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Nursing Informatics Competencies for Entry to Practice: The Perspective of Six Countries.

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Internationally, countries are challenged to prepare nurses for a future that has ever increasing use of technology and where information management is a central part of professional nursing practice. There… Click to show full abstract

Internationally, countries are challenged to prepare nurses for a future that has ever increasing use of technology and where information management is a central part of professional nursing practice. There has been a growing trend to move nursing to competency-based education, especially for those students undertaking their first nursing qualification. This first nursing qualification may be linked to pre-registration, pre-licensure or undergraduate education; the term used depending on the country. The authors are drawn from the International Medical Informatics Association special interest group, Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI) Education Working Group and represent New Zealand, the United States of America, England, Australia, Finland and Canada.

Keywords: nursing informatics; informatics competencies; practice perspective; entry practice; practice; competencies entry

Journal Title: Studies in health technology and informatics
Year Published: 2017

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