Chapter XI Flashcards
Nurse Informaticists Responsibilities and Duties
designing systems technology
testing systems technology
staff training;
troubleshooting
serving as project managers;
serving as a resource to staff
serving as an educator to staff and new nurses
competency of nursing informatics specialists was determined through studying three
categories including:
computer skills, informatics knowledge and informatics skills
competencies that were rejected
diagnostic coding, desktop publishing, managing central facilities to enable data sharing and writing an original computer program
nurse informatics may work as the educators who can serve an important function in educating patients and medical professionals about the appropriate medical treatment process
Nurse Informatics for Insurance Agencies
Director of Nursing Informatics and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) are the two
leadership positions that are a great career for nurses in the informatics field
Leadership Positions
In this position the nurse is responsible for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance. Research methodologies and incorporation of best practices into operations are very significant where the nurse must review and implement new technological tools and processes them to foster team engagement.
Quality and Performance Improvement for Healthcare Facilities
nurse can engage as a faculty instructor by guiding students in active collaboration and application of their learning skills and providing frequent interaction that motivates students to succeed by conveying an enthusiasm for their learning experience
Nurse Informatics Educator in Educational Institutions
Career Opportunities
-Nurse Informatics Specialist in Hospitals
-Clinical Analyst for Corporations
-Quality and Performance Improvement for Healthcare Facilities
-Nurse Informatics for Insurance Agencies
-Leadership Positions
-Nurse Informatics Educator in Educational Institutions
-Nurse Informatics in Public Health Organizations
-Nurse entrepreneurship
assist in creating, supporting, and maintaining current knowledge in areas of clinical specialty. They also educate, and perform workflow analysis. In order to accomplish information related activities, nurse informatics must participate in providing consultation for external sales or customer meetings to detail and evaluate the application of the solutions in a care environment.
Clinical Analyst for Corporations
provides federal protections for personal health information and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA
means nurses are competent to perform
in the field of nursing informatics;
-certification
Certification is by what
exam
nurse informatics must feel a strong obligation to protect the privacy of each patient. Nurse informaticists, by virtue of their training and the role they play in their institutions, often have much more access to confidential information than staff nurses or even physicians. The Nightingale Pledge makes it clear that nurses have an obligation to keep personal matters of others confidential. In the electronic realm, clinical, financial and personal information are readily available to the nurse informatics, who has a duty and ethical responsibility to safeguard that information
Confidentiality
is a way of analyzing and recording the work steps in a logical and coherent fashion, often by the use of flow charts.
process flow
serve as a roadmap for problem solving and process improvement. The nurse informatics can apply the Six Sigma methodology to improve patient’s care and create a higher patient’s satisfaction. For example, good discharge management, bed availability for emergency and elective admissions are crucial to guarantee patient satisfaction.
Lean Six Sigma or Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC)
methodology