Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nursing science and the foundation of knowledge / Kathleen Mastrian and Dee McGonigle -- Introduction to information, information science, and information systems / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Computer science and the foundation of knowledge model / June Kaminski -- Introduction to cognitive science and cognitive informatics / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Ethical applications of informatics / Kathleen Mastrian, Dee McGonigle, and Nedra Farcus -- Overview of nursing informatics / Nancy Staggers and Ramona Nelson -- Developing standardized terminologies to support nursing practice / Nickolas Hardiker -- Nursing informatics roles, competencies, and skills / Julie A. Kenney and Ida Androwich -- Information and knowledge needs of nurses in the 21st century / Lynn M. Nagle -- Legislative applications of nursing informatics: HITECH and HIPAA / Professional development and collaboration tools / Glenn Johnson and Jeff Swain.

Systems development life cycle: NI and organizational decision making / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Administrative information systems / original contribution by Marianela Zytkowski and Susan Pashke, updated for the second edition by dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Improving the human-technology interface / Judith A. Effken -- Information copyright and fair use and network security / Lisa Reeves Bertin -- Nursing informatics: improving workflow and meaningful use / Denise Hammel-Jones -- The electronic health record and clinical informatics / Emily B. Barey -- An insider's view of the utility of a clinical information system / Denise Tyler -- Telenursing and remote access telehealth / original contribution by Audrey Kinsella and Kathleen Albright with contributions by Sheldon Prial and Schuyler F. Hoss, updated for the second edition by Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Supporting consumer information and education needs / Kathleen Mastrian and Dee McGonigle -- Using informatics to promote community/population health / Margaret Ross Kraft and Ida Androwich -- Informatics tools to promote patient safety / Kathleen Mastrian and Dee McGonigle.

Nursing informatics and nursing education / Heather E. McKinney and Sylvia DeSantis -- Simulation in nursing informatics education / Nickolaus Miehl -- Games, simulations, and virtual worlds for educators / Brett Bixler -- Nursing research: data collection, processing, and analysis -- Translational research: generating evidence for practice / Jennifer Bredemeyer and Ida Androwich -- Bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and computational biology / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian -- Emerging technologies and the generation of knowledge / Peter J. Murray and W. Scott Erdley -- Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge / Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian.