How do computers and nursing informatics improve patient care? (Select all that apply.)
1. Learning more about best practices
2. Acting as a monitor to protect patient safety
3. Providing easy access to new knowledge
4. Delivering hands-on care
5. Using critical thinking to plan care
ANS: 1, 2, 3
Computers improve access to information regarding best practices and promote networking of nurses to maintain best practices. They are also excellent at monitoring, whether monitoring patient vital signs or monitoring nursing documentation, to improve patient safety. There is so much information available quickly on the Internet that providing access to new information is perhaps one of the computer's greatest strengths.
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