Computer ad Nursing Flashcards
been developed and recommended by the ANA, the official professional nursing organization. The ANA published Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
(ANA, 2008) that focused not only on the organizing principles of clinical nursing practice but also on the standards of professional performance.
Nursing Practice Standard
field of applied computer science concerned with the progressing of information such as nursing information
Informatic
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), which also accredits nursing
education programs, revised The Essentials for Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing
Practice (AACN, 2006) and The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2011) to require the use of computers and informatics for both baccalaureate and graduate education. These new requirements for informatics competencies prepare nurses to use HITs successfully and to contribute to the ongoing design of technologies that support the
cognitive work of nurses (AACN, 2011).
Nursing Education Standard
used in healthcare facilities for basic office
administrative and financial accounting functions.
1960
Increasing access through the electronic capture and exchange of information raised concerns about the privacy and security of personal healthcare information (PHI).
Confidentiality and Security
an all-encompassing term referring to technology that captures, processes, and generates healthcare
information.
Health Information Technology (HIT)
title that evolved from the French word
“informatics”
Nursing Informatics
two national committees,
(a) National Committee on Health Policy and
(b) National Committee on Health Standards,
designed to be implemented in at least three stages, each consisting of regulations that built onto each other with the ultimate goal of implementing a complete and interoperable EHR and/or HIT system in all US hospitals.
Meaningful Use
revolutionary technology made computers more accessible, affordable, and usable by nurses and other healthcare providers.
1980
initiated focusing primarily on the Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) initiative for physicians.
MU stage 1
earliest clinical information systems
Eclipsys and now Allscripts)
allowed organizations to communicate more effectively and
increased access to information that supported nursing practice.
World Wide Web (WWW),
primarily focus on care Outcome Measures and tentatively proposed Care Plans that encompass clinical specialty Plans of Care such as Nursing and Treatment Plans.
MU stage 3
as hospitals
became
“paperless,”
2000