Nursing Informatics Career
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Nursing Informatics:
Nursing Informatics are registered nurses with
information technology skills. They use a
combination of nursing and computer science to
communicate data, information, and knowledge
within the nursing profession. Nursing
Informatics/ Informatics Nurses are involved in
the design, development, implementation,
education and evaluation of clinical information
systems in various healthcare settings. These
systems are then used to provide information to
Nurses and other Healthcare professionals to
assists in their decision making capabilities.
Because of their nursing knowledge, Informatics
Nurses are essential to the successful design
and implementation of healthcare systems.
The duties of Nursing Informatics include:
- Designing, developing and implementing
clinical software systems
- Educating other healthcare professionals on
the use of systems
- Customizing systems to suit their purpose
- Researching potential systems and evaluating
their benefits
- Using healthcare systems to access patient’s
medical records and support critical decisions
- Updating clinical systems with a patients
details
Where they work:
Nursing Informatics work mainly in large
hospitals and clinics, they may also work for
the vendors of healthcare systems. Some work as
consultants, travelling to various hospitals and
healthcare centers, selecting, customizing,
researching and maintaining systems.
Qualifications:
Upon qualifying as a Registered Nurse and
gaining practical Informatics experience, you
can then continue to get Certification for your
skills. To certify you must attend an accredited
course. As Nursing Informatics is a relatively
new field, there are many different courses,
taking anything from a few days to months to
complete. When enrolling in a course ensure it
is accredited by The American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC). This will ensure
your qualification will be widely accepted.
Related roles:
Some times Nursing Informatics can be known as
the following:
Nursing Information Systems Co-Coordinator,
Clinical Informatics Specialist, Clinical
Analyst, Clinical Database Coordinator and
Knowledge Engineer.
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