Trends and issues in Professional Nursing Nursing Informatics

It has provided an opportunity for nurses in the field of nursing informatics. The use of technology to provide healthcare services requires both technical and nursing skills, hence the need for a workforce with knowledge on the use of technology. Nursing informatics combines technology, nursing science, and information management techniques to gather, manage, and transfer data and information within the nursing environment (Lee, 2014). Nursing informatics supports, consumers and healthcare stakeholders in decision-making and setting the desired outcomes. The implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) and computerized system into the healthcare sector have proved the importance of technology in service delivery. The combination of technology and nursing science knowledge to interpret and transfer data has also helped to improve the quality of services provided in hospitals.