METASTRUCTURES OF NURSING INFORMATICS
INFORMATION
Information can be recorded as
signs, or transmitted as
signals.
Information is any kind of
event that affects the state
of a dynamic system
It is interpreted and analyze
Examples
BP reading and Lab analysis
KNOWLEDGE
a familiarity with someone or
something, which can include
facts, information, descriptio
ns, or skills acquired through
experience or education. It
can refer to the theoretical
or practical understanding of
a subject
WISDOM
a deep understanding and
realization of
people, things, events or
situations, resulting in the
ability to apply
perceptions, judgements and
actions in keeping with this
understanding
DATA
Data are typically the results
of measurements and can be
visualised using graphs or
images.
lowest level of abstraction
from which information and
then knowledge are derived
DescriptionMetastructure
Metastructures of nursing informatics
Data
Characters, num
bers, facts
Measurable
No
interpretation, no
meaning, observable
InformationWith
interpretation, organized, analyzed, knowledge
acquired
DescriptionMetastructure
Metastructure
Knowledge
Learned through
education, awareness
of
understanding, synthes
is of information
Undergone synthesis
and process
What is know and
understood
Wisdom
Application of
knowledge with
insight to manage and
solve problems, sense
of judgment