Toward a model for nursing informatics.
OBJECTIVE
To propose a new model for the development of nursing informatics based on historical precedent.


CONCLUSIONS
Nursing informatics is expanding rapidly. The proposed model aids in understanding the areas of research, relating them to each other, and it shows areas where work is missing or should be extended.


METHODS
Nursing informatics as the interaction of cognitive science, computer science, and information science resting on a base of nursing science.


CONCLUSIONS
As this model is tested, it can act as an organizing framework to understand and relate studies of nursing informatics and give organization for future research, education, and development.
Turley
J P
JP
University of Texas-Houston, School of Nursing 77030, USA. jturley@son1.nur.uth.tmc.edu
D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009736:Nursing Process; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface