title: A look at nursing informatics.
abstract: This is a companion article to the article on Medical Informatics. It focuses on the new nursing specialty-Nursing Informatics. This article provides an overview, scope, definitions, data standards, goals, and research initiatives designed to advance the status Nursing Informatics. Seven research priorities have been proposed which not only provides the direction for Nursing Informatics research, but also the focus for computer-based nursing information systems.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University, School of Nursing, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Saba
mesh_terms: D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface