Metastructures, concepts, and tools of nursing informatics -- Functional areas of nursing informatics -- Evolution of informatics competencies -- Informatics competencies : spanning careers and roles -- Preparation for nursing informatics specialty practice -- Ethics in nursing informatics -- The future of nursing informatics -- Trends in regulatory changes and quality standards -- Trends in care delivery models and innovation -- Significance of the standards -- Standards practice for nursing informatics -- Standards of professional performance for nursing informatics.