Nursing Informatics (NCM 2110) Semi-Finals Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering Nursing Informatics systems, internet applications, leadership roles, and the American Nurses Association (2015) standards of practice.

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

Pocket-sized computers capable of accessing the Internet, sending and receiving data, and storing textbooks worth of information to increase quality of care and decrease medication errors.

Bookmarks

Tools used for easy retrieval of common references, such as drugs, medical diagnosis, and procedures, within internet browsers or reading applications like KINDLE.

Video Conferencing

A visual communication session between two or more users featuring audio and video content transmission in real time, popular for maintaining social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FaceTime

Apple's video and audio calling service that uses Apple Push Notification service (APNs) and is protected by end-to-end encryption.

SMS (Short Message Service)

The act of sending short, alphanumeric communications between cellphones, pagers, or other hand-held devices as implemented by wireless carriers.

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

An electronic version of a patient's medical history maintained by the provider over time, including demographics, progress notes, vital signs, and laboratory data.

Bed Management Systems

Systems that involve the constant monitoring of hospital admissions, discharges, and patient flow to identify bed availability and optimize patient placement.

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)

A wireless system comprised of tags and readers that emit radio waves to transfer data for inventory control, equipment tracking, and personnel tracking.

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

A digital collection of medical information about a person stored on a computer, based on Larry Weed's Problem Oriented Medical Record developed in the 1960s.

Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)

Software designed to be a direct aid to clinical decision-making by matching patient characteristics to a computerized clinical knowledge base to provide assessments or recommendations.

Pharmacy Management System

A computer-based system designed to improve accuracy and medical safety in pharmaceutical shops by maintaining databases for inventory and patient prescriptions.

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

Also called telemonitoring, it is a set of technologies that allows healthcare providers to track real-time changes in patient health data from a distance outside traditional settings.

Computer Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

A system where providers use computer assistance to directly enter medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders in a digital, structured format.

Hospital Information Technology (HIT)

A field of knowledge beyond baseline functionality that involves enterprise-wide integration, data processing mapping, and business analytics within a healthcare organization.

Technology Life Cycle

A six-stage framework used to understand the far-reaching impact of technology decisions and the shifts in its usage over time.

Multi-layered Decision-Making

A complex process where technology decisions are viewed through layers of content structure, information flow, economic requirements, and client factors.

Informatics Research Organizing (IRO) model

A model proposed by Effken (2003) that captures the intrinsic complexity of the healthcare-centered technology decision-making process.

Process Mapping

An area of expertise for Nurse Informaticists that delineates the actual steps of clinical practice as they occur during patient care.

Workflow Design

The mechanical arrangement of information, forms, and triggers used to document nursing practice.

PIECES

An assessment algorithm used in Informatics representing Performance, Information, Economics, Control, Efficiency, and Service.

Standard 1: Assessment

The standard where the informatics nurse collects comprehensive data, information, and emerging evidence pertinent to the situation.

Standard 2: Diagnosis, Problems, and Issues Identification

The standard where the informatics nurse analyzes assessment data to identify diagnoses, problems, issues, and opportunities for improvement.

Standard 7: Ethics

The standard stating that the informatics nurse practices ethically, using the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice.

Standard 15: Resource Utilization

The standard addressing the use of appropriate resources to plan and implement safe, effective, and fiscally responsible informatics services.