Advanced Concepts in Clinical Nursing Informatics

Catalog description

An exploration of clinical informatics tools to support informatics practice. NURS 460 Advanced Concepts in Clinical Nursing Informatics (3) Advanced Concepts in Clinical Nursing Informatics prepares nurses to support, promote, and assist in the implementation and efficient and safe use of informatics tools in the fast-paced, technology rich clinical healthcare environment. Students will explore electronic health records, clinical decision support tools, database management and data mining, patient safety technologies, and the clinical workflow implications and meaningful use of each. Students will learn principles of health care organizational culture, change theory, and the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to prepare them to assist with project management as informatics tools are introduced in the clinical environment. The use of informatics tools to support knowledge management in an organization is also emphasized. Students will discover the benefits and barriers of Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the promotion of public health. Finally, students will discover the competencies, skills, roles, and standards of informatics nursing practice.