Computer science is the science of data processing (Collins English Dictionary). Nursing informatics is defined by the American Nursing Association as “a specialty that integrates nursing, computer science, and information sciences to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing. nursing practice” (ANA, 2008). Technology in the workplace has become one of the most talked about trends in nursing from the mid-1990s to today as the technology nurses see on the unit and in the community changes rapidly and even grows daily. Various technologies encompassing nursing informatics are a computerized scheduling system for assigning staff; patient safety monitoring; help patients use a device to participate in a research project; handheld computers for patient education; using online learning in nursing education; use of a hospital information system; find and use online network search. Technology has evolved with nursing practice, moving from handwriting in a patient's chart to checking a check mark on a computer system; Nursing documentation has evolved with the way nurses receive and retrieve current patient information. Technology helps our systems move from one unit viewing patient information to the goal of a country accessing the same database to ensure continuity of care for each patient. “By the late 1980s, most hospitals had at least a rudimentary information system that required nurses to enter routine data such as admission profiles and basic care requirements like diet , medications and treatments into a computer as part of their routine tasks. » (Kwantlen University, 2011). Every day, nurses learn new and exciting ways to do their jobs; transmit information and take care of their pait...... middle of paper ......BSCOhost.Murphy, J. (2010). Nursing informatics: the intersection of nursing, computer and information sciences. Economics of Nursing$, 28(3), 204-207. Taken from EBSCOhost. Scholes, M. and Barber, B. (1980). Towards nursing informatics. In DAD Lindberg & S. Kaihara (Eds.) MEDINFO: 1980. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland, 7-73. Taken from EBSCOhost. Scott, S. and Pollock, C. (2008). The role of nursing unit culture in shaping research utilization behaviors. Nursing and Health Research, 31(4), 298-309. Taken from EBSCOhost. Thompson, B. (2005). The transformative 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. Taken from EBSCOhost.