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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications
Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew Cashin (Southern Cross University, Australia)and Robyn Cook (Sidra Medical & Research Center, Qatar)
Copyright: ©2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-034-1
ISBN13: 9781609600341
ISBN10: 1609600347
EISBN13: 9781609600365

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Description

Because of the constant advances and dynamics within the nascent field of nursing informatics, many nurses struggle in practice as they continue to try and apply habitual communication practices in the new environment without any critical reflection on, and adaptation of, those practices.

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications serves as a valuable asset for nurses, administrators and practitioners who want to improve their understanding of nursing informatics. Critiquing fundamental concepts such as evidence based practice, and examining possible applications of such concepts in the contemporary context of nursing informatics, this text offers chapter and case studies focusing on technology’s contributions to nursing theory and practice, nursing systems management, and decision-support in nursing.



Preface

This is the first edition of this innovative text that considers the field of nursing informatics within the broader field of nursing knowing and hence information generation and evidenced based practice. Some of the work is an update of where both nursing philosophy and nursing informatics is currently at. This will be of interest to a broad range of readers from undergraduate to postgraduate students and clinicians. Most chapters are not a quick and simple read as they present challenges to the reader to critically think about not only the possibilities afforded by the informatics technologies but also how the use of technologies fits, or not, with nursing practice. Nursing practice is of course underpinned by nursing thinking.  It is tempting for the reader to shy away from the challenge presented in the book in the pretence of the demand for simplicity. If ideas are not quickly grounded in recognised like ideas it is easy to blame the author’s writing style. Philosophy is often on the fringe as it falls prey to the reluctance ‘to’ reader tenacity. Many of the ideas presented challenge the reader to really become mindful of what they think and know of nursing, the language used and the origins of the words, and how this thinking and speaking is channelled into practice.  The tools of informatics are tools of communication and practice and come into this musing at the level of communication and practice. It would be fine to write of theory, as the kind of theory in this book is of course the most practical kind of theory that drives to the route of what nurses do, but this book goes further with examples of application. In line with evidenced based practice this book explores not only informatics in practice but the evaluation of the practice. This is book is not aiming to present the definitive description of all informatics projects in nursing but a selection from across the globe to demonstrate the possible. We hope you enjoy this book that brings together this challenging, but extremely worthwhile thinking.
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Reviews and Testimonials

This book is about nurses' relationship with technology – in its widest possible sense. In what way does technology contribute to nursing theory; to nursing practice; to the management of nursing systems; to working out how nurses will know what to do when and how, even if they are not altogether sure 'why'. Technology has always been the brightest kid on the block and informatics represents the kind of intelligence we all might use – or be influenced by – which will make us more effective; more efficient; and, hopefully, more satisfied with a good job well done. ... This book ... certainly sparked my curiosity about where all this might be leading us; and what we should be doing to try to maintain a positive relationship with King Techno. If this book 'works' for an old Neanderthal like me, think what it might do for those who are natural members of the Myspace, Facebook, Youtube generation.

– Phil Barker, University of Dundee, Scotland

Author's/Editor's Biography

Andrew Cashin (Ed.)
Andrew Cashin is a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Professor of Nursing at Southern Cross University. He holds Adjunct Professor positions at Charles Darwin University and the University of Technology Sydney.

Robyn Cook (Ed.)
Robyn Cook is a Registered Nurse who has 20 years experience working in health informatics in the public health system in Australia prior to joining Sidra at the beginning of 2009. She has been active in the health informatics community including holding positions of Past Chair, Nursing Informatics Australia, the Australian representative to IMIA NI and past board member of Health Informatics Society of Australia. Robyn is also an Honorary Associate, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney Australia.

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