Establishing a nursing informatics program.
Nursing informatics is the synthesis of nursing science, information management science, and computer science to enhance the input, retrieval, manipulation, and/or distribution of nursing data. The literature abounds with articles stressing the unmet computer needs of nurses. Nurses must go beyond knowing computer terms and following basic program commands; they must be informatics competent. This article proposes five courses in nursing informatics to enhance all areas of nursing: practice, administration, education, and research.
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D002568:Certification; D003200:Computer User Training; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives