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• I. Biomedical technology
• II. Information technology
• III. Knowledge technology |
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I. Biomedical Technology
• Is used for: |
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– Physiological monitoring
– Diagnostic testing
– Drug administration
– Therapeutic treatments |
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| Computer Capabilities of Biomedical Systems |
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• Process physiological data
• Store patient documentation
• Graph data
• Regulate physiological equipment
• Process diagnostic equipment
• Recognize deviations from preset ranges
• Compare data among patients with similar diagnoses |
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| II. Information Technology |
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• Computers and programs that process data and information
• Data base: collection of data elements organized and stored together
• Data processing: structuring, organizing, and presenting of data for interpretation as information |
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| Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) |
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• Establishes uniform standards for the collection of comparable essential patient data
• Nursing’s first attempt at standardizing the collection of nursing data
• Summary: – Yoder-Wise, pgs. 196-199 |
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| III. Knowledge Technology |
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• Consists of systems that generate or process knowledge
• Combines an application of computer science and information science with nursing science to assist in the management and processing of data, information, and knowledge to support the practice of nursing and patient care |
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Read Yoder-Wise: pg. 204
�� Computer program that mimics inductive or deductive reasoning of a human expert
�� Benefits=outperform non expert human clinician making decisions for novices, nurses working outside their expertise, and orientees |
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• Never share passwords
• No unauthorized access
• Follow policies on use, security, and accuracy of data from institution |
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| Community health information networks |
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| Nurse managers and their staff members have a responsibility to use patient care information for its intended purpose, thereby ensuring: |
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| technology that mimics the reasoning of the expert nurse is called: |
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| The computerized system that provides information for the decision making of new graduates and orientees is called: |
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• Computerized patient records “womb to tomb”
• Credit card like devices that store health history data
• Community health information networks(CHIN) |
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