NR 360 WEEK 8: Informatics and Professional Identity

Beginning of Nursing Informatics

When did the American Nursing Association (ANA) recognized nursing informatics as a
nursing specialty and the first credentialing exam was offered?

1970’s

1980’s

1990’s

2000’s

In 1992, the American Nursing Association (ANA) recognized nursing informatics as a nursing
specialty. In 1995, the first NI credentialing exam was offered by the ANA. Prior to the 1990’s,
computers were just emerging. By the 2000’s, nursing informatics competencies were
developed.

Functions of the Informatics Nurse Specialist

As an informatics nurse specialist, what are the functions of the role? Select all that apply.

Assisting with education

Ensuring technology security

Measuring quality improvement efforts

Managing data

Providing client care

An informatics nurse specialist has many functions, including managing data, assisting with
education, ensuring technology security, and measuring quality improvement. Although they
are still nurses, their role is no longer in providing client care.

Organizations that Regulate Nursing Informatics

Areas of Interest in Nursing Informatics

What are the three areas of interest in nursing informatics (NI)?

Knowledge, patients, and information

Health, data, and environment

Data, knowledge, and information

Patients, health, and environment

NI's phenomena of interest are the structure and processing of data, information, and
knowledge used by practicing nurses. Nursing's phenomena of interest are person (client),
health, environment, and nurse.
Nursing Informatic Certification

A nurse would like to get certified in nursing informatics. What should the nurse study to
prepare for the exam? Select all that apply.

Simulation

Hardware

Rules and regulations

Standards of practice

Data analysis

According to the ANCC (2016), the test content for certification in nursing informatics includes,
but is not limited to,:

Rules, regulations, and requirements

Data analysis, application, and transformation

Nursing informatics scope and standards of practice

Hardware, software, and peripherals

Simulation is not included in the certification test plan at this time.

What organizations regulate the practice of informatics nurses? Select all that apply.

Higher Learning Commission

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

American Nurses Association

The Joint Commission

Sigma Theta Tau

The American Nurses Association supports the education of nurses and certification in
informatics. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Project promotes knowledge, skills,
and attitudes and provides resources for nursing informatics. The Joint Commission demands
rigorous patient safety and quality of care standards and practices of healthcare providers and
facilities. The Higher Learning Commission is responsible for accrediting colleges and Sigma
Theta Tau is an honor society in nursing.

Area of informatics

A nurse certified in informatics was hired by a company that creates electronic health records
for healthcare organizations. What area of informatics are they utilizing?

Clinical informatics

Clinical research informatics

Consumer health informatics

Translational bioinformatics

Clinical informatics is the application of information technology to deliver healthcare which

would include electronic health records. Translational bioinformatics is the development of
methods to optimize big data in healthcare. Clinical research informatics uses technology to
discover and manage knowledge related to health and disease. Consumer health informatics
focuses on informatics from the consumer or client perspective.

Organization and Sentinel Events

An informatics nurse received an email about a sentinel event. A medication was given the
wrong route because it was selected incorrectly from a drop-down menu. What organization
sends out reports on sentinel events?

The Joint Commission

Sigma Theta Tau

American Nurses Association

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

The Joint Commission demands rigorous patient safety and quality of care standards and
practices of healthcare providers and facilities. The data gathered and reported assists in the
consolidation as well as strengthening of patient safety initiatives. The American Nurses
Association supports the education of nurses. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
Project promotes knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Sigma Theta Tau is an honor society in
nursing.

Learning Management Systems

The education department at a local hospital is creating an online educational program to

increase quality of care. It enlists the assistance of the informatics nurse specialist to help
with the learning management system (LMS). What does this system do?

Holds course content and completion data

Has a database of educational topics for clients

Links to local colleges for credits

Contains all policy materials for the hospital

Education, especially staff education, may be offered through web-enhanced courses. This
course content and completion data is stored in software called learning management systems
(LMSs). It is designed for “students,” in a hospital, who would be staff. It is not designed for
 storage or for clients. Colleges also use LMSs but, for security reasons, do not link out of the
facility.

American Nurses Credentialing Center

When nursing informatics (NI) was designated a specialty, what did the American Nurses
Credentialing Center do next?

Write standards and scope of practice

Mandate a minimum of a bachelor’s degree

Begin a society for nursing informatics

Develop the first certification exam

A method for credentialing NI practitioners was planned by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) when NI was designated a specialty. Immediately after the designation, work
began on writing the first scope of practice and the first set of standards of practice. This initial
work guided the writing of the first certification examination for nursing informatics. A
bachelor’s degree is the minimum degree required but it is not mandated by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center. The American Nurses Credentialing Center did not start a society.

Challenges of Informatics

A nurse just graduated with his Master’s degree in nursing informatics. What is the biggest
challenge he could face as he starts his new role in a large hospital system?

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