Nursing Informatics An International Overview for Nursing in a Technological Era Proceeding...

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The Fifth International Symposium on Nursing Informatics showed that the nursing profession is well aware of the potential that computer technology holds for improving the quality and efficiency of health care if information systems are well designed, integrated, and professionally managed. In addition to the scientific papers, this proceedings also includes authors' descriptions of panels (9 papers), posters (23 papers), and scientific demonstrations (22 papers), providing an overview of the current state-of-the-art of nursing informatics. For the first time, graduate students in nursing informatics submitted poster abstracts, which are also included (18 papers). The volume is divided into five main sections: administration (36 papers); nursing health information systems (54 papers); research (18 papers); education (23 papers); and standards (18 papers). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)