Instructions
Competencies
How do you determine what skills or qualities will benefit you as a leader in your healthcare organization or nursing practice?
This question might be answered through the analysis of nursing informatics competencies. The analysis of these competencies provides a context for the qualities needed to effectively lead and implement projects in your healthcare organization or nursing practice.
Appraise the Standards for Nursing Informatics Practice (Standard 1-6) and the leadership strategies addressed in Informatics leadership Standard 12, that you might employ to establish a culture that supports new information technology initiatives. Consider the competences that we have discussed during this course.
To Prepare
• Review the “Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice” learning resource to explore competencies related to nursing practice.
• Consider the role of competencies in nursing practice. Which competencies may be the most beneficial for project management and nursing informatics?
• Reflect on which skills you might currently possess and how you might become competent in others.
Assignment:
• Explain what competencies are most important and beneficial for your success as a leader in your practice. Be specific and provide examples.
• Appraise the leadership strategies, addressed in Informatics Leadership Standard 12, that you might employ to establish a culture that supports new information technology initiatives. Be specific.
• Analyze whether or not you currently have these skills. Then, explain approaches you might recommend implementing to become competent or more proficient in this skill.
Required Readings
• American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informaticsLinks to an external site.: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.).
o “Informatics Competencies: Spanning Careers and Roles” (pp. 41–47)
o “Standard 1-6” (pp. 68-78)
o “Standard 12” (pp. 87-88)
• Bivona-Tellez, C. M., Hebda, T., Newbold, S. K., VanderKooi, M., Tietze, M., Rivard, M., Clarke, M., & Pordeli, L. (2024). Informatics competency assessment of nursing faculty: Progress and plansLinks to an external site.. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 42(8), 555–556. https://doi.org/10.1097/cin.0000000000001184
• Farzandipour, M., Mohamadian, H., Akbari, H., Safari, S., & Sharif, R. (2021). Designing a national model for assessment of nursing informatics competencyLinks to an external site.. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 21(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01405-0
• Reid, L., Button, D., Breaden, K., & Brommeyer, M. (2024). Nursing informatics: Competency challenges for nursing facultyLinks to an external site.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 310, 1196–1200. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI2311
Optional Resources
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing educationLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf
o Domain 5, “Quality and Safety” (pp. 11)
o Domain 7, “Systems-Based Practice” (pp. 11)
o Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 11)
o “Advanced-Level Practicum Experiences” (p. 22)
o Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 5: “Quality and Safety” (pp. 39–41)
o Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 7: “Systems-Based Practice” (pp.
44–45)
o Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 46–48)
• Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R. (2021). Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A scoping reviewLinks to an external site.. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(4), 794–841. doi:10.11124/JBIES-20-00100