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Informatics Courses
Working on active research protocols under the guidance
of a faculty member, students gain experience and skills in study design, implementation,
and/or analysis. Human and animal use issues in research are explored throughout
the experience. In this class, I researched the potential of Sony's PlayStation Portable
to be used as an instructional instrument, much like Apple's iPod has been used in academia lately.
This course provides an overview
of historical, current and emerging information systems in health care. Privacy and
security issues will be covered in the context of ethical behaviors and legal/regulatory
requirements. Multiple systems, vendors, processes and organizations will be studied.
Students will learn features and functions that are common to most health care information
systems. Criteria, tools and methods for evaluating health care information systems
will be explored.
Focuses on the field of "nursing informatics",
which combines nursing science, computer science, and information/decision
science. Students examine issues in applying nursing informatics in complex health care
organizations and administrative structures, and master problem-solving skills on selected
issues. Research, ethical, social, cultural, economic, privacy/confidentiality, and
legal issues are included.
N411 Nursing Informatics Theory and Application
Focuses on nursing informatics
and examines both theoretical and practical issues for nursing. Students develop theoretical
knowledge and technology skills through laboratory application of didactic content
and a real world project involving systems analysis, information specification, and
project management. The major projects in this class were developing a preliminary version
of this portfolio and developing NIresource.com
This course is designed to leverage
health care providers' expertise in facilitating both strategic planning and management
of complex projects in health care organizations. Content focuses on project management
throughout the systems lifecycle, and implements these skills in a health-related
web site development project to demonstrate and reinforce concepts learned.
This course is designed to facilitate
the design and development of informatics solutions for real-world problems of
providing safe patient care. Domain experts (health care providers) will learn tools and
strategies for building data-to-outcome information systems that build on teamwork
concepts, as well as, knowledge of informatics issues and standards, in developing a single-
user (or small group) personal digital assistant (PDA) and database application for
tracking patient safety data in real-world domain.
N417 Capstone Seminar in Clinical Informatics Practice
This final capstone seminar
course is designed to help graduating students synthesize prior learning as they
transition from the academic environment into new professional roles in nursing and
clinical informatics. The course will simultaneously facilitate tools to assist with a new
job search while focusing seminar discussion on relevant hot topics in informatics that
require students to use critical and creative thinking skills that synthesize program content,
clinical expertise, and personal values. This course graded our participation and this portfiolio site.
N418 Nursing Informatics Residency
Builds the student's knowledge and experience
in nursing informatics within the context of advanced nursing practice. Students
develop independent problem-solving skills in the synthesis of advanced practice nursing
and informatics under the guidance and mentorship of a practicing informatics specialist
(preceptor). Due to the confidential nature of the deliverables, none will be posted here.
My residency involved planning for Computerized Physician Order Entry using Cerner products.
During the course of this residency I learned Cerner's applications, Zynx, and how to use Microsoft
Word to make interactive forms. I also completed 35 current state work flow processes for order entry for
tw of the three hospitals in the hospital system. I assisted with a go-live for electronic signature and I
kept a Blog of my weekly activites as I completed 200 hours (only 120 were required, but 200 allows me to
sit for the board certification exam).