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Nursing Needs Big Data and Big Data Needs Nursing

Brennan, Patricia Flatley, Bakken, Suzanne·2015·Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Abstract

PURPOSE: Contemporary big data initiatives in health care will benefit from greater integration with nursing science and nursing practice; in turn, nursing science and nursing practice has much to gain from the data science initiatives. Big data arises secondary to scholarly inquiry (e.g., -omics) and everyday observations like cardiac flow sensors or Twitter feeds. Data science methods that are emerging ensure that these data be leveraged to improve patient care. ORGANIZING CONSTRUCT: Big data encompasses data that exceed human comprehension, that exist at a volume unmanageable by standard computer systems, that arrive at a velocity not under the control of the investigator and possess a level of imprecision not found in traditional inquiry. Data science methods are emerging to manage and gain insights from big data. METHODS: The primary methods included investigation of emerging federal big data initiatives, and exploration of exemplars from nursing informatics research to benchmark where nursing is already poised to participate in the big data revolution. We provide observations and reflections on experiences in the emerging big data initiatives. CONCLUSIONS: Existing approaches to large data set analysis provide a necessary but not sufficient foundation for nursing to participate in the big data revolution. Nursing's Social Policy Statement guides a principled, ethical perspective on big data and data science. There are implications for basic and advanced practice clinical nurses in practice, for the nurse scientist who collaborates with data scientists, and for the nurse data scientist. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Big data and data science has the potential to provide greater richness in understanding patient phenomena and in tailoring interventional strategies that are personalized to the patient.

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Authors
Brennan, P. F., & Bakken, S.
Affiliations
  • <i>Beta Eta at large</i>, Lillian S. Moehlman‐Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison WI USA
  • <i>Alpha Eta</i>, The Alumni Professor of Nursing an Professor of Biomedical Informatics Columbia University New York NY USA
Venue
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-08-19
Volume
47
Issue
5
Pages
477-484
ISSN
  • 0363-2792 (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-6546
  • 1547-5069
OpenAlex
W1518948029
Cited by
199
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 1
FWCI
47.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Nursing Scholarship (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1343969)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01HS02254, R01HS02296)
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR14430)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Big Data Technologies and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
Keywords
big data, data science, nursing science, nursing informatics, nurse researchers, individualized care, nursing practice, big data ethics
MeSH terms
Humans, Nursing Research, Nursing Informatics, Data Mining

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