Overview
A practical guide to applying healthcare IT and nursing informatics Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals is a complete, up-to-date overview of key issues related to adopting and applying healthcare IT and nursing informatics. It provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with a much-needed practical guide to using computer applications and healthcare information systems. The authors cover the concepts, skills, and tasks needed to achieve national IT goals to help transform healthcare delivery. The 6th edition reflects rapid changes in healthcare IT and informatics, and builds upon the expertise of contributors involved in day-to-day informatics practice, education, and research.
Full Product Details
Author: Toni Hebda, BSN, M.N.Ed., Ph.D., MSIS, ,
Kathleen Hunter ,
Patricia Czar
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
Imprint: Pearson
Edition: 6th edition
Dimensions:
Width: 20.00cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 25.20cm
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9780134711010
ISBN 10: 0134711017
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 31 July 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By: 9780135379981
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Toni Hebda, PhD, RN-C, CNE, is a professor with the Chamberlain College of Nursing MSN Program teaching in the nursing informatics track. She has held several academic and clinical positions over the years and worked as a system analyst. Her interest in informatics provided a focus for her dissertation, and subsequently led her to help establish a regional nursing informatics group, obtain a graduate degree in information science, and conduct research related to informatics. She is a reviewer for the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics. She is a member of informatics groups and has presented and published in the field. Kathy Hunter, PhD, FAAN, RN-BC, CNE, is a professor with the Chamberlain College of Nursing MSN Program, teaching in the nursing informatics track. She has more than 40 years of experience in the fields of nursing informatics, healthcare informatics, and nursing education. After conducting clinical practice in critical care and trauma nursing for several years, she began practicing nursing informatics (NI), and working with end users and with information systems design, development, testing, implementation, and evaluation. She has presented nursing-informatics research in national and international meetings as well as publishing numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. Collaborating in a community of practice with nursing-informatics faculty at Chamberlain, Dr. Hunter led the work resulting in the development of the TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) tool.
