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).
Just as nursing theory embraces many different viewpoints, we, as nurses can embrace some or all of each theory. Why all this theory study is important as a nursing student is because it helps you understand the career you have chosen, its vibrancy, its motivation, its fluidity. With this input you can form your own concept of what it means to be a nurse and how you will use that concept to provide the best, the safest, the most respectful patient care.