Perspectives in ambulatory care. Access to quality health care: links between evidence, nursing language, and informatics.

Despite evidence on nursing's contribution to the quality of care, much of what nurses 'do' remains essentially invisible.It is vital to recognize the need for a paradigm shift in nursing that utilizes new informatics tools required for optimum use of evidence related to the delivery of quality nurs...

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Publicado en:Nursing Economic$ Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 325 - 333
Autores principales: Swan BA, Lang NM, McGinley AM
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Jannetti Publications, Inc. Nov/Dec2004
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Sumario:Despite evidence on nursing's contribution to the quality of care, much of what nurses 'do' remains essentially invisible.It is vital to recognize the need for a paradigm shift in nursing that utilizes new informatics tools required for optimum use of evidence related to the delivery of quality nursing care.Embedding nursing language within informatics structures is essential to make the work of nurses visible, and articulate evidence about the quality and value of nursing in the care of patients, groups, and populations.