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What year did the ANA approve nursing informatics as a new nursing specialty?
Which of the following is NOT a competency in the TIGER Nursing Informatics Competencies Model?
At which level of nursing informatics practice would a nurse be classified as an Informatics Nurse Specialist?
In what decade did nursing professionals become involved in the purchase, design, and implementation of information systems?
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What is the primary focus of nursing informatics as a specialty?
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What is one of the main focuses of Nursing Informatics?
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Which of the following is NOT a standard of professional performance for nursing informatics?
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What does the integration of ergonomics and human-computer interaction principles improve in nursing informatics?
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Which functional area of Nursing Informatics focuses on the development of systems and resources?
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Which of the following tasks is part of the Evaluation stage in nursing informatics practice?
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Which of the following roles is associated with nursing informatics practice?
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What is a key component of Nursing Informatics that distinguishes nursing practices?
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Which of the following is a component of the scope and standards of nursing informatics practice?
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What role do nurses certified in Nursing Informatics (NI) primarily serve in healthcare settings?
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of Nursing Informatics to an organization?
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Which certification option requires a candidate to have at least 2 years of recent nursing experience?
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What is a requirement for becoming certified through HIMSS?
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What is one responsibility of nurses certified in Nursing Informatics?
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What is one of the primary responsibilities of a project manager in nursing informatics?
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Which skill is NOT essential for a nursing informatics consultant?
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What role involves creating new informatics and clinical knowledge?
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Which of the following responsibilities does the advocate/policy developer role NOT include?
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In the decision support/outcomes manager role, what is a key focus?
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What competency is required for an INS in the product developer role?
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Which role is primarily responsible for educating end users about informatics systems?
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Which role serves as a link between nursing and information services?
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Study Notes
Nursing Informatics as a Specialty
- An established and evolving specialty approved by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1992
- Integrates nursing science with information and analytical sciences to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice
- Focuses on representing nursing data, information, and knowledge
TIGER Nursing Informatic Competencies Model
- Basic Computer Skills
- Information Literacy
- Information Management
NI Specialty Levels
- Level 1 – Beginning Nurse
- Level 2 – Experienced Nurse Competencies
- Level 3 – Informatics Nurse Specialist
- Level 4 – Informatics Innovator
Nursing Contributions to Healthcare Informatics
- Involved in the purchase, design, and implementation of information systems (ISs) since the 1970s
- Instrumental in developing, critiquing, and promoting standard nursing terminologies to be used in IS
- Played a major role in the design of educational materials for nurses, students, healthcare workers, and patients
Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice
- Focuses on representing nursing data, information, and knowledge
- Provides a nursing perspective
- Showcases nursing values and beliefs
- Provides a foundation for nurses in NI
- Produces unique knowledge
- Distinguishes groups of practitioners
- Emphasizes the interest for nursing
- Provides needed nursing language and word context
- Meets the needs for health informatics (ANS, 2008, Brennan, 1994)
3 Overarching Standards of Practice (ANA, 2008)
- Incorporate theories, principles, and concepts from appropriate sciences into informatics practices
- Integrate ergonomics and human-computer interaction (HCI) principles into informatics solution, design, development, selection, implementation, and evaluation
- Systematically determine the social, legal, and ethical impact of informatics solutions within nursing and healthcare
Standards of Professional Practice for Nursing Informatics
- Assessment
- Diagnosis, Problems, and Issues Identification
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
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Implementation
- Coordination of Activities
- Health teaching and Health Promotion
- Consultation
- Evaluation
Standards of Professional Performance for Nursing Informatics
- Ethics
- Education
- Evidenced-based Practice and Research
- Quality of Practice
- Communication
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Professional Practice & Evaluation
- Resource Utilization
- Environmental Health
Functional Areas of NI (ANA, 2015)
- Administration, leadership, and management
- System analysis and design
- Compliance and integrity management
- Consultation
- Coordination, facilitation, and integration
- Development of systems, products, and resources
- Educational and professional development
- Genetics and genomics
- Information management/operational architecture
- Policy development and advocacy
- Quality and performance improvement
- Research and evaluation
- Safety, security, and environmental health
Roles and Competencies of Nursing Informatics Practice
- Project Manager - responsible for the planning and implementation of informatics projects
- Consultant - provides expert advice and recommendations based on their area of expertise in informatics
- Educator - develops and implements educational materials and sessions to educate users about clinical informatics systems
- Researcher - conducts research in informatics to create new informatics and clinical knowledge
- Product Developer - participates in the design, production, and marketing of new informatics solutions
- Decision Support / Outcomes Manager - uses tools to maintain data integrity and reliability and contributes to the development of a nursing knowledge base
- Advocate/Policy Developer - advocates for patients and healthcare systems and develops the infrastructure of health policy
- Clinical Analyst/System Specialist - serves as a link between nursing and information services in healthcare organizations
- Entrepreneur - combines their passion, skills, and knowledge to develop business ideas by analyzing nursing information needs
Nurses Certified in NI (TIGER)
- Skilled in the analysis, design, and implementation of information systems that support nursing
- Function as translators between nurse clinicians and information technology personnel
- Ensure that information systems capture critical nursing information
Specialized Nurses Add Value to an Organization By:
- Increasing the accuracy and completeness of nursing documentation
- Improving the nurse's workflow
- Eliminating redundant documentation
- Automating the collection and reuse of nursing data
- Facilitating the analysis of clinical data, including Joint Commission indicators, Core Measures, federal or state mandated data, and facility-specific data
Future of Nursing Informatics: Specialty Education and Certification
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Two certification options:
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American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Licensed RN-BSN
- 2 years of recent experience
- 30 hours of continuing education in informatics
- Meet one of the following criteria:
- 2,000 hours practicing as an informatics nurse
- 1,000 hours practicing as an informatics nurse and 12 semester hours of graduate academic credit towards a degree or completion of an NI degree that includes 200 supervised practicum hours
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Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Any Candidate Qualifications:
- Must hold positions in the following fields: administration/management; clinical IS, e-health, IS, or management engineering.
- Any Candidate Qualifications:
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American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
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This quiz explores the specialty of Nursing Informatics, including its history, competencies, and the contributions of nurses to healthcare informatics. Learn about the levels of informatics specialization and the key skills required for practicing nursing informatics today.
