title: Nursing informatics as a support function for oncology nursing research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of nursing informatics and examples of informatics research highlighting the potential for intersecting such research with oncology nursing research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature and online sources.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nursing informatics may be discussed from technical, theoretical, or clinical perspectives. The interface between nursing practice and nursing informatics provides an opportunity to create new science and research to expand the boundaries of nursing knowledge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is time to evaluate the potential for intersecting informatics research with oncology nursing research. In an era of continuous healthcare change, nursing informatics has the potential to provide a unique contribution to oncology clinical practice and nursing research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By creatively applying nursing informatics, oncology nurse researchers may better capture the phenomena relevant to oncology nursing practice and further the discipline.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ehrenberger
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D014481:United States