NI Roles

Question 1

either directly with clinical informatics departments or in combination with other functional areas such as serving as project managers.

Answer 1

Leadership, including management and administration

Question 2

Assisting in the transition from one system’s technology to another

Answer 2

Leadership, including management and administration

Question 3

Analyzing clinical statistics

Answer 3

Analysis

Question 4

using data to synthesize knowledge, inform decision support, and manage outcomes as well as taxonomies.

Answer 4

Analysis

Question 5

NI command highly specialized knowledge from three distinct disciplines!

Answer 5

Clinical nursing
Information technology
Research

Question 6

make sure organizations are meeting all the national laws and standards such as HIPAA, FDA, Joint Commission, etc.

Answer 6

Integrity and compliance management

Question 7

selecting and preparing new technology, as well as training and supporting the nursing staff on the how to use it

Answer 7

Integrity and compliance management

Question 8

Tracking the success of quality initiatives

Answer 8

Integrity and compliance management

Question 9

serving both internally or externally as a resourc

Answer 9

consultation

Question 10

As a trusted advisor to the nurse executive, the NI serves a “translator” of technology capabilities, options, and alternatives to the nurse executive

Answer 10

consultation

Question 11

act as a point of communication between clinical nurses and IT staff

Answer 11

Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration

Question 12

Serving as a liaison/translator between staff and information technology experts

Answer 12

Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration

Question 13

report feedback on new systems and technology directly from the staff who are using it each day

Answer 13

Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration

Question 14

make sure the tools and procedures being implemented will be user-friendly and practical for the rest of the staff.

Answer 14

data integration

Question 15

The nurse guides design of technology that is nurse-friendly, supportive of nursing work, accessible and mobile

Answer 15

data integration

Question 16

focus the training of new technology on how it will improve clinical nurses’ ability to care for patients

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Educational and professional development

Question 17

ranges from teaching the end-user to use a device or application to educating the next generation of nurses and the general public

Answer 17

Educational and professional development

Question 18

Developing organizational policies and standards

Answer 18

Policy development and advocacy

Question 19

being an advocate for consumers, hospital units, and the institution as a whole; also helping shape policies and standards at the state, national and organizational level

Answer 19

Policy development and advocacy

Question 20

Evaluating the success of implementation; revising as needed

Answer 20

Research and evaluation

Question 21

Researching different informatics topics that affect health care providers as well as patients

Answer 21

Research and evaluation

Question 22

conducting research in a variety of informatics topics that impacts both caregivers and consumers.

Answer 22

Research and evaluation

Question 23

align technologies and systems under consideration with organizational objective

Answer 23

system integration

Question 24

delineates the actual steps of clinical practice as they occur during patient care

Answer 24

Process mapping

Question 25

spans the mechanical arrangement of information,
forms, and triggers to document nursing practice

Answer 25

workflow design

Question 26

NI work with the delivery-of-care team – the chief nursing officer, chief medical officer and quality leadership – who might give NI a directive
based on improving patient safety by decreasing readmissions.

Answer 26

Clinical transformation

Question 27

properly trained to recognize, assess, and report cybersecurity threats within their organization as part of the informatics and healthcare
technologies curriculum

Answer 27

information technology security

Question 28

competency in maintaining the security of sensitive data related to patient information and the care nurses provide

Answer 28

information technology security

Question 29

design and build of different EHR functions by building
a workflow that augments what the technology can do

Answer 29

clinical champion

Question 30

knowledgeable on how to structure, create and drive these systems so they remove what’s redundant, and incorporate what’s
important and how it all aligns.

Answer 30

clinical champion

Question 31

they are be able to translate and talk to leadership to bring them on board before any initiative.

Answer 31

clinical champion

Question 32

 Staff training, Troubleshooting, Escalating issues as needed
 systems implementation

Answer 32

user training

Question 33

focus the training of new technology on how it will improve their ability to care for patients

Answer 33

user training