Introduction Nursing Informatics

NURSING INFORMATICS

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 3
Discussion.................................................................................................................. 3
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 6
References................................................................................................................. 7

Introduction
Nursing practice is not only meant to look after the patients or maintain the medication balances;
instead, it involves the appropriate use of technologies and information in order to provide
quality nursing care to the patient. Nursing informatics has taken place in nursing science to
identify and manage data and information about the patient's medical history and conditions. It
also provides knowledge to the nurses. The present study will discuss the use of innovative
technologies and specialized software programs in the nursing system. It will highlight the
necessity of installing the electronic health record machine in the healthcare center for obtaining
better clinical reasoning.
Discussion
Information technology and its advantages:
The use of information technology has been increased many folds after initiation of the digital
era. Information technology makes nursing life more comfortable by increasing the effectiveness
of the intervention process in the healthcare sector. There are many advantages of using
information technology in the healthcare sector, and reducing human errors is one of them. With
the help of different information technology services nurses now make themselves free from
carrying the handwritten hard copies of patient's information. It is the nurse's responsibilities to
ensure the medical orders fulfillments appropriately within the time limit (Piscotty , Kalisch &
Thomas, 2015). Several forms of information technology are used in the healthcare center, and
electronic health record machine (EHR) is one of them.
Futuristic benefits:
Some other examples of information system which provide endless facilities in hospital
management are:
 Automatic order system helps doctors to place orders regarding medications to the nurses
 Use of the barcode machine has speed up the billing process of patient-related
components