Robust nursing workforce information--chasing an elusive dream? Accurate information on the nursing workforce, and the health workforce generally, is notoriously difficult to come by. Thus planning for future work force needs is an inexact science. But efforts are underway to improve the situation.(NEWS FOCUS) Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (4/1/2008)
...reliable, robust information is difficult to come...Annals, like many other nursing leaders, is frustrated...trying to get reliable information. "The reality is that...we have an accidental system of planning and very...understanding of what the future ...

Are nursing faculty members ready to integrate information technology into the curriculum? (Information Technology). Nursing Education Perspectives (7/1/2002)
...DECADES, nursing informatics has had a broad impact on the practice of nursing, not only on nursing management systems, but on the dissemination of nursing information. "Computer technology has made it possible not only to ...

Nursing informatics: an evolving specialty. (Information Systems & Technology). Nursing Economics (11/1/2002)
...implement a clinical information system. Recognizing...the need for nursing input, a nurse...help during system implementation...work with an information systems vendor or with...and ongoing system ...

The nursing shortage: Can information technology help? (Information Systems & Technology). Nursing Economics (1/1/2002)
...National League for Nursing indicates declining enrollment in all types of nursing programs. Preliminary...difficult to imagine how the nursing shortage may increase...Employing Clinical Information Systems as a Solution While...

Nursing shortages up hospital risks. (includes related information) Risk Management (7/1/1989)
...plans and patient classification systems; using supplemental nursing services/agency services...steps have temporarily eased nursing shortages, but few long-term...conditions for nurses. The fact that nursing in today's fast-paced hospitals...

Reliability of Nursing Diagnoses Documented in a Computerized Nursing Information System. Nursing Diagnosis (7/1/2000)
...staff nurses using a computerized nursing information system (NIS). METHODS. A convenience sample...Key words: Impaired physical mobility, nursing diagnosis, nursing information systems The ...

Nursing informatics: the intersection of nursing, computer, and information sciences.(Nursing Informatics) Nursing Economics (5/1/2010)
...kicks off a new "Nursing Informatics" column...informed about health information technology (IT...unique role of nursing informatics specialists...importance of IT system interoperability...first computer systems were installed...presence on ...

ANA committee for nursing practice information infrastructure.(APN Corner) Tennessee Nurse (3/22/2006)
...healthcare data and information. * Disseminate knowledge about nursing's information APN Corner infrastructure...languages, classification systems, and terminologies...The Committee for Nursing Practice Information ...

Mapping nursing interventions from a hospital information system to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). Nursing Diagnosis (10/1/1997)
...standardized data systems for nursing. PURPOSE. To...from a hospital nursing information system were mapped to...computerized information systems to document nursing practice. ...