NUR 505–Informatics for Contemporary Nursing Practice
COURSE
Examines technologies used to deliver and coordinate healthcare across various practice settings.
Prepares students to contribute to the development, integration and evaluation of health information
systems into nursing practice and healthcare delivery. Learners critically examine various technologies,
including computerized monitoring equipment, electronic health and medical records, simulation, mHealth
(mobile health), telehealth, and other remote care delivery systems and their impact on the delivery of
safe, quality healthcare. Learners explore the impact of data, information, and knowledge on healthcare
delivery and analyze the use of technology to evaluate and improve clinical and operational healthcare
system outcomes. Learners will have the opportunity to apply this knowledge in a practice setting.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
McGonigle, D. & Mastrian, K. (2018) ed.). Nursing Informatics and the Foundations of Knowledge (4th
Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Gray, J., Grove, S. & Sutherland, (2016). Burns and Grove’s The Practice of Nursing Research:
Appraisal, Synthesis and Generation of Evidence. (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
American Nurses Association (2015). Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice. Essentials
of Nursing Informatics (2nd ed.). ANA. Silver Spring, MD.
Supplemental Resources
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Describe the role of nursing informatics in promoting safe and evidenced-based patient-centered care
through informed decision making.
2. Examine the contributions of various theoretical foundations to advanced nursing informatics.
3. Describe ethical principles, legal policies, and emerging trends related to the integration and use
information technology into care delivery.
4. Investigate using information technologies to transform data into knowledge.
5. Evaluate healthcare information systems that support clinical effectiveness and patient safety.
6. Use information technologies and credible digital resources to educate healthcare customers and
other healthcare professionals.
7. Demonstrate the use of clinical data using information technologies to reduce risks and improve
health outcomes.
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NUR 505–Informatics for Contemporary Nursing Practice
WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE
The standard requirement for a 4.5 credit hour course is for students to spend 13 hours in weekly work.
This includes preparation and activities regardless of delivery mode.
Week Activities
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Module
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Preparation
Reading(s)
McGongie and Mastrian
Chapter 6-History and Evolution of Nursing Informatics
Chapter 7-Nursing Informatics as a Specialty
Chapter 3-Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
oHunter, K.M., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T. (2013). TIGER-based measurement of
nursing informatics competencies: The development and implementation of an online
tool for self-assessment. (12). Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 3
http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/viewFile/2098/1669
Video(s)
[Department of Lifelong Learning]. (2013, November 8). IT and nursing informatics
competencies – What nurses need and ways to achieve them. [Video file].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKmSq5AyXI4
Activities
Lecture:
