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WORKFLOW ANALYSIS AND INFORMATICS PRACTICE
The American Nurses Association (ANA, 2008) defines nine functional areas of
practice for the informatics nurse specialist. The functional area of analysis iden-
tifies the specific functional qualities related to workflow analysis. Particularly, the
Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standard of Practice indicates that the informatics
nurse specialist should develop techniques necessary to assess and improve the
human–computer interaction. It is important to note that workflow analysis is
not only relevant to analysis but is part of every functional area in which the in-
formatics ...