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Saba, Virginia and McCormick, Kathleen. Essentials of Nursing Informatics, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.

Essentials of Nursing Informatics, 6th Edition

Authors: Virginia Saba and Kathleen McCormick

Published:  February 2015 Pages: 886

eISBN: 9780071829564 | ISBN: 9780071829557
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Book description:

Discover how technology can improve patient care -- and enhance every aspect of a nurse's job performance, education, and career

Written by leaders in nursing informatics, this comprehensive up-to-date text helps you understand how informatics can enhance every aspect of the nursing profession. This edition of Essentials of Nursing Informatics is highlighted by an outstanding team of international contributors and content that reflects the very latest concepts, technologies, policies, and required skills. Numerous case studies take the book beyond theory and add real-world relevance to the material.

Essentials of Nursing Informatics is logically divided into ten sections edited by leading nurse informaticists:

  • Nursing Informatics Technologies (Jacqueline Ann Moss)

  • System Life Cycle (Virginia K. Saba)

  • Informatics Theory Standards/Foundations of Nursing Informatics (Virginia K. Saba)

  • Nursing Informatics Leadership (Kathleen Smith)

  • Advanced Nursing Informatics in Practice (Gail E. Latimer)

  • Nursing Informatics/Complex Applications (Kathleen A. McCormick)

  • Educational Applications (Diane J. Skiba)

  • Research Applications (Virginia K. Saba)

  • Big Data Initiatives (Kathleen A. McCormick)

  • International Perspectives (Susan K. Newbold)

Essentials of Nursing Informatics is the best single resource for learning how technology can make the nursing experience as rewarding and successful as possible.

New Feature! The 6th Edition introduces an online faculty resource to supplement classroom teaching (available at www.EssentialsofNursingInformatics.com), offering instructors concise chapter outlines, learning objectives, key words, and explanatory illustrations and tables.

Also, for the first time, a companion study guide for the 6th Edition is available separately from McGraw-Hill Education (Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide/ISBN: 978-007-184-5892; edited by Julianne Brixey, Jack Brixey, Virginia K. Saba, and Kathleen A. McCormick), presenting teaching modules for all major chapters, with content outlines, teaching tips, class preparation ideas, review questions, answer explanations, and online PowerPoint slides to aid understanding and retention of all major concepts covered in Essentials of Nursing Informatics, 6th Edition.

Virginia K. Saba, EdD, RN, FACMI, FAAN, LL has been a pioneer in the integration of computer technology into the practice of nursing for more than 30 years, and spearheaded the nursing informatics movement. Her resume includes a 15-year tenure at Georgetown University, where she taught and integrated computer technology into both the graduate and undergraduate programs. She is still heavily involved in the advance of informatics in nursing, and speaks and consults extensively throughout the world. Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FHIMSS (North Potomac, MD) has impressive experience in both the private and public sectors, including a 30-year tenure in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where she served on various boards, as well as teaching clinical courses at the University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland. She is presently Principal/Owner SciMind, LLC. She speaks at informatics and research conferences throughout the world.

Kathleen McCormick was the recipient of the 2013 International Award for Nursing Informatics Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Keywords: COMPUTERS AND NURSING, ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD FROM THE DAVIS AWARD PERSPECTIVE, NURSING INFORMATICS AND HEALTH CARE POLICY, THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MEDICATION USE PROCESS, HEALTH CARE DATA STANDARDS, ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS, NMDS SYSTEMS, CRITICAL CARE APPLICATIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, AMBULATORY CARE SYSTEMS, INTERNET APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE, INFORMATICS SOLUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, VENDOR APPLICATIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR NURSING MANAGERS, EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING AND INFORMATICS, NURSING CURRICULUM IN THE INFORMATION AGE, COMPUTER USE IN NURSING RESEARCH