INTRO TO NURSING INFORMATICS

This elective course provides the student with the opportunity to explore nursing informatics and technology applications in healthcare with emphasis on preparing entry level nurses with basic nursing informatics competencies. A brief history and evolution of health care technology, selected concepts, theories and models related to healthcare information systems, current systems and their uses, with emphasis on quality and safety in delivering patient care, and trends and future directions in implementing healthcare information systems will be introduced. Knowledge and skill in information processing and data management, professional roles, competencies, and skills of an informatics nurse as a project team member, and a systems design model will also be addressed.