Information Systems and Computer Technology Has on the Practice of Nursing

Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practice of nursing in particular given the nurses' role on the front-lines of patient care. To determine how these trends have affected the practice of nursing, the purpose of this paper was (a) to examine the role nurses typically play in choosing and managing information systems in the workplace; (b) to describe how nursing practice is impacted by information systems and computer technology in health care; (c) to evaluate how these things impact nurses' role with respect to quality of care, productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness; (d) to describe the training for these systems in a given place of employment and corresponding opportunities for refresher courses; (e) to examine the perceptions of nurses when required...
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