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Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, 2nd Edition
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Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, 2nd Edition

by Dee McGonigle, Kathleen Mastrian
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced
664 pages
31h 24m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Content preview from Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, 2nd Edition
20 | CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
patient and his or her contact information is listed but the approval for them to
be a contact is missing, this information is considered incomplete. Flexible infor-
mation means that it can be used for a variety of purposes. Information concern-
ing the inventory of supplies on a nursing unit can be used by nurses who need to
know if an item is available for use for a patient. The nurse manager accesses this
information to help decide what supplies need to be ordered and to determine
what items are used often and to do an economic assessment of any waste.
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ISBN: 9780763792367