title: Sketching the future: trends influencing nursing informatics.
abstract: Technologies emerging in the fields of telecommunications, video and digital imaging, and microprocessing are shaping the future of nursing practice. To measure up to the future needs of nursing, nurses of today must have the vision and desire to become computer aware and technologically literate. Hypothetical future situations pose challenges related to current nursing informatics and artificial intelligence issues. Discussion includes technology issues related to the lifetime clinical health record. Areas that the Center for Nursing Research considers priorities for informatics suggest directions for nursing technology efforts. This article calls on all nurses to become active in designing and molding future clinical practice systems.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Cassey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Savalle-Dunn
mesh_terms: D003197:Computer Literacy; D016494:Computer Security / Q000639:trends; D003200:Computer User Training; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000639:trends; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000639:trends; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000639:trends