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