Nursing Informatics Competencies
Order Description
PREPARE BY:
Review nursing informatics competencies such as those outlined by the American Nurses Association (ANA) the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER)
and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).
Review media presentation Competencies for Nurse Informaticists and reflect on the competencies outlined by the presenters. (THIS IS THE MEDIA PRESENTATION PLEASE
USE AS ONE OF THE RESOURCES: Laureate Education Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012a). Competencies for nurse informaticists. Baltimore: Author. )
Recall the informatics functional area you identified. (THE FUNCTIONAL AREA I HAVE CHOSEN IS EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT) With this in mind what competencies
would be most important for you to master? How might you go about developing these competencies?
Create a list of competencies you would like to master.
ASSIGNMENT:
WRITE a brief description of the informatics functional area in which you are interested. (EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT) Then identify at least four ANA TIGER
and/or QSEN competencies that you believe to be vital for success in this functional area and justify your choices. Explain how you might successfully develop and
master each of these competencies.
OTHER RESOURCES TO USE:
Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform. (n.d.). Informatics competencies for every practicing nurse: Recommendations from the TIGER Collaborative.
Retrieved from http://www.tigersummit.com/uploads/3.Tiger.Report_Competencies_final.pdf
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses. (2012). Informatics. Retrieved from http://qsen.org/competencies/graduate-ksas/#informatics