Spring 2021 Update 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Spring 2021 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NUR (0302) 704 - Nursing Informatics and Advanced Nursing Practice


Credits: 3.00

Students will learn nursing informatics concepts, theories and technologies that they can apply to advanced practice nursing, education, research, and administration. Students will also learn advanced tools in information-seeking, graduate-level writing using evidence-based literature, and optimal use of CNPH and university resources for student success and retention.

Course Learning Goals: Learning Goals:

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Explain the evolution of nursing informatics as a specialized field of nursing and its new definition has widened the scope and practice in nursing sub-specializations and other disciplines.
2. Describe core competencies in nursing informatics related to advanced nursing practice.
3. Differentiate data, information, knowledge and wisdom and how these interrelate to the development and applications of decisions support systems, electronic medical records, and clinical and administrative applications.
4. Explain recent regulatory, legislative, and ethical issues that influence the practice of healthcare informatics.
5. Describe various applications of nursing informatics concepts and technologies to advanced nursing practice, education, research, and administration.
6. Evaluate appropriate information sources, whether print, electronic, and Internet sites, for use in advanced practice, education, research, quality improvement, administration, and healthcare consumerism.
7. Initiate the creation of an ePortfolio site to serve as repository for showcasing one’s accomplishments in every course completed during the Master’s program.
8. Demonstrate advanced information-seeking skills, graduate-level writing using evidence-based literature from electronic databases and reputable Internet sites, and optimal use of CNPH and university resources, i.e., Writing Center, Collaboration Tools, Student Access Office, Graduate Student Governance, Student Affairs, Library and its Research Resources, etc.