Some of these benefits include: a) nurse informatics can help in the integration of informatics with Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), which ultimately improves the care given to patients, b) nursing informatics can also assist in the early identification of potential problems say the employment of documentation that is electronically monitored can provide any patient status change quickly to the nurses and doctors making them act in fast response (McLane & Turley, 2011), c) nursing informatics enables interpretation, systemizing and arrangement of data with regards to the vital signs of the patient, thus this knowledge assists nurses and other practitioners to formalize a plan of action that is appropriate and accurate, d) nursing informatics’ competency enables nurses to strengthen their skills in decision-making concerning clinical matters, thus make well informed decisions, e) nursing informatics helps the organization to enhance their overall efficiency, improve on patient information access and overall reduce the occurrence of potential errors f) nursing informatics and nurse involvement in the SDLC process assist the organization to improve its reputation thus gain credibility amongst people where patients feel they are in safe hands (Warm & Thomas, 2011).
Conclusion
Nursing informatics continues to gain popularity and with more involvement of nurses in the SDLC process will only continue to grow the health care sector by advancing the nursing profession. The growth of nursing informatics ultimately links the health care sector to the potential nursing practice change for the greater good. This not only means that the nurses stand to gain and improve, but also implies that the population of patients will be the biggest…
