How do you determine what skills or qualities will benefit you as a leader in your healthcare organization or nursing practice?

·        Review the “Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice” learning resource to explore competencies related to nursing practice.

·        Consider the role of competencies in nursing practice. Which competencies may be the most beneficial for project management and nursing informatics?

·        Reflect on which skills you might currently possess and how you might become competent in others.

·        Complete the “Advanced Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment L3/L4 (NICA) Survey” in this week’s Learning Resources to assist you in evaluating the competencies.

·        Explain what competencies are most important and beneficial for your success as a leader in your practice. Be specific and provide examples.

·        Appraise the leadership strategies, addressed in Standard 11, that you might employ to establish a culture that supports new information technology initiatives. Be specific. (Please review standard 11 of the American Nurses Association standards of practice)

·        Analyze whether or not you currently have these skills. Then, explain approaches you might recommend implementing to become competent or more proficient in this skill.

Note: Be sure to include the completed Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment Survey with your paper. (I will complete This assessment myself)

Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632Links to an external site.). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

Resources

·        American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informaticsLinks to an external site.: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.).

o   “Inofrmatics Competnecies: Spanning Careers and Roles” (pp. 41–47)

o   “Standard 6: “Evaluation” (pp. 78).

o   “Standard 12: “Leadership” (pp. 87–88)

·        Document: Advanced Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment L3/L4 (NICA) Survey Download Advanced Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment L3/L4 (NICA) Survey(Word document)

Competencies

·        American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing educationLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf

o   Domain 5, “Quality and Safety” (pp. 11)

o   Domain 7, “Systems-Based Practice” (pp. 11)

o   Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 11)

o   “Advanced-Level Practicum Experiences” (p. 22)

o   Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 5: “Quality and Safety” (pp. 39–41)

o   Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 7: “Systems-Based Practice” (pp.
44–45)

o   Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 46–48)

·        Hübner, U., Thye, J., Shaw, T., Elias, B., Egbert, N., Saranto, K., Babitsch, B., Procter, P., & Ball, M. J. (2019). Towards the TIGER international framework for recommendations of core competencies in health informatics 2.0: Extending the scope and the rolesLinks to an external site.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 264, 1218–1222. doi:10.3233/SHTI190420

·        Kinnunen, U.-M., Heponiemi, T., Rajalahti, E., Ahonen, O., Korhonen, T., & Hyppönen, H. (2019). Factors related to health informatics competencies for nurses—results of a national electronic health record surveyLinks to an external site.. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 37(8), 420–429. doi:10.1097/CIN.0000000000000511

·        Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R. (2021). Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A scoping reviewLinks to an external site.. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(4), 794–841. doi:10.11124/JBIES-20-00100

·        Monsen, K. A., Bush, R., Jones, J., Manos, L. E., Skiba, D., & Johnson. S. (2019). Alignment of American Association of Colleges of Nursing graduate level nursing informatics competencies with American Medical Informatics Association health informatics core competenciesLinks to an external site.. CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing, 37(8), 396–404. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000537

·        Strudwick, G., Nagle, L., Kassam, I., Pahwa, M., & Sequeira, L. (2019). Informatics competencies for nurse leaders: A scoping reviewLinks to an external site.. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(6), 323–330. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000000760

Optional Resources

·        Collins, S., Yen, P.-Y., Phillips, A., & Kennedy, M. K. (2017). Nursing informatics competency assessment for the nurse leader: The Delphi study. The Journal of Nursing AdministrationLinks to an external site., 47(4), 212–218. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000000467

·        National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute. (n.d.). Method for introducing a new competency: genomicsLinks to an external site. (MINC). https://genomicsintegration.net/ 

·        Pordeli, L. (2017). Informatics competency-based assessment: Evaluations and determination of nursing informatics competency gaps among practicing nurse informaticists. Sigma RepositoryLinks to an external site.. https://sigma.nursingrepository.org/handle/10755/622563