This book is intended to be a primer for those just beginning to study nursing informatics, simultaneously providing a thorough introduction to basic terms and concepts, and an in-depth exploration of the most popular applications in nursing practice, education, administration and research.

FOUNDATION OF NURSING INFORMATICS: 1. Nurses and Informatics 2. Anatomy and Physiology of Computers 3. History of Health Care Computing 4. Telecommunications and Informatics; NURSING USE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 5. Enterprise Health Information Systems 6. Nursing Aspects of Health Information Systems; APPLICATIONS OF NURSING INFORMATICS: 7. Clinical Practice Applications - Facility-based 8. Clinical Practice Applications - Community-based 9. Administration Applications 10. Education Applications 11. Research Applications INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS OF THE INFORMATICS ENVIRONMENT 12. Defining Data Management Requirements 13. Selection of Software/Hardware 14. Data Protection 15. Ergonomics 16. Usability 17. Disaster Recovery Planning 18. Implementation Concerns PROFESSIONAL NURSING INFORMATICS: 19. Nursing Informatics Education: Mapping to the 21st Century 20. The Future for Nurses in Health Informatics; Appendix A: Generic Request for Proposal; Appendix B: Addresses for Professional Societies; Appendix C: Sources of Additional Informatics and Health Care Information; Appendix D: Research Databases of Interest to Nurses.