Nursing informatics is a specialty area of nursing practice dedicated to the optimal use of technology to support professional practice and optimal client outcomes. Which of the following is a significant obstacle to the collection of nursing data?
a. Canada Health Infoway
b. The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)® lacks unified terminology for recording nursing practice
c. Lack of evidence-based practices for health information
d. The absence of universally accepted methods for defining and coding nursing contributions to health outcomes
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A The Canada Health Infoway is an incorporated national body with the mandate to generate consensus on health information standards and to drive forward a national agenda of creating an electronic health record (EHR), and to act as the liaison to international standards and development organizations. The Canada Health Infoway is not an obstacle to collecting nursing data.
B The ICNP® was developed by the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The ICNP comprises seven axes with associated terms for describing nursing practice and is the only unified international terminology for recording nursing practice. The ICNP is not an obstacle to collecting nursing data.
C Lack of evidence-based practices is not an obstacle to the collection of nursing data. As health care systems respond to an increasingly complex technological environment, long-standing routines and tools are being superseded by strategic, evidence-based practices that demand high-quality, timely health information.
D Despite the escalation of technology in health care and the recognition of nursing informatics, persistent absence of universally accepted methods for defining and coding nursing contributions to health outcomes is a significant obstacle to the collection of nursing data.
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