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Nurses interested in having a positive impact on the development of the information processing aspects of their profession are faced with the formidable task of keeping up with a body of knowledge that becomes quickly outdated. “State-of-the-art” technology changes with meteoric haste. The slightest lapse in an individual’s monitoring of new technological developments can result in one’s knowledge being historical.
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Singer, J. P. 1971. “Hospital computer systems: Myths and realities.” Hospital Topics 49 (January).
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Hannah, K.J., Ball, M.J., Edwards, M.J.A. (1994). Roles of Nurses in Health Informatics. In: Introduction to Nursing Informatics. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2246-8_17
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