NUR 6110 - Nursing Informatics

• Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients, communities, and populations
• Identify the impact of information and communication technologies on workflow processes and health care outcomes
• Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generate knowledge
• Clarify how the collection of standardized data advances the practice, understanding, and value of nursing and supports care
• Evaluate the use of communication technology to engage patients and improve consumer health information literacy
• Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to diverse populations in a variety of settings
• Identify impact of information and communication technology on quality and safety of care
• Evaluate the use of information and communication technology to address needs, gaps, and inefficiencies in care
• Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels
• Explore the use of electronic health, mobile health, and telehealth to enable quality, ethical, and efficient patient care
• Use information and communication technologies within ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards and workplace policies in the delivery of care
• Identify common risk and mitigation strategies to reduce misuse of information and communication technology

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• Building blocks of nursing informatics: DIKW framework
• Cognitive science/informatics
• Ethical applications
• NI as a specialty
• Legislative aspects
• Administrative applications
• Population health
• Research applications
• Caring in a high-tech environment: imagining the future
• Education applications