Geo-spatial Informatics in International Public Health Nursing Education

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This poster describes results of an undergraduate nursing informatics experience. Students applied geo-spatial methods to community assessments in two urban regions of New Zealand and the United States. Students used the Omaha System standardized language to code their observations during a brief community assessment activity and entered their data into a mapping program developed in Esri ArcGIS Online, a geographic information system. Results will be displayed in tables and maps to allow comparison among the communities. The next generation of nurses can employ geo-spatial informatics methods to contribute to innovative community assessment, planning and policy development.

Medical Subject Headings

Education, Nursing (organization & administration); Geographic Information Systems (organization & administration); Geography, Medical (methods, organization & administration); International Educational Exchange; New Zealand; Nurses, Public Health (education); Public Health Nursing (methods, organization & administration); Standardized Nursing Terminology; United States

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Studies in health technology and informatics

E-ISSN

1879-8365

Volume

225

First Page

983

Last Page

4

PubMed ID

27332443

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