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Arguments in support of visualization in
nursing |
| 1. |
The increased availability of computers in
clinical areas means that the hardware resources may already exist
in many locations. |
| 2. |
The graphical representation of nursing
would present a major challenge. If this is not explored is there
a danger that nursing will be left behind, as other professional
groups take advantage of visualization? (Or is multidisciplinary
and collaborative working so pervasive that nursing will be
dragged along with the masses?) |
| 3. |
If nursing is information intensive, which
it undoubtedly is, then graphical representation of aspects of
nursing may help reduce the information processing burden for
nurses (not the computers). |
| 4. |
The maturation and combination of mobile
computing, webmedia, multimedia, object technology and artificial
intelligence must surely support visualization research in nursing
informatics. |
| 5. |
Visual tools and components can help
maintain secure systems. |
| 6. |
There will be benefits for patient care. |
| 7. |
There is more to visualization than
'zetabyte' volumes of data. Pattern for example? Where are nursing's
patterns? Do new approaches beckon?
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| 8. |
In all areas of health care,
risk management - in both senses, i.e., clinical and management - is
crucial to the organisation and integrity of health care
practitioners. Risk management in whatever field relies on
effective, efficient data/information gathering, validation,
processing, storage, retrieval and reporting. Is there really no
role for visualization in nursing, a resource which may help achieve
more effective risk management? |
