NR 512 – Wk 4 Reflecting on Nursing Informatics Competencies

Reflect on your self-assessment completed in Week 1. How do your current competencies

compare to discussions of NI competencies in the published, scholarly literature?

Think about this:

Based upon your current practice experience and perspectives, what additional, if any,
competencies do you believe the master’s prepared nurse should display? Do you believe that
the expected competencies should be specific to the area of specialization?
Response:

Reflecting back to the self-assessment that I completed in Week 1, I felt confident in the
majority of the competencies listed. I feel like I have benefited from growing up around
technology and have been able to apply my experience to my practice in nursing. The hospital
that I am currently working at has been in the process of implementing the “EPIC” electronic
health record in order to replace several different computer programs that we use for clinical
documentation and patient testing. We are the largest teaching hospital that EPIC has ever been
implemented in and each staff member is required to go to four different four hour classes that
were developed specifically for our in order for each individual to gain a basic level of
competency prior to its implementation. Despite being fairly confident with my nursing
informatics competencies, things are always improving and I know it will always be a challenge
to stay current in my competencies.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing QSEN Consortium (2012) explores

graduate level QSEN competencies by area of knowledge and related skills and attitudes. It
focuses on quality, safety, teamwork and collaboration, patient-centered care, evidence-based
practice, and informatics. I do believe that the expected competencies for master’s prepared
nurses should encompass those listed by the AACN, but should further list expected
competencies for each area of specialization.

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing QSEN Consortium. (2012). Graduate-level QSEN

competencies: Knowledge, skills and attitudes