Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 7: Advanced Technology and Information Systems

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
http://www.amia.org/
Find the Nursing Informatics Working Group of the AMIA at this website. It provides information on advance nursing informatics as part of health informatics, the definitions and standards of NI practice, and the role of the informatics nurse.

American Nursing Informatics Association
http://www.ania.org/
Provides information on career opportunities, continuing education, and discussion forums

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/
Follow the links to the nursing informatics (NI) special interest group of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), with information about the development of nursing informatics, research, and the roles of the informatics nurse.

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
http://www.nanda.org/
Offers information on NANDA programs and resources, nursing diagnosis submission, and membership.

The Omaha System
http://www.omahasystem.org/
Provides information and resources about the Omaha System, case studies, and conference information.

University of Iowa College of Nursing
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/
Search for the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) page, which offers an overview of NIC, a newsletter, labels and definitions, and publications on NIC.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
Go to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health for descriptions of the latest in medical technologies, client safety, and research medical devices.