Computer For Graduate Nurses

1. APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS
IN NURSING

3.  Nurses must balance its high tech with high
touch.
 According to Naisbitt's theory,
whenever new technology is introduced into
society there must be a counterbalancing
human response that is high touch or else the
technology will be rejected
COMPUTERS IN NURSING

4.  In such set-ups, the system schedules
appointments for more number of patients a
year according to the availability of doctors
within hospital for consultation.
 A similar clinic program SYSTEM RX that
manages patient billing, account receivable,
insurance, payroll and accounts payable.
MULTI SPECIALITY
CLINICS/HOSPITALS

5.  Computers are used in community health both
in public health sector and private health care
 Computer Stored Ambulatory Record
(COSTAR) was developed by the Laboratory
of Computer Science at the Massachusetts
General Hospital for the Harvard Community
Health Plan.
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

6.  Nurse practitioners using the problem-
oriented client record receive physician-
approved protocols, medical and nursing
information and guidelines for health
maintenance and client education through a
computer terminal

7.  Security means protecting information from
accidental or intentional access by
unauthorized people from unauthorized
modification and from unauthorized
accidental or intentional destruction.
DATA CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY
AND SECURITY

8.  1. Individual passwords and sign-on
identification is essential. Sign- on-
identification and passwords are codes that
identify each user and link him or her with the
computer functions needed to perform the
job. 2. Access to terminal should be
controlled. Nurses should have access to
terminals only on the nursing unit.

9.  1. Administration
 2. Clinical
 3. Education and research
PATIENT CLASSIFICATION AND
STAFFING REQUIREMENT

11.  Nurses need to participate in the selection,
design, implementation and training for the
use of the system. Whether they work in a
hospital, community health center, education
or clinic, nurses need to be involved in
computer application.
TO PERFORM DIFFERENT ASPECT OF
NURSE ROLE

12.  information literacy is dependent on being
computer literate, since computer technology
is used to access information. Computer
literacy requires more than being able to use
computers to find information.
COMPUTER LITERACY