Impressions of Nursing Informatics

Impressions of Nursing Informatics

Based on your readings this week, how has your impression of informatics, especially nursing informatics, changed?

Reading
McGonigle, D. & Mastrian, K. (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Section I: Building blocks of NI
Chapter 1: Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge
Chapter 2: Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
Chapter 3: Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
Chapter 4: Introduction to Cognitive Science and Cognitive Informatics
American Association of Colleges of Nursing QSEN Consortium. (2012). Graduate-level QSEN competencies: Knowledge, skills and attitudes. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/faculty/qsen/competencies.pdf
Johnson, J. E., Veneziano, T., Malast, T., Mastro, K., Moran, A., Mulligan, L., & Smith, A. L. (2012). Nursing’s future: What’s the message? Nursing Management, 43(7), 36–41. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000415493.20578.f2 Click here to access this article
Optional reading:
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (n.d.). Crosswalk of the master’s essentials with the baccalaureate and DNP essentials. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/faculty/faculty-tool-kits/masters-essentials/Crosswalk-of-Masters.pdf
Matney, S., Brewster, P. J., Sward, K. A.,Cloyes, K. G., & Staggers, N. (2011). Philosophical approaches to the nursing informatics data-information-knowledge-wisdom framework.
Advances in Nursing Science, 34(1), 6–18.