Patient Care: Annotated Bibliography

Nursing informatics and technology are quickly becoming the hot buzz words for nursing in the twenty-first century. While performing research for this specific paper, the observations of how far technology has come from its inception is mind boggling. When looking back to the mid 1990’s every patient had paper charting. Nurses manually charted vital signs, nursing notes, treatments and all orders were manually written in the chart. The patient’s name, insurance information, and billing items were stored electronically. Fast forward twenty plus years and everything nurses do with, for or to a patient is filed electronically. This file today is known as the electronic health record (EHR) (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015). This paper will be delving into the history of nursing informatics and technology, the pros and cons for nurses and what will be the big picture for informatics and technology in nursing today and in the future. Nursing informatics and the technology that has evolved over time are changing and quickly affecting how nurses treat, communicate, plan and document everything that they do for their patients.

Article was written by people with extensive experience in health care, pediatrics, and public health. Jessica Anker, Lisa Kern, Erica Abramson, and Rainu Kaushal, all of them are members of Weil corner Medical College and Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative. The intended audience is members of health care system, health care providers, and professionals that are involved in patient care. This article discusses how health information technology (HIT) together with organizational structure and clinician involvement can improve care and safety of our patients. I think that this article is important for nursing practice, because it shows that HIT alone cannot improve quality care, but together with work of clinicians and communication

Nurses in clinical practice are constantly challenged to deal with an abundance of information and multiple technology systems. Use of a computer terminal with various types of information and use of communication technologies are expectations for health care personnel, including nurses. Estimates indicate that since the 1980s, approximately 50% of all new capital investments in health care organizations have been in information technology. Informatics can aid nurses by enhancing personal and private communication among health care staff, accessing or transferring information about patients, retrieving up-to-date health care information, sharing new or common knowledge among colleagues, and assisting in making

Information Technology allows health care providers to collect, store, retrieve and transfer information electronically. More specific discussion of IT in health care is challenging due to lack of specific definitions, the volume of applications and a rapid pace of change in technology. Information technology has the potential to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care. The health care system generally uses less IT than other industries. IT increases the ability of physicians, nurses, clinical technicians, and others to readily access and use the right information about their patients to Improve care. Studies have shown that better technologies leads to better care.

Implementation of Healthcare Information Technology potentially reduces cost yet, remains a continuous challenge. The adoption of improved healthcare infrastructure is compelling and significant barriers remain such as technical issues, cost, concerns about privacy and confidentiality, system interoperability and lack of well trained staff to lead the process (Palvia, Love, Nemati, & Jacks, 2012).

In today's world of developing technology, nurses are often required to stay up-to-date with current information systems. A typical day of practice would likely begin by starting up a computer and checking for staff news updates. The day would consist of multiple patient appointments. During each appointment, a nurse will interact with information systems several times whether it is a hand held device or a computer entry to an electronic health record. One of the major challenges healthcare faces today is the time spent with bedside patient care vs time spent using electronic devices. I have heard many experiences regarding the decline of bedside patient care. Because of the technology dependency, nurses are becoming less personal and communicable

One of the key topics now that is going on in the ICU where I am doing my practicum as to do with Proning position. Prone positioning in ARDS patients is for improvement of oxygenation. Here are a list of articles retrieved from the Walden Library related to the advantages of Proning.

(2015). NR-361. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2008). The Essentials IV: Information Management and Application of Patient Care Technology, part of Week 1 Lesson 1. Retrieved from

The author is offering an insightful view from Registered Nurse perspective of the current trends and improvements in the healthcare industry technology. Judy Murphy has an array of health care technological expertise from being a member of Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and Fellow Healthcare Information Management System Society. In addition to Judy Murphy work experience as Vice-President of Information Services and CO-Chairing the Alliance for Nursing Informatics.

Informatics in nursing has realized success in data communication management of information in the health department. Technology has improved the process of monitoring the patients within and outside the hospital. Application of Informatics contributed in the integration of multiple information. The clinician can now access and retrieve information about specific the occurrence in the healthcare (Middleton, 2014). Additionally, it has facilitated the process of sharing knowledge among the experts in nursing profession (Kudyda, 2016). Follow up on the success of informatics can lead to more improvement. The new technology that emphasizes real time data is a necessary advancement. Data analytics can result in further improvement.

The technology implemented by medical organizations is helping to facilitate collaboration and, in turn, continuity of care. In the modern health care setting, nurses play a pivotal role in serving as a liaison between the many disciplines required to deliver services to consumers. While initial technology investment can cost health care organizations considerably, health information technology (HIT) facilities consumer education, promotes coordinated care, and streamlines treatment processes.

With the rapid growth in the implementation and use of electronic medical records, there is an increase in how we define the role of nurses and other team member’s (Deese & Stien, 2004). Along with providing optimal care, nurses are also responsible for interpreting and accurately documenting large amounts of information. According to, (Ericksen, 2009) nursing informatics is defined as the integration of nursing, its information, and information management with information processing and communication technology to support the health of people worldwide. In this

The least understood nursing specialty today is nursing informatics. This discussion post is going to focus on the differences and similarities between informatics and clinical informatics. Then provide examples of clinical informatics and how a nurse manager can use data management to improve patient care on their unit. Lastly, this post will address why President Bush mandated the implementation of electronic health records by 2014. To begin with, informatics is information science or actually a science of processing data for storage and retrieval (Nelson & Staggers, 2018).

As technology has and continues to advance so will the expansion of nursing informatics. Data from (19th annual 2008 himss leadership survey, 2008) hold this statement true showing a steady increase in the implementation of technologies. As computers became smaller, it became easier and efficient for hospitals and physicians office to implement their use. (sutton, 2007)The first computers were large, expensive, and inefficient. Now, computers are compact, inexpensive, and efficient. The smaller technology allows for portability of information. PDA’s are small enough to fit in your pocket. With these small devices, you can look up a patients medication, drug interactions, side effects, and just about anything, you could think of to

Technology and innovation have transformed the way people function personally and professionally. In the past, writing and mailing a letter was standard but now most people send electronic messages and text messages to phones. Healthcare has been changing tremendously as well, not only are paper charts and records becoming obsolete, but now many facilities are sharing test results, visit information details, and prescribed drug lists. This move into the digital age has helped improve healthcare by cutting costs in the long-term, increasing efficiency with decreased wait times, and reducing medical errors. This evolving technology expansion, commonly referred to as nursing informatics has created many