Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals (5th Edition) 5th Edition

I use this book for my informatics nursing course. I really like that it is easy to read (not too technical, which is nice if you are not necessarily trying to be an IT nurse) and the information that it contains is a good starting point if you want to get into the field. Great reference book. Highly recommended!

The book is simple to understand,and yet complex in nature.The information can easily be understood by a novice like me.It give me the basic foundation for me to grow. I really really like it. One of the authors happen to be my tutor and she is a great teacher.She let informatics comes alive and let me love the subject.

Very helpful handbook to have on hand

This book was used for my senior level nursing informatics course. It served the purpose and covered all of the topics required to pass the exams. It helped that my professor used the slides the authors provided. There were a few things I did not like about the text that made it a difficult read. For starters, the authors use WAY too many abbreviations. I get that all the agencies and programs they are describing in healthcare have abbreviations that stand for something more (for example HIPPA, HITECH act, ACA, etc.), but this book goes overboard. I swear there were some paragraphs that had so many I forgot what I was reading about! I had to go back numerous times to remember what each one stood for, and honestly, they could have gotten the point across without so much unnecessary detail. Second, the unnecessary detail itself was a problem. I don't need the complex history of how each law or regulation evolved since 1900- while a little bit of history can add context, this just seemed to be a list of useless facts that made the reading longer and more complex than needed. Finally, as I always state about nursing texts, I absolutely HATE when authors of a textbook use APA to cite references. APA is bulky and makes reading through the material more difficult. It was hard to discern what was material I may be tested on and what was just references being listed (which are necessary for proper citation, but let's be honest most students don't care about.) I wish the authors of textbooks would realize this and save students the headache!

Overall it was an excellent resource for my class!! Also, I received it in a timely manner. I gave it a 4star due to the condition of the book...

I wish I learned how rest out is to rent text books sooner. The book was in great condition, it was exactly what I needed and it was delivered right on time. I will continue to rent books from Amazon as long as they have them.

This book was very informative for my class. Worked out perfect, easy read. I was not looking forward to this class but book was well written and easy to understand.

Great source. It was a required text needed for my very first bioinformatics class. It was easy to maneuver and very helpful information. I loved that I could rent it and will be renting it again for my Capstone class.