Midterm Flashcards
2 Levels of nursing informatics practice
generalists and informatics-nurse specialists
Data
uninterpreted items
referred as “data elements”
(ex: height, weight)
Information
Group of data elements that are organized and processed so we can interpret the significance
(ex: BMI)
Data that can be interpreted
Knowledge
built on the formalized relationship of data and information
fever?
wisdom
appropriate use of data, information and knowledge to make clinical decisions
sciences underpinning nursing informatics
nursing science
information science
computer science
foundation of knowledge model
proposes that humans are organic information systems constantly acquiring, processing and generating information or knowledge
Four main kinds of knowledge in the foundation of knowledge model
knowledge acquisition
knowledge dissemination
knowledge generation
knowledge processing
cognitive science
study of thought, learning and mental organization
information science
the retrieval and management of information as well as human-computer interactions
standard terminology (ST)
ensure that all professionals share the same understanding or meaning of a given concept
STs support knowledge acquisition, dissemination, generation, and processing
Nomenclature
system of rules and procedures for adding names used in science
classification
systems that capture categories which are used to determine costs or outcomes
(insufficient in detail for clinical documentation)
Taxonomy
uses classification according to a system with resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis, or information retrieval
Data set
named collection of data