NIGSG- Module 1 Foundations of Practice
This module covers the nursing informatics scope and standards and competencies, including a competency self-assessment using the TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies tool (TANIC©) and the Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment tool (NICA© L3/L4). The module also focuses on nursing informatics theories, rules, regulations, and requirements that guide practice. Finally, this module introduces team building principles and skills as well as communication in informatics. There will be a pre-test and post- test for each section topic to measure knowledge acquisition.
The course is comprised of four major topics (36 % of the exam) based upon the 2022 ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification exam outline. These topics are:
- Professional practice
- Methodologies and theories
- Rules, regulations, and requirements
- Inter-professional collaboration.
Successful completion of this course results in 20 ANCC accredited hours.
Learning Objectives
- Utilize the ANA Scope and Standards for Nursing Informatics to provide real world examples of functional areas and the competencies needed for informatics nurses today.
- Identify general leadership and management principles.
- Identify models, tools, and techniques for incorporating evidence-based practice into the electronic health record.
- Identify informatics competencies for all nurses, the informatics nurse and informatics nurse specialist.
- Identify and utilize appropriate informatics theories and models that support practice when dealing with real informatics issues.
- Identify and apply common change management and process improvement techniques.
- Perform a self- assessment of informatics competencies and develop a plan to address weaknesses.
- Discuss how ethical principles are applied to data informatics solutions.
- Identify regulatory, reimbursement and accreditation requirements related to informatics.
- Recognize legal issues related to malpractice, scope of practice, proprietary data misuse and copy right permissions.
- Discuss policy promotion and public advocacy for health equity (community-level health equity awareness, social determinants of health, population health and risk stratification)
- Discuss the security, privacy and confidentiality regulations, laws and principles related to health information technology.
- Identify team building principles and skills.
- Describe communication strategies and techniques inside and outside the organization.