Health Informatics for Advanced Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on nursing and healthcare informatics and their technological applications in healthcare. Specifically, it will emphasize using technology with an interprofessional team to improve patient care and safety. This course will demonstrate effective approaches to health care delivery using health information technology. The framework for this course utilizes a nursing informatics model that is comprised of three core domains: point-of-care technology, data management and analytics, and patient safety and quality. Students will develop their nursing informatics knowledge and skills through reading, discussions, case studies, exploration and utilization of electronic modalities. While targeted primarily for the nursing arena, this course is also of value in most health-related professions and disciplines.