Informatics is the science of data processing (Collins English Dictionary). Nursing informatics is defined by the American Nursing Association as “a specialty that integrates nursing science, informatics, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice” (ANA, 2008). Technology in the workplace has become one of the most talked about nursing trends from the mid-1990s to today as the technology nurses see on the unit and in the community changes rapidly and also grows every day. Various technologies that comprise nursing informatics are computer-based scheduling systems for assigning staff; patient safety monitoring; help patients use a device to participate in a research project; Laptop computers for patient education; use online learning in nursing education; use of a hospital information system; find and use search on an online network. Technology has evolved with nursing practice, moving from handwritten charts in patient records to tick charts on a computer system; Nursing documentation has evolved along with how nurses receive and retrieve current information from patients. The technology helps our systems grow from a single unit receiving patient information to the goal of a country accessing the same database to provide continuity of care for each patient. “By the late 1980s, most hospitals had at least a rudimentary information system that required nurses to enter common data such as admission profiles and basic care requirements such as diet, medications and treatments into a computer as part of their routine tasks” (Kwantlen University, 2011). Every day nurses learn new and interesting ways to do their jobs; transmit information and care for your patient...... middle of paper......BSCOhost.Murphy, J. (2010). Nursing Informatics: The Intersection of Nursing, Informatics, and Information Sciences. Nursing Economics$, 28(3), 204-207. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Scholes, M. & Barber, B. (1980). Towards nursing informatics. In DAD Lindberg & S. Kaihara (eds.) MEDINFO: 1980. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland, 7-73. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Scott, S., & Pollock, C. (2008). The role of nursing unit culture in shaping research use behaviors. Research in Nursing and Health, 31(4), 298-309. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Thompson, B. (2005). The transforming effect of handheld computers on nursing practice. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 29(4), 308-314. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Zurmehly, J. (2010). Personal digital assistants (PDAs): review and evaluation. Perspectives on Nursing Education, 31(3), 179-182. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.