
CHAPTER 9
Objectives
Information and Knowledge
Needs of Nurses in the
21st Century
Lynn M. Nagle
1. Define nursing informatics.
2. Describe the goal of nursing informatics.
3. Describe how clinical information technologies
are and will impact nursing practice.
4. Explore how nurses can create and derive clinical
knowledge from information systems.
5. Speculate on the future of nursing in the context
of health informatics.
INTRODUCTION
The information and knowledge informing the 21st century of
healthcare delivery has been growing at an unprecedented pace in recent years.
Research in particular has propelled the understanding of the efficacy of various
clinical ...