Second task - provide a meaningful answer to the case below which needs to be related to the covered theory in chapters 1-2 (expected length of 9-12 lines):
A student faints during a physical education class session in the University gym and is brought to the university medical services unit. Describe how informatics can assist the medical personnel to help the student recover.
Here is a chapter summary for chapters 1 and 2
Chapter 1
-Data are a collectin of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need or analysis and possibly for action at a later point in time.
-data have little meaning alone, but a collection of data can be examined for patterns and structure that can be interpreted. At this point, data become information.
-knowledge is the synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea.
-Healthcare delivery systems are knowledge-intensive settings with nurses as the largest group of knowledge workers within those systems. Information technology offers several tools to support nurses and other healthcare workers in their knowledge work.
-Good information management ensures access to the right information at the right time to the people who need it. This is particularly important when the volume of information exceeds human processing capacity.
-Informatics is the application of computer and statistical techniques to the management of information.
-Nursing informatics is the use of information and computer technology as a tool to process information to suport all areas of nursing, including practice, education, administration, and research. The definition of nursing informatics continues to evolve.
-A formal definition of nursing informatics serves to shape job descriptions and educational preparation for informatics practice.
-Nursing informatics is a necessity, not a luxury, in today's rapidly changing healthcare delivery system. All nurses need basic informatics skills.
-Computer technology facilitates the collection of data for analysis, which can be used to jusitfy the efficacy of particular interventions and improve the quality of care.
-Other healthcare providers also benefit from nursing informatics.
-Nursing informatics allows nurses to have better control over data management.
-According to the American Nurses Associatin the informatics nurse specialist (INS) has advanced graduate education in nursing informatics or a related field and may hold ANCC certification in informatics whereas the informatics nurse is a nurse who works in informatics or has an interest in the area but does not have formal informatics preparation.
Chapter 2
-Computers are machines that process data under the direction of a program, or stored sequence of instructions.
The major hardware components of computers are input devices, the CPU, secondary storage, and output devices.
-The major categories of computers are supercomputers; mainframes; minicomputers; PCs or desktop systems; laptop or notebook computers; tablet computers; and handheld devices such as PDAs, the BlackBerry, iPod, and iPhone.
-Peripheral hardware items, such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, modem, and printer, help the user put data into the computer, read output, and communicate with other users.
-Networks are linked systems of computers. Local area networks, WANs, and the Internet are all types of computer networks.
-Networks may use various techonologies including cabling, radio signals, client-server, and thin client.
-In choosing a computer system, one must consider current and future information processing needs, budget, and human factors.
-Good ergonomics reduces physical discomforts and injury associated with computer use.
-Mobile and handheld computer techonolgy provide the promise of efficiency, improvements in the safety of care delivery, cost savings, and work redesign.
-Software is the set of instructions that make a computer run and control its resources. Operating systems, applicatios, utility programs, and programming languages are all types of software. Support personnel are essential to help people use PCs and information systems effectively and to maintain and upgrade hardware and software.