OBJECTIVE To summarize aspects of nursing informatics application and introduces challenges that are currently being addressed by nurses around the world. METHODS Key contributions in the field are surveyed and put in the perspective of the IMIA Nursing Informatics Strategic Plan. RESULTS As a discipline, nursing informatics offers real and practical instruments and opportunities to deliver...

In 1897, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee ofQueen Victoria's reign, a leading article appeared in the British Medical Journal entitled 'The nursing of the sick under Queen Victoria'.' Outlining the evolution of nursing, it described Elizabeth Fry as "the founder of nursing". For the author of an article in the Nursing Record and Hospital World in the same year,2 she was "the real pioneer of N...

OBJECTIVE To identify nursing home standards through a nationwide survey of directors of nursing regarding transitions of care for residents transferred from acute care hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). METHODS A national survey was distributed online and was completed by 241 directors of nursing of SNFs. The directors of nursing were asked about communication methods, transfer ...

OBJECTIVE The understanding of adverse events may simplify the inquiry regarding the quality of nursing care, presuming a foregrounding role in evaluating health services. The aim of the study was to identify adverse events in nursing care in an intensive care unit. METHODS Data were collected using an appropriate form known as problem-oriented record (POR) over a 10-month period; patients we...

PURPOSE To determine whether the introduction of an electronic nursing documentation system in a nursing home reduces the proportion of time nursing staff spend on documentation, and to use this information in evaluating the usefulness of the system in improving the work of nursing staff. METHODS An observational work sampling study was conducted in 2009 and 2010, 2 months before, and 3, 6 an...

Objective: To investigate the effect of evaluation tables used in nursing work for control of enteral nutrition in children with severe burns. Methods: The enteral nutrition nursing assessment tables were designed for children who suffered from severe burns. The tables included a cover page and a daily assessment record consisting of two parts. Daily assessment record content covered the date o...

The Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (CMAC) at the Wellcome Library has always endeavoured to draw attention to the importance of archives and to publicize their existence and availability, often by surveying and listing the records of medical bodies in situ. One of the hoards of records to come to the attention of the CMAC in its early days was that held by the Queen's Nursing Institute-QN...

BACKGROUND Nurses are an integral part of the spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation team and provide significant education to the patient and family about the intricacies of living with SCI, as well as help manage the care process. OBJECTIVE This is the second in a series of reports by clinical nursing leaders involved in the SCIRehab research project, a multi-center, 5-year study to record...

AIMS The aims of this study were to determine the recording of drug sensitivities of elderly care home residents, to describe the nature of sensitivities and to identify and describe discrepancies in the documentation of drug sensitivity status in general practices, pharmacies and care homes. METHODS A random sample of residents within a purposive sample of care homes (nursing and residential...

Nursing and Diseases of Sick Children is a textbook lor nurses and is designed to cover the syllabus for the certificate for sick children's nurses issued by the General Nursing Council of England and Wales. It is the work of several medical men each an expert in his subject and the whole has been discussed with members of the nursing profession to ensure that adequate emphasis is given to the ...