Average is ALWAYS the sum/n; n = number of discrete values. If you think of it in terms of a moving submarine, the submarine goes down 17.21 meters, then goes up 7.90 meters. Final position is -9.31 meters. So on average he went down 4.655 meters per move.
So, with that being said I turn to McGonigle and Mastrian (2009) and their definition of Nursing Informatics which is the âcombination of nursing science, information science and computer science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practiceâ (p. 5).
Maas (2006) discussed the importance of these ini-. tiatives, which she described as the building blocks. of nursing practice theory, and noted that ârather. than debating the issues of definition, nursing will. be better served by focusing those energies on its. science and the translation of the science of nursing.