Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students selected a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice to discuss in week 5. This week student will develop a narrated slide PowerPoint (PPT) presentation of 8-10 slides summarizing the assignment.   Course Outcomes   Through this assignment, […]

Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students will select a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice to discuss. The topic will be selected from the website using the link provided in the course Assignments section.   Course Outcomes   CO 6: Describe health information […]

Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students will discuss the e-portfolio and it uses, provide examples of items in an e-portfolio along with challenges and future uses.   Course Outcomes   Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following ability.   Course Outcomes:   4: Exemplify professional […]

Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies Reflect on your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics? From completing the Pre-TANIC TIGER assessment for this week, what do you plan to achieve in this course? How did you feel your competency level […]

Reflection on Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Specialty Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in this course. What changes did you note in your post-TANIC TIGER assessment from when you started this course in week 1?   Post your “HealthIT Topic” narrated PPT presentation here.

Safeguarding Health Information and Systems A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address these issues? How is this […]

What was the HealthIT Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice?

Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Informatics In one of the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN) roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major elements of NI, but new to most nurses. What type of application does this have for your practice?

How do the informatics skills you are now developing/expanding upon and validating help you meet current informatics skills levels? How did the TANIC self-assessment change your impression of your current informatics skill levels?

Virtual Learning Environments Online learning is considered a virtual learning environment (VLE); however there are other types of VLE that you may have used or heard about. Please discuss one of the following VLE’s and your experience with using it:   Virtual simulation   Edutainment   Three dimensional virtual environment or world   Augmented-reality games […]