NRPR 101: Nursing Informatics Fundamentals

$199.00

This 13 module course introduces the practicing nurse to nursing informatics theory, practice applications, self-assessment and skill development for the future. This course entails 39 instruction hours, equivalent in length to a standard 3 credit college course. This course is personalized, self-paced and taken entirely online in the privacy and comfort of your own home or office. You will receive one to one interaction with your instructor and your modes of assessment and study will be fine-tuned to suit your personal learning styles, preferences and needs.

Practice includes learning how to utilize computer technology for documentation, communication, health challenge research, discharge planning, emanicipatory client education, professional development, networking and health team collaboration. A self-focused component provides practice in applying the techniques to improve competency development, and to streamline preferential skill development.

OBJECTIVES:

This course is intended to provide the learner with the opportunity to:

Understand and apply theory related to computer-human interfaces, ethics, confidentiality and privacy, caring, ergonomics and nursing informatics to nursing practice.

Explore the dynamics of combining computer technology with nursing practice

Apply principles of data and information documentation to selected computer applications

Customize informatics competency development and professional development planning to meet personal preferences and learning needs

Practice client education development using selected computer applications

Explore the use of computer technology for documentation, decision making, collaboration and networking

Create a personal nursing informatics competency plan

Apply, engage in and assess the utility of this personalized competency plan

ASSESSMENT

Learners will be assessed using the following suggested methods (both self and instructor evaluation, customizable):

Personal Journal and Weekly Worksheets: 20%

Personal Informatics Competency Analysis: 10%

Personal Competency Plan: 35%

Competency Plan Analysis: 25%

Upon completion, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion for a 39 hour course.

COURSE FEES

TOTAL TUITION: $199 USD which includes instruction and materials. To register, click on the graphic below to initiate payment. Once registered, your instructor will send you the entry "key" to access the course. You can register at any time, since this is a 1 to 1 course and is done at your own pace.

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