General principles of Nursing Informatics
• Knowledge-The awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that
information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision; abounds wit
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General principles of Nursing Informatics
• Knowledge-The awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that
information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision; abounds with
others’ thoughts and information. Information that is synthesized so that relationships are
identified and formalized. Understanding that comes through a process of interaction or
experience with the world around us. Information that has judgment applied to it or meaning
extracted from it. Processed information that helps to clarify or explain some portion of our
environment or world that we can use as a basis for action or upon which we can act. Internal
process of thinking or cognition. External process of testing, senses, observation, and
interacting. Knowledge: Information that has been synthesized so that relations and
interactions are defined and formalized; it is a build of meaningful information constructed
of discrete data points (Matney et al., 2011). Knowledge is often affected by assumptions
and central theories of a scientific discipline and is derived by discovering patterns of
relationships between different clusters of information.
Knowledge answers questions of “why” or “how.” For healthcare professionals, the
combination of different information clusters, such as the ICD-9 diagnosis #428.0
“Congestive heart failure, unspecified” + living status “living alone” with an additional
information that an older man (78 years old) was just discharged from hospital to home
with a complicated new medication regimen (e.g., blood thinners) might indicatethat
this person is at a high risk for drug-related adverse effects (e.g., bleeding).
• Wisdom-Knowledge applied in a practical way or translated into actions; the use of
knowledge and experience to heighten common sense and insight so as to exercise sound
judgment in practical matters. Sometimes thought of as the highest form of common sense,
resulting from accumulated knowledge or erudition (deep, thorough learning) or enlightenment
(education that results in understanding and the dissemination of knowledge). Wisdom is the
ability to apply valuable and viable knowledge, experience, understanding, and insight while
being prudent and sensible. It is focused on our own minds; it is the synthesis of our experience,
insight, understanding, and knowledge. Wisdom is the appropriate use of knowledge to solve
human problems. It is knowing when and how to apply knowledge
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