title: The future of computers in nursing.
abstract: Nursing and computers will enter the new millennium in synergy. As a science, nursing is using computers to organize and communicate information to expedite the nursing process and provide safe patient care. In 1992, the American Nursing Association recognized a new specialty in nursing: Nursing Informatics, a specialty that will provide the ability to adapt to the ever-changing future technology.
authors.affiliation: Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kunkel
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000639:trends*