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BACKGROUND
A National Informatics Agenda for Nursing Education and Practice - Examines US federal initiatives to build the Nation’s technology infrastructure and enable nurses to use technology routinely in delivering care. The report establishes five informatics goals.
Important Computer Competencies for the Nursing Profession - by Wey-Wen Jiang, Wei Chen and Yu-Chih Chen. Delphi questionnaires were used to explore competencies sorted into seven domains: concepts of hardware, software, and networks; principles of computer applications; skills of computer usage; program design; limitations of the computer; personal and social issues; and attitudes toward the computer.
Educating Tomorrow's Nurses: Where is Nursing Informatics? - Summary results and report of a study done by the Canadian Nursing Association in 2003 to examine the current status and plans of nursing schools across Canada in addressing computer and informatics competencies in students.
Results of a Delphi Study to Determine Informatics Competencies for Nurses at Four Levels of Practice - by Nancy Staggers, Carole A. Gassert and Christine Curran. Outlines desirable competencies for four levels: Beginning Nurse, Experienced Nurse, Informatics Specialist, and Informatics Innovator.
JOURNALS
Health Informatics Europe -is a web based journal edited by Dr Ahmad Risk and Dr David Rayne, and published by BJHC Ltd. HIE is an official journal of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI). The journal aims to deliver up to date and accurate information targeted at European health informatics professionals, health care IM&T managers, academics in the field of health informatics, health care managers in national government and the European Commission and the industry providing products and services in this field.
The Informatics Review - is a electronic serial designed to allow busy medical and information system professionals interested in the latest academic developments in clinical informatics and computing to stay abreast of this rapidly evolving field.
ITIN - the official journal of the British Computer Society Nursing Specialist Group. It aims to present papers, comment and other materials which are relevant, authoritative and wide ranging in the area of information and communications technologies, directly or indirectly influenced by and/or influencing nursing and the professions allied to medicine, in the UK, Europe and the wider international community.
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication - JCMC is a free peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
Journal of Medical Internet Research - the On-line Journal of Nursing Informatics. OJNIC is committed to providing a free electronic presence for the dissemination of nursing informatics knowledge and wisdom.
OJNI- Online Journal of Nursing Informatics - The international scientific journal for nursing informatics - nursing research, information and communication on the internet. Peer reviewed.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics - The official journal of the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association. Peer reviewed.
SELF ASSESSMENT
Basic Computer Skills Self Assessment - interactive survey from Miami University, with a focus on using the Internet, Email, Microsoft Word, and computer operating systems.
Core Computer Skills Self Assessment Tools - Helpful self assessment tables from MIT to help you gauge your level of competence in operating systems basics, word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
Learning With Technology Profile Tool - This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology. Meant for school teachers, but is useful to rate your skill as a patient or nursing educator as well.
Technical Skills Assessment - from the College of DuPage, intended to help students assess their ability to operate a computer and the Internet in functional ways.
TECHNOLOGY
Internet Traffic Report - Monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections. Provide useful information about networks from around the world.
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