While that is an excellent book, it focuses primarily on the exciting future of nursing informatics. This book covers everything from the past, present, and future to issues, organizations, implementations, legislation, and everything in between regarding nursing informatics. It can be said that this is the only nursing informatics book an academic program or a healthcare system might ever need. The field is exploding so rapidly that a new edition every year or two would be justified. This book would work for every level of learner, from freshman or new nurse to doctoral student or healthcare administration veteran.

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