Informatics: Combining Nursing Skills with Information Technology

CT UR- MATICS: COMBINING NURSING SKILLS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Nursing informatics is a rapidly growing sector of the healthcare industry. Nursing informatics specialists combine nursing skills with information technology in order to improve patient care. In a survey of nursing informatics, 20% 57% report having 1-5 years of clinical bedside report they are satisfied to highly satisfied with their jobs experience 60% of nursing informatics specialists have a post-graduate degree 81% 28 report they are satisfied to highly satisfied with their career decision Ensksolene er handvris of nursing informatics specialists have a post-graduate degree in informatics 30% The average salary for nursing informatics specialists in 2014: This has doubled since 2011 $100,717 of healthcare organizations currently have nursing informatics specialists Nursing Informatics Specialists serve as: Communication and IT developers Educators Researchers > Chief nursing officers + Software engineers Implementation consultants > Policy developers Nursing Informatics Specialists: Develop standards to support evidence- based practice, research, and education Communicate new Devise standards for national data infrastructure data to be put into practice Support safe patient-centered care by using information retrieval and Use technology- Envision, design, and manage new ways to apply technology to healthcare based methods of communication to address work flow processing effectively needs It is recommended that ALL nurses have basic training in these informatics areas: INFORMATION LITERACY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BASIC COMPUTER COMPETENCE > Using the computer and managing files - → Word Processing > Spreadsheets - > Using Databases > Identify information needed for a specific purpose + Locate pertinent information + Evaluate the information Collect data > Process data + Communicate processed data as knowledge - + Presentation + Apply it correctly - → Web Browsing and Communication Sources: NursingSchoolHub.com ojni.org/issues ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC344585 amia.org/programs/working-groups/nursing-informatics thetigerinitiative.org/docs/TigerReport_InformaticsCompetencies_000.pdf healthcareitnews.com/news/nursing-informatics-adds-value-healthcare-transforming hitconsultant.net/2014/02/25/infographic-2014-nursing-informatics-workforce-survey eweek.com/it-management/nursing-informatics-specialists-play-bigger-role-in-health-it.html DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING