Essays on Information Science

Importance of Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

Introduction One of the key factors for effective decision-making for nurses and other healthcare practitioners is information. It is also integral to the quality improvement of the practice of nursing. In most of the activities of nurses such as from assessing the health care needs of patients up to the developing of health care plans, information acquisition and evaluation is required. Information is also involved in the communication patients regarding the information to and from the other health care practitioners (Canadian Nurses Association np). Lastly, information is also involved in the analysis of the staff’s work as well ...

Critical Analysis of the Three Main Theories of Learning and Their Relevance to Adults in Higher Education

Over the years of teaching practice, scholars and researchers from different areas of pedagogy, psychology, and philosophy have revealed the most effective theories and methods of teaching. Behaviorist, cognitive, and constructivist theories are considered to be the most efficient and productive learning approaches. The use of these theories in education helps teaching experience to gain the important ideas that fully meet the objectives of education of an active and mature personality. Hence, the selection of the optimal theory, or their mixing, aims at improving the learning process, making it more effective. This efficiency is due to the received result, ...

Introduction

Knowledge management for years has been a significant concept to many organizations. The effects of the concept are far reaching such that they help to be more competent thus becoming significantly effective participants in the global knowledge economy. The concept also enables organizations to be more competitive as knowledge leaders while also gifting an organization to be a competitive knowledge-driven entity. Knowledge management in hindsight enhances the ability of any organization to adapt, solve emerging problems, to survive destabilizing factors such as staff turnover and also to evolve in the bid to meet new business requirements. The concept, in ...

Introduction

MacJob is a loose term used to refer to the low paying as well as low prestige jobs that do not demand high skills and has little chance of career growth and advancement. Notably, the term was coined from the fast food giant MacDonald. As such, the term does not take into account the type of employer but the fact that the job is low paying and requires little-specialized skills. Owing to the emergence of technology, these types of jobs are highly growing and replacing the skilled labor across all the industries due to low costs involved in hiring ...

The current advancement of technology has already became an important factor in healthcare. As a matter of fact, nurses have already been involved in the purchasing, designing, and even implementing of various information technology programs in health care. Nursing informatics is commonly known as the combination of three sciences namely nursing science, information science, and computer science. This branch of science is specifically used by nurses for the management and analysis of data into knowledge (Murphy, 2010). Despite the presence of nursing informatics as a branch of science for three decades, there are still numerous definitions for it. Some ...

22nd of April 2016

Globalization of information processes based on the latest technologies has changed many forms of human existence, but the biggest transformation has occurred in the structure and media system. The main source of information for most people have become electronic media and mainly - TV. All of them now propagate pop-culture. Popular culture has many scientific definitions. However, they all agree on one thing: pop-culture is a unity of widespread cultural elements in any society. Pop culture now includes music, film and animation, literature, the media (including comic books and the Internet), fashion, cooking, advertising, sports, tourism, and many other ...

Introduction

A visual material can refer to various elements within the electronic sector. Such elements considered as visual materials are photographs, paintings, drawings, designs and even prints (Sharma, 2006). Others include films, video and cartoons. Either, analysts argue that the three dimensional art works that include elements such as sculptures or any other architectural that can possibly be categorized as fine art can also be considered to be a visual material. There are also documentary recordings that are also considered to be of visual in nature. Analysts argue that there are those visual materials that are most like to be one ...

Public health informatics (PHI) denotes the logical application of computer science, information, as well as technology to the practice of public health, learning, and research (O'Carroll, 2013). PHI is an interdisciplinary vocation that uses engineering, mathematics, information science, as well as related social sciences to significant public health processes and problems.

The field of informatics has been applied and is significant in the components of public health involving public health surveillance, nursing, environmental health, emergency response, and administration. Public health informatics has provided methods or techniques for attaining goals of public health in a ...

BULLETS 1 to 3: .Any findings can then be used to fill in the gaps that may exist in the extended use of Australian public libraries by traditional and techie users. The reason I chose this project is apparently due to the technological breakthroughs (e.g., Internet, cloud computing, ...

Healthcare is a dynamic sector and continues to experiences changes that aim at offering better service to the citizens. There are changing trends that health organizations need to put into consideration when they are formulating policies in the state, local and national level. The policies formulated at of these levels determine the effectiveness and efficiency of care that the patients receive. The future seems to have many transformations in healthcare. The current formulation and implementation of Affordable Care Act represent many changes that are yet to come to the healthcare industry.

The healthcare reimbursement program is due for a reboot because ...

Annotated Bibliography for Saudi Students Studying Abroad

Study Abroad and Intellectual Development Cressey, W. W. (2004). Guide to studying abroad. New York: Random House. The interesting questions I will research are how studying abroad will contribute to a Saudi Arabia’s industry, education, and economy. According to Cressey’s book “Guide to studying abroad” (2004), it is actually recommended to study abroad while in university as this not only opens students eyes to life overseas but also provides job networking opportunities that are not available in one’s home country. Cressey also comments that studying abroad can also be a life changing experience and that students ...

The two first chapters of the two books focus on the role that libraries play in the development of the society and put a historical perspective on the development of libraries since the invention of record keeping to the present day age. Through these four chapters, I have been able to have an important insight on the history of library and information management, and how the developments in the area are relevant to my professional conduct in the field of library science. I have also learnt the role that libraries have played and continue to play in the development of ...

Nike

The Nike Company first came into operation in the year 1969 as a developer, marketer and distributor of footwear, apparel accessories among other services. It was one of the leading producers and sellers of the various sporting apparel and footwear among other valuable commodities. It however majored in the production of athletics footwear unlike all the other sports. The company also sold a line of other valuable commodities under the Nike brand. Some of these other valuables included bags, socks gloves to mention but a few of the equipment that go hand in hand with sporting activities. The company’s mission is ...

An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for

Brisbane City Council Library Services Collection Development for Library Services and Course Number 3. Initial ESL Collection Development The “Success in Reading English: An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for Brisbane City Council Library Services (BCCLS)” is our group proposed library collection project. As part of the detailed overview and discussion of the library and information services, the context in which we anchor our initial ESL collection development is at the city of Brisbane Queensland, primarily; and secondarily, the online community. Brisbane, as Australia’s largest local government, has to serve its more than two million ...

Nursing informatics (NI) is the integration of computer science, healthcare science cognitive science and information science to assist in addressing the management and study healthcare information. As a system, it maintains method or order as it is a synchronized array of working organisms or elements (Ghoshal, 2005, p. 78). Nursing informatics uses both scientific data and a system process as. Science on the other hand is basically a methodical acquirement of knowledge especially that which can be correctly measured. Nursing Informatics functions just like the body system which uses systems such as respiratory, cardiovascular and others that do not operate independently. There are ...

Librarians play a key role in education. Librarians form relationships with subject specialists to build collections in the library to sustain classroom instructions. They provide instruction in the form of classes on library skills and conduct library instructional orientations sessions to assist students on class researches. Changes in technology with the use of electronically stored and retrieved information bring change to patrons and students on the access and use of information; the scheme on digital information changes the librarian as merely an “information providers or keepers of knowledge” to “knowledge navigators or information literacy instructors.”

Roles of information Professionals and Missions of Libraries

Through the fast development of ...

The Evolution and the Future Prospect of Information Technology Strategy

Abstract The use of information technology globally has advanced globally. There have been major developments in this industry over the past decades. Currently, there are strategies in place which are concerned about how IT will be of greater use today and much greater in the future. With this, the need to ensure that the technology is accessible and affordable to the populations while accountability is in place, strategies to oversee the developments come in handy. This article analyses and discusses the strategies that had been in place in the last two decades, the currently existing strategies while looking ...

PART 1 – E portfolio for Future Librarian

I am a dynamic and highly motivated professional librarian with a keen interest to serve as a university librarian. I have pertinent skills such as interpersonal organisation, proficiency in database management and spreadsheets, and technical skills that can make me serve my duties as a librarian with full potential.

2- A personal professional development program for the next 2-5 years.

I would like to work in University library in a school community where I can uphold the principles of life long learning through the implementation of current and future trends in library sciences. I have a desire to work as a librarian while at the same time pursuing a doctorate degree in Library Sciences from a recognised institution. I ...

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This paper seeks to explain the views by the various literatures about the value of information. Information as seen exhibits some characteristics which include expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable and diffusible and as such this paper will explain the characteristics of information. Information in the economy is considered a distinctive good and its unique features can be seen in the basic consideration of costs. The paper will explain the explain information as an economic good and the paradoxes that are brought about by the analysis of the economy. Also information services are regarded as a public good as most of its qualities ...

Whenever someone writes any original work, whether in art, science, education, or technology, the automatically own the copyright to their work. Copyright is therefore a protection provided to original authors of all types of literary works whether published or unpublished. It is protected by law in all constitutions. Copyright prevents work from being stolen, misused, or otherwise published without the owner’s permission. It protects the physical and written expression of creative ideas. Since copyright is a property, it can be transferred ownership often through sale. It is therefore important to differentiate ownership and copyright (Wang Mei-Hung, et al, 6). A ...

Introduction

Since the onset of the fiber optic technology, communication barriers have been broken and the virtualization of teams has been possible. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the significance of virtual teams and their management in software development. The paper defines virtual teams and discusses their importance, their types, and the tools used by them for collaboration. It also analyzes the challenges faced by these teams in terms of management, collaboration, and coordination. The various virtual platforms used by these teams, such as cloud computing, are discussed. A secondary literature analysis is conducted to understand the role ...

Information science is that branch of science concerned with the storage and reclamation of information with the aim that it can be useful at a time in the future. Over time, the art of information collection and storage has evolved to be the scientific field that we know of today. It has become a professional discipline. 2. A multitude of information sciences? Information science is a broad term used to describe various disciplines concerned with the management of information. A good example is Information technology (IT) which is concerned with the use of electronic means to store, retrieve and manipulate ...

Re: Career research assignment

The main purpose of this assignment is to present the findings of the research I have done concerning the career that I can comfortably work in. It has three sections Career decision-making is one of the most important decisions that one has to make in a lifetime. The career that one makes will determine the work that someone will engage in their entire lifetime. Some of the factors that need to be considered when making career decisions include assessing what one values in life. The assessment criteria will include factors like what one likes to do and if a career is ...