DIGITAL HEALTH: INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING CONSUMERS AND PATIENTS

NURSING 564

Identification of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and development challenges. Examination of information systems used in clinical practice, information processing challenges and nurses' roles in the evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.

NURSING 764

Application of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and developmental challenges. Identification of information processing challenges and evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.

NURSING 438

Broad overview of how digital health, information, and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information for decision making, and support the expansion of knowledge for professional practice, with an emphasis on key considerations to ensure equitable, safe, high quality and efficient care across the care continuum.

COMARTS/JOURN/LSC 617

Examines the role of communication in health, how the revolution in information technology has affected health communication, and the assumptions about health information and communication that drive current efforts to use technologies.

NURSING 434

Builds on health and illness concepts by focusing on individuals, families, and communities recognizing their unique attributes. Concepts included: acid-base balance, cellular regulation, intracranial regulation, genomics, sexuality and reproduction, and an introduction to the organization of the community/public health system. Other core nursing concepts are revisited as they apply to the community as client or in complex care situations. The nursing process frames learning activities that foster understanding the nursing role in providing evidence-based care to individuals, families across the lifespan, and to communities experiencing related health and illness concerns in collaboration with an interprofessional team.