Since its first publication in 1988, this guide has established itself as the premier reference text in the field for all health care professionals seeking an up-to-date review of the role of information technology in the nursing profession. The second edition of this seminal work goes on to address the growth and evolution of the nursing informatics discipline as well as the impact of the rapid and far-reaching changes in IT and in health care. In addition to a new section on integration, this edition includes all-new chapters on subjects such as: the national health information infrastructure; reengineering health care and business processes; electronic resources for nursing; usability concepts and the clinical workstation; ubiquitous computing and the nurse; information management and long-term care; the information needs of nurse-managed centres; critical path/care map and case management needs; large databases and their implications for planning and health policy; virtual reality; and defining the informatics nurse specialist.

Unit 1 Integration.- 1 Integrating Nursing and Informatics.- 2 Informatics and Organizational Change.- 3 Informatics and Integration.- 4 Health-Oriented Telecommunications.- Chanter 5 Electronic Resources for Nursing.- Unit 2 Roles for Informatics Nurse Specialists.- 6 What Is Informatics and What Does It Mean for Nursing?.- 7 Careers for Nurses in Healthcare Information Systems.- 8 Butterflies, Bonsai, and Buonarroti: Images for the Nurse Analyst.- 9 How to Select a Nursing Informatics Consultant.- Unit 3 Clinical Applications and Nursing Informatics.- 10 Introducing Nursing Information Systems in the Clinical Setting.- 11 An Update on Nursing's Unified Language System.- 12 Determining Nursing Data Elements Essential for the Management of Nursing Information.- 13 Point-of-Care Information Systems: State of the Art.- 14 Information Management in Home Care.- 15 The Automation of Critical Paths/CareMap® Systems.- 16 Clinical Imaging: Applications and Implications for Nursing.- 17 Usability Concepts and the Clinical Workstation.- Unit 4 Administration and Nursing Informatics.- 18 Management Information Systems for the Nurse Executive.- 19 Healthcare Information Systems.- 20 Nursing Participation in the Selection of Healthcare Information Systems.- 21 Nurses' Responsibilities in the Implementation of Information Systems.- 22 Evolution of the User Interface and Nursing's Role in Its Design.- 23 Business Process Reengineering.- Unit 5 Research and Nursing Informatics.- 24 Modeling for Decision Support.- 25 Integrating Research Data into Clinical Practice.- 26 Virtual Reality.- 27 Nursing's Future: Ubiquitous Computing, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality.- Unit 6 Education and Nursing Informatics.- 28 Academic Preparation in Nursing Informatics.- 29 UsingComputers in Basic Nursing Education, Continuing Education, and Patient Education.- Appendices.- Appendix A Order Communications/Nursing Systems Requirements Questionnaire.- Appendix B Site Visit Checklist.- Appendix C Request for Proposal for an Automated Quality Improvement System for a Nurse-Managed Center.- Appendix D Index to Computer Assisted Instructional Software for Nursing Education.- Appendix E Electronic Resources.- Contributors.