Nursing Informatics - Annotated Bibliography Example

Nursing Informatics Nursing Informatics and Psychiatric Nursing McKnight, S. . Risk Assessment in electronic age: application of the circle of caring model. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, Retrieved from http://ojni.org.issues/?p=911.The need to have nurses who are expertise in clinical informatics is persistent, but there is a continued lack of specialized programs in nursing education to meet the ever increasing demand, more so computer knowledge in the field of psychiatric nursing (Fetter, 2009).

The author of this article is a DNP who achieved four degrees in nursing; bachelor, associate, masters and doctorate. Her work I educating nurses in the holistic nursing area. Additionally, the author has more than twenty years of psychinatric nursing. The article describes the need for keeping electronic health records in psychiatry care. In particular it explores risk assessment for patients with suicidal characteristics and those who are a danger to others. Kelley, Brandon, & Docherty, (2011) agree that this tool is useful and practical in such nursing.

The article is insightful and thorough with the illustrations of what makes an electronic health record and how necessary the assessment tool is. ReferencesFetter, S. (2009). Improiving informatioin Technology competencies: implications for psychiatric mental health nursing. Issues in mental health nursing, 3-13.Kelley, T., Brandon, D., & Docherty, S. (2011). Electronic nursing documentation as a strategy to improve quality of patient care. Journal Of Nursing Scholarship 43(2), 154-160.McKnight, S. (2011). Risk Assessment in electronic age: application of the circle of caring model.

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, http://ojni.org.issues/?p=911.