Informatics Discussion

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Technology is essential in education and nursing in today’s dynamic health systems. As a result, it appears necessary to investigate the role of nurses and emphasize the importance of appropriate information technology educational programs to integrate with the ever-increasing pace of technology. A review was conducted, with an extensive literature search in databases and a library search focused on the keywords. The selection criteria centered on nursing informatics and the importance of expertise in effectively using information technology in all aspects of the nursing profession. The critical elements of nursing informatics implementation were considered in assessing emerging technologies such as healthcare promotion, advanced systems, the internet, and the network. Given the nature and evolution of the information age, all categories of nurses must receive the necessary IT training. Due to the rapid advancement of technology, it is recommended that educational arrangements be set up to set short-term and long-term specialized courses focusing on four target groups: studying, working, graduate, senior undergraduate, and graduate doctoral to effectively take advantage of information technology in nursing outcomes and quality of health care and to empower nurses. This study’s findings are expected to aid educational providers in program development.

Nurses have worked in informatics for nearly four decades, and “nursing informatics” has been recognized as a specialization in nursing resources since 1984. (Guenther & Peters, 2006). Many new aspects have been added to the field, including data recovery, ethics, patient care, decision support systems, human-computer interaction, information systems, imaging informatics, computer science, information science, security, electronic patient records, intelligent systems, e-learning, and telenursing. In 1985, Hana defined Nursing Informatics as using information technology in nursing duties such as education, management, and practice. Graves and Corcoran described information science, computer science, and nursing science as integrating information science, computer science, and nursing science to support nursing practice and knowledge management in 1989. In 2001, the American Nurses Association (ANA) presented Nursing Informatics as a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer, and information science to provide data communication management, knowledge, and nursing work. Most nursing professionals now believe it integrates information technology and all aspects of nursing, including clinical nursing, management, research, and education (Guenther & Peters, 2006).

Nursing informatics specialists’ competency was determined by studying three categories: computer skills, informatics knowledge, and informatics skills. It looks into four levels of nursing practice: new nurse, experienced nurse, informatics specialist, and informatics innovator.

Computerized searches and retrieving patient demographics data are examples of computer skill competencies, as are the use of telecommunication devices, patient care documentation, information technologies to improve nursing care, and the safe use of networks and computer technology.

Selected informatics knowledge competencies include the recognition of the use or importance of nursing data for improving practice, as well as the recognition that computers can only facilitate nursing care and that there are human functions that computers cannot perform, the formulation of ethical computing decisions, and the recognition of the value of clinician involvement in the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of health care systems.

Selected informatics knowledge competencies include the recognition of the use or importance of nursing data for improving practice, as well as the recognition that computers can only facilitate nursing care and that there are human functions that computers cannot perform, the formulation of ethical computing decisions, and the recognition of the value of clinician involvement in the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of health care systems.

QUESTION

Informatics Discussion

A requirement for NSG 3319, Informatics in Nursing is to write a scholarly discussion that focuses on a current topic related to nursing informatics and/or healthcare technology.

The following rubric contains the criteria that will be used to evaluate your participation in the NSG 3319 Scholarly Discussion.