Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive resource that helps nursing students make sense of nursing informatics by illustrating how to use and apply knowledge situationally within their professional practice alongside the latest technologies and tools. A practical guide for understanding how to efficiently use modern technology in todays healthcare system, this award-winning nursing textbook teaches students how to acquire, process and disseminate knowledge. The authors use their unique Foundation of Knowledge Model throughout as an organizational structure by which to learn and teach nursing informatics. This comprehensive framework guides students through the basic building blocks of nursing informatics (nursing science, information science, computer science, cognitive science) before diving into the most current technologies, tools, and trends in nursing informatics.