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Nursing Information Systems

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Nursing and Computers

Part of the book series: Computers and Medicine ((C+M))

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Computers—mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers—have effected marked change in the health care industry and particularly the nursing profession. Computers are becoming a part of our everyday existence and are influencing “man” by their human-like characteristics.

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  1. Virginia K. Saba
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Nursing, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 20007, USA

    Virginia K. Saba RN, EdD

  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA

    Karen A. Rieder Capt, NC, USN (Director, Resource Analysis and Management Systems) (Director, Resource Analysis and Management Systems)

  3. Health Systems Specialist, Composite Health Care Systems, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20307, USA

    Dorothy B. Pocklington RN, MSN

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Saba, V.K. (1989). Nursing Information Systems. In: Saba, V.K., Rieder, K.A., Pocklington, D.B. (eds) Nursing and Computers. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3622-1_1

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