GeneralprinciplesofNursingInformatics Verbalizetheimportanceofhealthinformationsystemswithclinicalpractice.Haveknowledgeof typesandclinicalandadministrativeusesofhealthinformationsystems.Ensureconfidentiality ofprotectedpatienthealthinformation.Asureaces controlintheuseofhealthinformation systems.Informaticsisthescienceandartofturningdataintoinfo.NursingInformaticsANS: Thespecialtythatintegratesnursingsciencewithmultipleinformationandanalyticalsciencesto identify,define,manage,andcommunicatedata,information,knowledge,andwisdom innursing practice.NursingInformaticssup ortsnurses,consumers,patients,theinterprofesional healthcareteam,andalotherstakeholdersintheirdecisionmakinginalrolesandsetingsto achievedesiredoutcomes.2LevelsNIpracticegeneralistsandinformatics-nursespecialists. Knowledge Data–uninterpreteditems,oftenreferedtoasdataelements.Anexamplemightbea person’sweight.Withoutad itionaldataelementssuchasheight,age,overalwel-beingit wouldbeimposibletointerprethesignificanceofanindividualnumber. Information–agroupofdataelementsthathavebe norganizedandprocesedsothatone caninterprethesignificanceofthedataelements.Forexample,height,weight,age,andgender aredataelementsthatcanbeusedtocalculatetheBMI.TheBMIcanbeusedtodetermineif theindividualisunderweight,overweight,normalweightorobese. Knowledge-isbuiltonaformalizationoftherelationshipsandinterelationshipsbetwe ndata andinformation.Aknowledgebasemakesitposibletounderstandthatanindividualmayhave acalculatedBMIthatisover30andnotbeobese.Athistime,severalautomateddecision sup ortsystemsincludedaknowledgebaseandasetofrulesforap lyingtheknowledgebase inaspecificsituation.Forexample,theknowledgebasemayincludethefolowinginformation.A feverorelevatedtemperatureoftenbeginswithachil.Athebegin ingofthechilthepatient’s temperaturemaybenormalorevensub-normalbutin30minutesitislikelythepatientwilhave spikedatemp.Arulemightread:ifapatientcomplainsofchils,thentakethepatient’s temperatureandrepeatin30minutes. Wisdom Wisdom maybedefinedastheap ropriateuseofdata,information,andknowledgeinmaking decisionsandimplementingnursingactions.Itincludestheabilitytointegratedata,information,