Describe why these competencies are necessary and outline a plan for developing these competencies. Basic and advanced technology competencies are required and expected as technology increasingly touches and changes the job of every nurse.
Nursing Informatics Competencies Todays fast-paced health care environment demands nurses to be skilled not only in their clinical practice or specialty area but in the use of technology tools that improve practice and lead to better patient care. Basic and advanced technology competencies are required and expected as technology increasingly touches and changes the job of every nurse. Numerous organizations, including the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), have developed nurse-specific technology competencies. The challenge for nurses is to identify both needs and training opportunities. In this Discussion, you identify the role informatics plays in your professional responsibilities. You pinpoint personal gaps in skills and knowledge and then develop a plan for self-improvement. To prepare: Review Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice in this weeks Learning Resources, focusing on the different functional areas it describes. Consider which areas relate to your current nursing (home health nursing) responsibilities or to a position you held in the past. For this Discussion, identify one or two of the most relevant functional areas. Review the list of competencies recommended by the TIGER Initiative. Identify at least one skill in each of the main areas (basic computer competencies, information literacy competencies, and information management competencies) that is pertinent to your functional area(s) and in which you need to strengthen your abilities. Consider how you could improve your skills in these areas and the resources within your organization that might provide training and support. write about key functional area(s) of nursing informatics relevant to your current position (home health nursing) examples of this are as follows that you can use (use of a tablet, connected to pharmacies, doctor office\’s, able to take pictures, scan in patient information, deliver chart of blood sugars, weights, different measurements for wounds to update md) briefly describe why this area(s) is relevant. Identify the TIGER competencies you selected as essential to your functional area(s) in which you need improvement. Describe why these competencies are necessary and outline a plan for developing these competencies. Include any resources that are available to you within your organization (office staff scan material in and sync to tablet while in home) and the ways you might access those resources. Assess how developing nursing informatics competencies (safety in use goes to write patient, doctor ect.)would increase your effectiveness as a nurse.
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