Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Informatics
Candra Panji Asmoro
Taken from : Ann Shepard, RNC, MSN
Director, Customer Support Services
Information Technology
Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines
Objectives
Introduce
Nursing Informatics
Certification for Nursing Informatics
Application of Nursing Informatics
Future of NI
Excellent clinicians
Technically curious and willing to try new
things
or did it?
The
First
Informatics
Nurse?
NI as a specialty
Disconnected
parts
Roles, titles, and responsibilities varied
Definitions similar, conceptual models
considered, research in varied directions, all
goodstandard languages
Panel assembled to help sort out the pieces
1. Definitions
1989Graves
1996Turley
in 1988
NCNR 1993
Reference available on line:
http://www.nih.gov/ninr/research/vol4/Overview.html
as a specialty in 1992
Defined NI, outlined roles and responsibilities
and developed standards for practice.
Certification for generalist
www.ana.org
ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center)
ANA today
2001,
focused
Conceptually focused
Role-Orientated
To order or for additional info on the booklet:
www.nursebooks.org (part of the ANA web site)
ANA (2001)p. 17
2. Certification
Began
in 1995
First computer based examable to take at
any time at any approved testing location
Knowledge expected of a NI generalist
Focus areas of knowledgefrom the NCNR
recommendations for focus
management strategies
Policies and procedures
Education and training
Communication
Vendor management
Customer expectations
Design process
Testing the system
Reviewing output of the systemreports
Measurement of pre-system goals
Less
Human Factors
Ergonomics
Right
Computer Technology
Understanding
Networks
Personal computers
Portable devices
Operating systems
Software
Information/Database
Management
Understand
Nomenclature/vocabulary
Taxonomies and Coding Schemes
ICD-P,
CPT
NANDA,
Theories
Nursing
Communication
Management Systems
Information
Computer
Behavioral
Change theory
Organizational behavior
Learning
of NI
Project Manager
Researcher
Educator
Consultant
Advocate/Policy Developer
Product Developer
Decision Support / Outcomes Manager
roles
Challenges
Thanks
References
American
National