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Nursing and Nursing Informatics: Current Context To Preferred Future

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Abstract

Introduction Nursing and other health professions have a social mandate to serve the world’s population, now numbered at 6, 792, 797, 015 as of 18:45 UTC (EST+5) on October 25, 2009.1 When contemplating this obligation from a futurist perspective, one usually first asks: “What is the current context of healthcare?" and “What do we as nurses and nursing bring to present healthcare systems?" Bridging the answers to these two questions helps to frame an understanding of the changes occurring in our healthcare systems and the opportunities that these changes hold for nursing. Answering these questions invariably brings one to the bold call to action for mobilizing technologies and the expert knowledge of informatics to address these opportunities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNursing and Informatics for the 21st Century
Subtitle of host publicationAn International Look at Practice, Education and EHR Trends Second Edition
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages575-593
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781498757331
ISBN (Print)9780982107041
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

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