Abstract:

Nurses have been working in the field of informatics near four decades, the term "nursing informatics" has been considered a specialization in nursing resources since 1984. Many aspects such as data recovery, ethics, patient care, decision support systems, human-computer interaction, information systems, imaging informatics, computer science, information science, security, electronic patient records, intelligent systems, e-learning and telenursing have been added to the field. Nursing informatics is the specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science in identifying, collecting, processing, and managing data and information to support nursing practice, administration, education, research and the expansion of nursing knowledge. Nursing Informatics supports an information-rich environment where nurses are allowed to communicate, share and synthesize data to enhance care delivery and shape nursing practice. Application of informatics technology including nursing clinical practice, nursing education, nursing administration and nursing research. In today’s world the potential for information and communication technology application is increasing so that it can enhance the quality of nursing domains outcome. Nurses have the most communication with patients, and interact with technology more frequently. Using technology should create a positive attitude in nursing productivity. It is essential for nurses to be involved in the initial design of systems to improve the quality of health care and change their culture in this regard.

Keywords:

Nursing Informatics, the quality of patient care, technology application.