Nursing Informatics - Entry-to-Practice Competencies for Registered Nurses - Updated June 4, 2015

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National entry-to-practice competencies for registered nurses are defined through a nursing informatics competency framework. The document explains how Canada Health Infoway supported CASN to foster a culture of integrating nursing informatics into Canadian nursing education and professional practice. It presents objectives for convening national dialogue, strengthening educators’ teaching capacity, and engaging key stakeholders to develop outcome-based undergraduate nursing informatics objectives, supported by expert working groups.

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Project objectives

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Nursing informatics competency definition

| | | --- | | | 1 Nursing Informatics Entry-to-Practice Competencies for Registered Nurses Published by: Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing |
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[www.casn.ca](www.casn.ca) | | --- | | | | | | | Acknowledgements The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing gratefully acknowledges the expertise, time, and contributions of all those who engaged in the development of these national competencies and indicators. Production of this document was supported by the Canada Health Infoway-CASN Clinicians in Training program. Generating Momentum to Prepare Nursing Graduates for the Electronic World of Health Care Delivery project Competency Development Working Group: Lynn Nagle (Chair), RN, PhD Elizabeth Borycki, RN, PhD Lorie Donelle, RN, PhD Noreen Frisch, RN, PhD, FAAN Kathryn Hannah, RN, PhD President, Nagle & Associates Inc. Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Assistant Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University Canada Professor and Director, School of Nursing, University of Victoria Hannah Education and Consulting Services Inc. Health Informatics Advisor, Canadian Nurses Association | Alexandra Harris, RN | Professor (Adjunct), School of Nursing, University of Victoria
Professor (Adjunct), Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah
MN/MHSc Student, University of Toronto
Innovation Project Manager, University Health Network | | --- | --- | | Sylvie Jetté, RN, PhD | Professor, School of Nursing, University of Sherbrooke | | Tracy Shaben, RN, MN | Canadian Nursing Informatics Association Representative /Lead, Clinical Informatics, University of Alberta Hospitals sites, Alberta Health Services | | | | | | | | | | Generating Momentum to Prepare Nursing Graduates for the Electronic World of Health Care Delivery project Task Force: Noreen Frisch (Chair), RN, PhD, FAAN Irma Jean Bajnok, RN, PhD Sandra Bassendowski, RN, EdD Elizabeth Borycki, RN, PhD Denise Bowen, RN, MN Maureen Charlebois, RN, MHSc Lorie Donelle, RN, PhD Nora Hammell, RN, MN Kathryn Hannah, RN, PhD Alexandra Harris, RN Professor and Director, School of Nursing, University of Victoria Director, International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre Co-Director, Nursing Best Practice Research Unit, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan Assistant Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria Chair, School of Health and Human Services, Aurora College Chief Nursing Executive & Group Director, Clinical Adoption , Canada Health Infoway Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University Canada Director, Professional Practice and Regulation, Canadian Nurses Association Hannah Education and Consulting Services Inc. Health Informatics Advisor, Canadian Nurses Association Professor (Adjunct), School of Nursing, University of Victoria Professor (Adjunct), Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah MN/MHSc Student, University of Toronto Innovation Project Manager, University Health Network | Sylvie Jetté, RN, PhD | Professor, School of Nursing, University of Sherbrooke | | --- | --- | | Lynn Nagle, RN, PhD | President, Nagle & Associates Inc.
Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto | | Catherine Peirce, MA | Project Manager, e-Learning, The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada | | Patricia Seaman, RN, PhD | Assistant Dean UNB/Humber Collaboration
Faculty of Nursing, Un

FAQs

What is the purpose of this document for registered nurses?

It defines entry-to-practice competencies in nursing informatics for registered nurses and frames how nursing informatics should be integrated into education and practice.

How does the document describe nursing informatics?

Nursing informatics is defined as integrating nursing, information and knowledge, and their management with information and communication technologies to promote health for people, families, and communities.

What are the three objectives of the CASN project described in the background?

The objectives are to promote national dialogue on integrating nursing informatics into entry-to-practice competencies, increase the capacity of educators to teach nursing informatics, and engage stakeholders to develop outcome-based objectives for undergraduate curricula.

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