An Introduction to Nursing Informatics, Evolution, and Innovation, 2nd Edition: Evolution and Innovation

by Susan M. Houston (Editor), Tina Dieckhaus (Editor), Bob Kircher (Editor), Michelle Lardner (Editor)

Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with information management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. Nursing Informatics supports nurses, consumers, patients, the interprofessional healthcare team, and other stakeholders in a wide variety of roles and settings to achieve desired outcomes. This is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.

An Introduction to Nursing Informatics, Evolution and Innovation, 2nd Edition is the ideal gateway to all the professional possibilities this continuously evolving discipline has to offer. Describing the evolution of nursing informatics from its origins to current practice in today’s complex, diverse healthcare environment, this book offers the next generation of nurse informaticists an understanding of the discipline, best practices, and its scope of influence in healthcare. The book also explores Nursing Informatics as it is evolving into the future, including technology creation and implementation and the development of influential policies and best practices. Special features include descriptions of the ‘a day in the life’ from informatics nurses in multiple roles and fields of influence, including academia, research, clinical settings, the executive suite, consulting, and government, as well as an Appendix featuring case profiles.

This new edition updates the content to better align with the current state of nursing informatics and expand on additional roles. New to this edition is a chapter providing tips and advice for those trying to find their first nursing informatics job or are changing their careers. Another new chapter covers healthcare analytics and how it fits into the nursing informatics role.

An Introduction to Nursing Informatics, Evolution and Innovation, 2nd Edition is the ideal resource for nursing students and as a reference guide and pint of inspiration for nurses currently in the field.

About the Author
Susan M. Houston, MBA, RN-BC, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, is a senior consultant in healthcare IT after retiring as the Chief, Portfolio Office within the Department of Clinical Research Informatics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Her background includes clinical nursing, informatics, and project and portfolio management. Ms. Houston has presented at the local, regional and national levels. She has authored a variety of articles and books on project management and informatics. She is a member of Project Management Institute (PMI), American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), while serving on various committees.

Tina Dieckhaus, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS served 14 years as the director for Patient Care Services Informatics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and more than 20 years in informatics nursing. Ms. Dieckhaus received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women and her Masters Degree in Nursing Informatics from Tennessee State University. Ms. Dieckhaus has served on the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee, the Nursing Pre-Conference Symposium Planning Committee and the HIMSS Annual Conference Education Committee.

Bob Kirchner, MSN, MBA/HCM, RN, is a Nursing Administrative Specialist at the Mayo Clinic. He obtained his BSN from San Jose State University and his MSN and MBA from University of Phoenix. He has 30 years of experience in general care and ICU nursing. Mr. Kirchner has eight years of Nursing Informatics experience and was the Nursing Informatics Lead working on the Barcode Medication Administration project at Mayo Clinic and other point of care documentation projects. He has also served on the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee and was the Chairperson for the Nursing Informatics Awareness Workgroup.

Michelle Chu Lardner, DNP, RN-BC, is the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief of Clinical Informatics for the Department of Clinical Research Informatics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. She has been practicing informatics nursing since 2005, holding various roles in the private and public sector. She received her BS in Nursing from the University of Illinois, MS in Nursing Informatics and DNP from the University of Maryland. Dr. Lardner is board certified by the ANA in nursing informatics, a Jonas Nurse Scholar and associate faculty at the University of Maryland. She is also a veteran of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, having completed wartime and humanitarian deployments aboard the USNS Comfort and Mercy.

Lou Barr, MSN/MHA, RN, has been in the medical field for 20 years. He started as a secretary in the emergency department. He graduated from nursing school in 2004 and became an emergency department nurse. Mr. Barr previously trained multidisciplinary medical professionals how to navigate and document in St. Jude’s electronic medical record and currently works at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, FL.