National Nurses Week (May 6th-12th) and Nursing Informatics Day May 12th

Published Apr 29, 2008

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Specializes in Informatics, Education, and Oncology.

Reflection on National Nurses Week (May 6th-12th)

National Nurses Week is celebrated each year to honor those women and

men who have chosen the nursing profession as a career and to highlight

the many and diverse ways that nurses contribute to the betterment of

patient care. You may additionally know that nursing is the largest of

the health care professions and there are more than 2.9 million

registered nurses practicing in the United States.

Nurses share their talents in diverse settings and many choose to

specialize their practice and expertise in highly defined areas or types

of patient care. One of the newest, and rapidly growing of these

nursing areas is Nursing Informatics. As envisioned by the International

Medical Informatics Association - Nursing Informatics Special Interest

Group, "Nursing informatics is the integration of nursing, its

information, and information management with information processing and

communication technology, to support the health of people world wide."

(Adopted August 1998, Seoul, Korea)

I am circulating the flyer(see attachment or link below)to help educate

the larger nursing community that May 12th has been designated Nursing

Informatics Day by the American Nurses Association. It is no coincidence that

May 12th was chosen for this day as it is the day of Florence Nightingale's birthday.

Florence is probably the first noted nurse to gather, analyze and interpret

data for meaningful improvements on care environments and how care was delivered

to patients. Florence was our first Informatics Nurse!!!

Please share the flyer (linked below and attached) with any colleagues, nursing groups,

or interested parties that have a desire to understand and learn more

about this exciting and expanding area of our profession. Also please

feel free to direct any questions about Nursing Informatics to your very

own certified Informatics Nurse - me!

Have a GREAT National Nurses Week!

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Apr 30, 2008

Thanks for the valuable link.

You to have a great National Nurses Week!