Section I Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 1 Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge
Chapter 2 Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
Chapter 3 Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
Chapter 4 Introduction to Cognitive Science and Cognitive Informatics
Chapter 5 Ethical Applications of Informatics

Section II Perspectives on Nursing Informatics
Chapter 6 History and Evolution of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 7 Nursing Informatics as a specialty
Chapter 8 Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics: HITECH and HIPAA

Section III Nursing Informatics Administrative Applications: Precare and Care Support
Chapter 9 Systems Development Life Cycle: NI and Organizational Decision Making
Chapter 10 Administrative Information Systems
Chapter 11 The Human-Technology Interface
Chapter 12 Electronic Security
Chapter 13 Workflow and Beyond Meaningful Use

Section IV Nursing Informatics Practice Applications: Care Delivery
Chapter 14 The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics
Chapter 15 Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes
Chapter 16 Patient Engagement and Connected Health
Chapter 17 Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health
Chapter 18 Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth

Section V Education Applications of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 19 Nursing Informatics and Nursing Education
Chapter 20 Simulation, Game Mechanics and Virtual Worlds in Nursing Education

Section VI Research Applications of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 21 Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis
Chapter 22 Data Mining as a Research Tool
Chapter 23 Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice
Chapter 24 Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, and Computational Biology

Section VII Imagining the Future of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 25 The Art of Caring in Technology-Laden Environments
Chapter 26 Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge