NRPR 101:
Nursing Informatics Fundamentals
Overview
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%
Certificate
Upon completion, learners will receive a Board Approved Certificate of Completion for the allotted hours (in most cases, for a 39 hour course) in both digital and paper formats.
Registration
Tuition is only $199. Once registered, you will receive 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. Click button to enroll in NRPR 101 now!
Course Modules
- MODULE ONE: Nursing Informatics Fundamentals
- MODULE TWO: Data and Documentation, Electronic Health Records; Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security
- MODULE THREE: Introduction to Information Systems for Nursing,Point of Care and Clinical Systems
- MODULE FOUR: Introduction to Information Systems for Nursing: Tele-health and Community Systems
- MODULE FIVE: Nursing Informatics in Client Education: Clinical, Web-based and Kiosk applications
- MODULE SIX: Nursing Informatics in Transitional, Follow-up Care and Discharge Planning
- MODULE SEVEN: Human-computer Interfaces, Ergonomics, Asepsis, and Client Safety
- MODULE EIGHT: Nursing Decision Support and Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence
- MODULE NINE: Collaborative Information Technology, Networking and Cyber-culture
- MODULE TEN: Technology and Caring, Advocacy, Activism, and Petitioning
- MODULE ELEVEN: Nursing Informatician Roles and Responsibilities, Opportunities and Education
- MODULE TWELVE: Introduction to Nursing Informatics in Research and Project management
- MODULE THIRTEEN: Continuing Competencies in Nursing Informatics; Life-long Adult Learning; Technological Evolution and Skills
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NURSING PRACTICE
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NURSING EDUCATION
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NURSING LEADERSHIP
Web Presence for Nursing BusinessesNURSING RESEARCH
Quantitative Research and TechnologySELF ASSESSMENT
