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Leadership&Management • Issues &Trends
InformaticsandNursing:
OpportunitiesandChallenges, FourthEdition
JeanneP. Sewell, RN,MSN
978-1-60913-695-6 • February2012 • Softbound • 7” x9” •512pp. •60 Illus.
This comprehensive text reviews the concepts and applications of
nursing informatics.Startingwithan introductiontonursing informatics,
the contents proceed fromUnitOnewhich covers computer basics to
UnitFivewhichexaminesskillsandtechniquesforusingtheendproduct
of informatics: data.Other units review the effects that the Internet is
having on healthcare, the ins and outs of using personal productivity
software, and informatics in the clinical area.
Features
• Windows 7operating system (OS) andMicrosoftOffice2010are
introduced inUnitsOneandTwo since theywere released thisyear.
• Since the studentswhowill beusing this coursearemore
“computer savvy” than their predecessors, additional information
management skills havebeen introducedbeginningwithChapter
2.Although thebook still usesMicrosoftWindows as a standard
(because it is still themost commonOSusedbyhealthcare
agencies), there is some comparisonwith theAppleOS toassist
Macusers tounderstandand see the relevanceof the concepts
discussed.
• Althoughyounger students have “grownupwith computers”,most
donow knowwhat theydonot know.Theauthors have created
a skill list that identifies basic, intermediate, andadvanced skills
for the chaptersonwordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentation
software, anddatabases. Students are challenged to learnnew skills.
• Downloadablefiles havebeen created toaccompanyeachof the
chaptersonoffice suite software.Thefiles canbedownloaded from
the textbookweb site. Learnerswill beable tomanipulate thedata
that they readabout in the textbook.As anexample, a template
for theAPA6theditionhas been createdbecause citationwriting
style is a concept thatmanyof today’s students havedifficulty
understandingandusing correctly.
• Each chapterof office suite software introduces twoalternatives
inaddition toMicrosoftOffice.GoogleDocswas selectedas a
cloud computingalternative.OpenOffice.orgwas selectedas an
open sourcealternative. Learners areencouraged topractice skills.
Learnerswith intermediate skills areencouraged topractice skillson
twoormoreplatforms.
• InUnits Four, FiveandSix— there is increasedemphasisondata
security, confidentiality, anddisaster recovery. HIPAA issues and the
implicationsof theHITECHAct havebeen threaded throughout the
chapters in these threeunits.These threeunits also reflect changes
coordinatedby theONC.Chapter 18on
ElectronicHealthcare
Systems
now includes a full discussionof concepts related to
business continuityplanninganddisaster recovery.
Table of Contents
Unit I:
InformationBasics
Ch. 1: Introduction toNursing Informatics:
ManagingHealthcare Information
Ch.2: Software: InformationManagement
Ch. 3: Computer ProductivityConcepts:
CommonFeatures
Ch. 4: Computers andNetworking
Unit II:
Computers andYour
ProfessionalCareer
Ch. 5: ProfessionalNetworking
Ch. 6:MasteringWordProcessing
Ch. 7: Presentation Software: Looking
Professional in the Spotlight
Ch. 8: Spreadsheets:MakingNumbersTalk
Ch. 9:Databases: Creating Information
fromData
Unit III:
InformationCompetency
Ch. 10:The Internet: ARoad toEvidence-
BasedPractice Information
Ch. 11: FindingKnowledge in theDigital
LibraryHaystack
Ch. 12:MobileComputing: Finding
Knowledge in the Palm of yourHand
Unit IV:
TheNewHealthcare
Paradigm
Ch. 13:TheConsumer and the Electronic
HealthRecord
Ch. 14:The EmpoweredConsumer
Ch. 15: Interoperability at the international
andNational Level
Ch.16:NursingDocumentation in theAge
of the ElectronicHealthRecord
UnitV:
Healthcare Informatics
UnitVI:
ComputerUses inHealthcare
BeyondClinical Informatics
AppendixA:
ComputerHardware
Overview
. . . Abridged tofit
InformaticsandNursing:
OpportunitiesandChallenges, FifthEdition
JeanneP. Sewell, RN,MSN
978-1-4963-0893-1 •October2015 • Softbound • 7” x9” •512pp
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