Applied Clinical Informatics for Nurses, Second Edition provides practical, need-to-know information about the effective use of informatics in the clinical setting. Experts from a wide range of disciplines, including nursing, medicine, computer engineering, telemedicine, and computer science, highlight the latest developments in clinical informatics and discuss emerging topics in the increasingly high-tech world of health care. The text focuses on real-world applications of health informatics such as fall prevention, bar coding, and pharmacy management. It examines the interactions between patients and computers and how they can impact the quality of data collected by informatics applications. Concise and easy to comprehend, the book focuses on tools for practice rather than theoretical concepts. It helps educators create significant, practical learning experiences for nursing students in clinical informatics. The Second Edition features updated and expanded content on a variety of important topics identified as strategic priorities by the National Institute for Nursing Research and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. NEW to the Second Edition, Content on statistical analysis of data, systems life cycle development, and the role of big data, More detailed coverage of interoperability and electronic health records, Updated case studies covering complex problems, Revised and expanded test bank, Navigate 2 Advantage Access, Applied Clinical Informatics for Nurses, Second Edition includes access to Navigate 2 online learning materials, including a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, learning analytics reporting tools, an extensive test bank, and more.

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