Nursing Informatics

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Nursing informatics is a field of study concerned with the application of computers, technology and nursing science to the management and processing of nursing information, data and knowledge. The purpose of nursing informatics is to study the process and structure of nursing information to support clinical decision-making and the delivery of nursing care.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books /
Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts /
Selected journal articles / More reference sources /
Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

Marin, Heimar F., et al  (eds.).   Building standard-based nursing information systems.
        WY 26.5 B844 2001

The American Nurses Association.  The Scope and standards of nursing informatics practice.
         WY 26.5 S267 2001

Nicoll, Leslie H.  Computers in Nursing's nurses' guide to the internet,  3rd ed.
        REF WY 26.5 N645c 2001

Jordan, Theresa J. Understanding medical information: a user's guide to informatics and decision making.
         W 26.5 J673 2001 

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Fitzpatrick, Joyce J. and Kristen S. Montgomery  (eds.).    Internet resources for nurses. 2nd ed.
        WY 26.5 I673 2003

Hebda, Toni, et al.  Handbook of informatics for nurses and health care professionals, 2nd ed.
        WY 26.5 H323 2001

van Bemmel, J.H., et al (eds.).  Handbook of medical informatics.  p.219-29.
        W 49 H265 1997

Englebardt, Sheila P. and Ramona Nelson. Health care informatics; an interdisciplinary approach.
        W 26.5 E534 2002

Selected textbooks

Ball, Marion J. et al.  Nursing informatics : where caring and technology meet,  3rd ed.
        WY 26.5 N879 2000

Montgomery, Kristen S. and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, (eds.).  Essentials of internet use in nursing.
        WY 26.5 E774 2002

Saba, Virginia K.  Essentials of computers for nurses: informatics for the new millennium, 3rd ed.
        WY 26.5 S122 2001

Johns, Merida L.  Information management for health professions.  2nd. ed.
         WY 26.5 J636 2002

Shortliffe, Edward H., et al (eds.).  Medical informatics: computer applications in health care and biomedicine, 2nd ed.  p.434-42
        W  26.5 M324 2001

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics Applications
Medical Informatics Computing
Computers
Information Systems
Information Storage and Retrieval
Automatic Data Processing
Management Information Systems

Selected journals

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Automatic Data Processing   - Periodicals
Medical Informatics  - Periodicals
Computers - Periodicals
Information Storage and Retrieval - Periodicals
Technology, Medical - Periodicals

 

Selected indexes and abstracts

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature & CINAHL Database (on-campus, off-campus)

Suggested subject headings: Nursing Informatics
Medical Informatics
Health Informatics
Informatics
Nursing Information Systems
Computers & Computerization
User-Computer Interfaces
Computer Communication Networks
Medical Records Systems, Computerized

Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database (on-campus, off-campus)

Suggested subject headings: Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics Applications
Medical Informatics Computing
Hospital Information Systems
Computer Systems
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Information Services

Academic Search Premier

Search using keywords: Nursing Informatics
Medical Informatics
Health Informatics
Computers
Expert systems

Selected journal articles

Huang, H-Y, et al. Developing a computerized data collection and decision support system for cancer pain management.  CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.  2003 Jul-Aug;  21(4):206-17.

Zytkowski, ME. Nursing informatics: The key to unlocking contemporary nursing practice.  AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care. Nursing Informatics: A Foundation for Nursing Professionalism.  2003 August; 14(3):271-81.

Simpson, RL. Welcome to the virtual classroom: How technology is transforming nursing education in the 21st century. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 2003 Jan-Mar; 27(1):83-86.

Bloom, KC, et al.  Student satisfaction with technology-enhanced learning.  CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.  2003 Sept-Oct; 21(5):241-6.

More reference sources

American Medical Informatics Association.  AMIA ...membership directory & yearbook.
        REF W 22.1 A527 2002 

Carty, Barbara  (ed.).  Nursing informatics: education for practice.
        WY 18 N877 2000

Brown Janis F. and Gale G. Hannigan.  Informatics in health sciences curricula. p.329-52; 392-403.
        W 26.5 B768 1999

Hood, Lucy J. and Susan Kun Leddy.  Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing.  5th ed.
        WY 16  L34 2003

Specialized sources

Health Informatics. Check Rowland Medical Library Catalog for titles in series.

School of Nursing.  601-984-6256
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Ola B. Allen, D.N.S.  oallen@son.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

ANIA: American Nursing Informatics Association
http://www.ania.org/linksAndResources.asp 

AMIA: American Medical Informatics Association/Nursing Informatics Working Group
http://www.amia.org/working/ni/main.html

IMIA: International Medical Informatics Association/Working Groups
http://www.imia.org/ni/index.html

MANI: Midwest Alliance for Nursing Informatics
http://www.maninet.org

Author:  Helvi McCall
Copyright November, 2001. Revised 2004 
Reference Department, 
Rowland Medical Library, 
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson