NI Roles Flashcards
either directly with clinical informatics departments or in combination with other functional areas such as serving as project managers.
Leadership, including management and administration
Assisting in the transition from one system’s technology to another
Leadership, including management and administration
Analyzing clinical statistics
Analysis
using data to synthesize knowledge, inform decision support, and manage outcomes as well as taxonomies.
Analysis
NI command highly specialized knowledge from three distinct disciplines!
Clinical nursing
Information technology
Research
make sure organizations are meeting all the national laws and standards such as HIPAA, FDA, Joint Commission, etc.
Integrity and compliance management
selecting and preparing new technology, as well as training and supporting the nursing staff on the how to use it
Integrity and compliance management
Tracking the success of quality initiatives
Integrity and compliance management
serving both internally or externally as a resourc
consultation
As a trusted advisor to the nurse executive, the NI serves a “translator” of technology capabilities, options, and alternatives to the nurse executive
consultation
act as a point of communication between clinical nurses and IT staff
Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration
Serving as a liaison/translator between staff and information technology experts
Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration
report feedback on new systems and technology directly from the staff who are using it each day
Patient care coordination, facilitation, and integration
make sure the tools and procedures being implemented will be user-friendly and practical for the rest of the staff.
data integration
The nurse guides design of technology that is nurse-friendly, supportive of nursing work, accessible and mobile
data integration
focus the training of new technology on how it will improve clinical nurses’ ability to care for patients
Educational and professional development
ranges from teaching the end-user to use a device or application to educating the next generation of nurses and the general public
Educational and professional development
Developing organizational policies and standards
Policy development and advocacy
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
Policy development and advocacy
Evaluating the success of implementation; revising as needed
Research and evaluation
Researching different informatics topics that affect health care providers as well as patients
Research and evaluation
conducting research in a variety of informatics topics that impacts both caregivers and consumers.
Research and evaluation
align technologies and systems under consideration with organizational objective
system integration
delineates the actual steps of clinical practice as they occur during patient care
Process mapping
spans the mechanical arrangement of information,
forms, and triggers to document nursing practice
workflow design
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.
Clinical transformation
properly trained to recognize, assess, and report cybersecurity threats within their organization as part of the informatics and healthcare
technologies curriculum
information technology security
competency in maintaining the security of sensitive data related to patient information and the care nurses provide
information technology security
design and build of different EHR functions by building
a workflow that augments what the technology can do
clinical champion
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.
clinical champion
they are be able to translate and talk to leadership to bring them on board before any initiative.
clinical champion
Staff training, Troubleshooting, Escalating issues as needed
systems implementation
user training
focus the training of new technology on how it will improve their ability to care for patients
user training
