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Course Title: Nursing Informatics
Campus Course Code: NURS 4303
Campus: UT El Paso
Program: RN to BSN

Course Description

This course introduces nursing informatics as an integration of nursing, computer, and information sciences for the support of nursing practice. It will acquaint practicing nurses with the integration of technology globally throughout nursing.

Rationale for this course

The content and related learning activities presented in this course will prepare nurses in all areas of clinical practice with the essentials that influence current and future practice. Outcomes include:

  1. to become an active user of technology and electronically available information,
  2. to acquire the knowledge foundation to actively participate in the selection and implementation of information technology,
  3. to become a discriminating collaborator in the process of utilization of systems to support and enhance the achievement of quality, effective and efficient nursing goals, and
  4. to understand the role technology plays in the goals of quality assurance, risk management, increased patient safety and greater utilization of evidence based practice.

Course Objectives

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Recognize the use and importance of nursing data for improving practice
  2. Relate the link between nursing informatics competencies and support of the goals of nursing practice
  3. Describe examples of information technologies to expand information communication among nurses, health disciplines and health consumers
  4. Utilize a variety of electronically accessible, credible resources applicable for nursing practice, including evidence based practice
  5. Assess the elements of effective electronic medical records (EMR) to support and manage nursing practice
  6. Analyze web-based health content for literacy level, accuracy, and reliability of information for clinical populations
  7. Recognize the key role clinician’s involvement in the design, selection, implementation and evaluation of applications/systems in health care

Materials

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Prerequisites: Admission to the RN-BSN program
Credits:3.0
Level:Undergraduate
Faculty

Nancy  Pasqualone
nlpasqualone@utep.edu