Historical Perspective of Nursing and Computer Nursing Informatics

NURSING INFORMATICS (LEC)

TOPIC ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF NURSING AND COMPUTER

NURSING INFORMATICS (NI)

It is a title that evolved from the French word "informatics" which referred to the field of applied computer science concerned with the processing of information such as nursing information.

"NI" has emerged as new term encompassing these technologies enabling nurses to manage health care and patient care more efficiently and effectively and, at the same time, make nurses more accountable.