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Published on February 2, 2012 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.20012.02.5307

Nursing informatics: a challenge to current education

Informática en enfermería: un desafío a la formación actual

Abdul Hernández Cortina, Jacqueline Wigodski Sirebrenik, Erika Caballero Muñoz

Abstract

Nursing information systems brings together the nursing and informations systems disciplines. It is considered to be a fundamental skill for health professionals in general and for nurses in particular in the XXI century. Its function is to interpret data into information, and in turn, to interpret information into knowledge. Knowledge is then coupled with experience that leads to wisdom. The essence of nursing is to care for people, which requires for nurses to think critically, to be skillfull in using technologies without dehumanizing care. All of these skills should be acquired in the process of undergraduate training in nursing schools.

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Abdul Hernández Cortina

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Jacqueline Wigodski Sirebrenik

Centro de Informática en Salud, Universidad Central, Chile

Erika Caballero Muñoz

Centro de Informática en Salud, Universidad Central, Chile

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Citation Hernández Cortina A, Wigodski Sirebrenik J, Caballero Muñoz E. Nursing informatics: a challenge to current education. Medwave 2012;12(02):e5307 doi: 10.5867/medwave.20012.02.5307

Submission date 14/11/2011

Acceptance date 11/01/2012

Publication date 02/02/2012

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