DIGITAL Health FOUNDATIONS IN NURSING INFORMATICS & CLINICAL AI: Mastering Data, Decision Support, and AI Tools for Patient-Centered Care

Technology is now part of every nursing decision, documentation workflow, and patient safety conversation. Digital Health Foundations in Nursing Informatics & Clinical AI gives students, practicing nurses, and emerging nurse informaticists a clear pathway into the systems, standards, workflows, and intelligent technologies shaping modern care. From electronic health records and interoperability to telehealth, analytics, cybersecurity, and AI-enabled clinical decision support, this textbook connects technical concepts to the real responsibilities of nursing practice. Rather than treating technology as a separate topic, this book presents informatics as a core nursing competency. It explains how clinical data becomes usable knowledge, how digital platforms affect patient safety, and how nurses can engage with artificial intelligence while preserving professional judgment, ethical responsibility, and human connection. Inside, you will learn how digital systems influence documentation, quality improvement, medication safety, patient privacy, remote care, and leadership. The book also examines predictive alerts, ambient documentation, robotics, population dashboards, genomic informatics, implementation planning, and algorithmic governance in language designed for serious healthcare learners. - Build a strong foundation in nursing informatics, digital care delivery, and health technology systems.- Understand EHR documentation, clinical terminologies, interoperability, and health information exchange.- Explore telehealth, remote monitoring, mobile health, wearables, and consumer-facing platforms.- Strengthen your knowledge of analytics, quality reporting, population health, and data-driven improvement.- Evaluate clinical AI tools with attention to safety, bias, transparency, ethics, and professional judgment.- Apply cybersecurity, privacy, regulatory, and governance principles to technology-enabled nursing practice.- Prepare for leadership roles in digital transformation, implementation, quality improvement, and innovation. If you want a professional, clinically grounded guide to nursing informatics and AI in modern healthcare, this book is designed to help you study, teach, practice, and lead with confidence.