Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide

Name: Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Juliana J. Brixey · Jack E. Brixey · Virginia K. Saba · Kathleen A. McCormick

Sep 2015 · McGraw Hill Professional

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Introducing the most complete, compact guide to teaching and learning nursing informatics

If you’re looking for a clear, streamlined review of nursing informatics fundamentals, Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide is the go-to reference. Drawn from the newly revised 6th Edition of Saba and McCormick’s bestselling textbook, Essentials of Nursing Informatics, this indispensable study guide helps instructors sharpen their classroom teaching skills, while offering students an effective self-study and review tool both in and out of the classroom.

Each chapter features a concise, easy-to-follow format that solidifies students’ understanding of the latest nursing informatics concepts, technologies, policies, and skills. For the nurse educator, the study guide includes teaching tips, class preparation ideas, learning objectives, review questions, and answer explanations—all designed to supplement the authoritative content of the core text. Also included is an online faculty resource to supplement classroom teaching,offering instructors PowerPoints with concise chapter outlines, learning objectives, key words, and explanatory illustrations and tables. To request To request Instructor PowerPoint slides: Visit www.EssentialsofNursingInformatics.com and under the "Downloads and Resources tab," click "Request PowerPoint" to access the PowerPoint request form.

Focusing on topics as diverse as data processing and nursing informatics in retail clinics, the nine sections of Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide encompass all areas of nursing informatics theory and practice:

Nursing Informatics Technologies
System Life Cycle
Informatics Theory Standards/Foundations of Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics Leadership
Advanced Nursing Informatics in Practice
Nursing Informatics/Complex Applications
Educational Applications
Research Applications
Big Data Initiatives

The comprehensive, yet concise coverage of Essentials of Nursing Informatics Study Guide brings together the best nursing informatics applications and perspectives in one exceptional volume. More than any other source, it enables registered nurses to master this vital specialty, so they can contribute to the overall safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare.

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3.5

2 reviews

Steven Hobbs

September 19, 2015

I ordered this book sight unseen as the text for a graduate level course in nursing informatics. I did so based upon the repartition of the authors and as I myself had used the second edition in my own training. It was a mistake. As is often the case, the text has grown in size, but of course, informatics in nursing is also much more complex then 20 years ago. It is very inclusive and detailed. The text has now become extremely hard for the average student to read. Most of my students are asking for clarification, additional resources, or "just a simple explanation" of their assigned readings. As faculty, the most disappointing aspect was the udder and complete lack of any faculty support by the publisher's McGraw-Hill. In half my phone calls to them they could not recognize that this text was even published by them. Despite being stated that such support was available in the Preface, no one has been able to locate faculty support such as exam questions, etc. After repeated requests, I was sent a zip file of PowerPoint slides to use by chapters. But, fully a quarter of the slides are blank stating "Please see book for figure xx." If you are in the field of Nursing Informatics or studying for the certification exam and looking for THE authoritative text on the subject, this is it. If you need a good graduate (or undergraduate) text for classroom use, keep looking. This is most certainly not it.

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About the author

Juliana J. Brixey, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN is Assistant Professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center.
Virginia K. Saba, EdD, RN, FACMI, FAAN has been a pioneer in the integration of computer technology into the practice of nursing for more than 30 years, and spearheaded the nursing informatics movement. Her resume includes a 15-year tenure at Georgetown University, where she taught and integrated computer technology into both the graduate and undergraduate programs. She is still heavily involved in the advance of informatics in nursing, and speaks and consults extensively throughout the world.
Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FHIMSS has impressive experience in both the private and public sectors, including a 30-year tenure in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where she served on various boards, as well as teaching clinical courses at the University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland. She is presently Principal/Owner SciMind, LLC. She speaks at informatics and research conferences throughout the world.

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