Questions From Readers

The courses in the NI Learning Center are very robust in both theory and content. They are also fully customizable: besides the general theory taught to all students, each individual student chooses which competencies they wish to work on throughout the course assignments. These can easily be tailored to address the specific content of the ANCC outline (or any content taught internationally). I am also currently seeking CE approval through a prominent US Nursing Board, which when approved, will improve their compatibility with these formal requirements.

Q. I would like to request permission to use your P.A.T.C.H. self-assessment with my students. Is this possible?

Yes, most definitely. In fact, I have just created an online version of the P.A.T.C.H. which your students can take on the computer: the quiz is scored by the Moodle software for ease of use. Just go to the Learning Center at nursing-informatics.com/courses/, then scroll down to NI Self Assessment, and click on "Self Assessment Work Area". Choose a user id and password and you're all set. This feature is free to use.

I created the P.A.T.C.H. (Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare) in 1996 to help my students explore their feelings about learning to use computers both in education and healthcare. This scale focuses on attitudes and feelings about using computers in the practice setting. You may download a paper copy to complete by hand in the Competencies Plan section HERE . Or, you can click on the following image to securely complete and score the assessment scale online.

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June is available for consultation in relation to nursing informatics for practice, business, education and research. She has been involved in nursing informatics education, research and business since 1987 and is currently completing her PhD in Technology Education and Curriculum Development at the University of British Columbia. Recent e-learning contracts with US and Canadian universities include course design in Technology for Teachers; Nursing Informatics for Masters Nursing students; First Nations Politics and Education; Statistics for Business Administration; and Nurses Influencing Change. Besides nursing informatics, her other current key research interests are First Nations Pedagogy. and Music and Infant Development. June has just signed a Publisher's Agreement with a prominent education publisher to write a textbook on Nursing Informatics.