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Education in Nursing Informatics
Category 1: Graduate Programs with a Specialty NI Focus
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Informatics at Case Western Reserve University is built on a liberal arts and professional nursing education. Three semesters of full-time study for registered nurses who enter with the BSN lead to the MSN Degree. The program emphasizes the preparation of graduates who can analyze nursing information requirements, design systems, manage information and its technological requirements, identify system implementation strategies, implement user training strategies, and evaluate system effectiveness in clinical, educational, administrative and research venues.
Students in the Nursing Informatics major will specialize in an area of interest within Nursing Informatics. These areas include but are not limited to: systems analysis and design, emerging technologies, database management, and organizational implementation of information systems. An internship of one semester will provide an opportunity for the student to obtain practical experience as a Nursing Informatics Specialist (NIS) in a variety of clinical, educational, research and administrative settings. The program includes 500 hours that may be credited toward the required 2000 hours for certification as a Nursing Informatics Specialist through the ANCC.
The NIS assesses organizations and their information to design and implement information systems that enhance the delivery of patient care and patient care outcomes. The application of theoretically based and diverse strategies of information management enables the NIS to assist in clinical and administrative decision making at the unit, division and organizational level through the use of nursing and patient care data. Additionally, the processes of quality improvement, program evaluation, organizational redesign, strategic planning, accreditation and implementation of evidence-based protocols, are positively impacted by the NIS. Through a research and practice model, the NIS assists the organization to meet the needs of the new millennium in health care.
http://fpb.cwru.edu
Christine A. Hudak, RN, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nursing
e-mail: cah16@po.cwru.edu
Central Missouri State University is proud to announce their Master's Degree Program.
We award a master of science in Rural Family Nursing. Our three emphasis areas are:
* Nurse Informatician (32 credit hours)
* Nurse Educator (32 credit hours)
* Family Nurse Practitioner (44 credit hours).
More information!
Contact:
Paulette Keegan
Columbia University School of Nursing
Office of Student Affairs
Fax: 212-305-3680
Work: 212-305-1023
Our Duke program is built on a philosophy that expert nurses, with solid clinical experience, are best able to analyze, design/develop, implement, and evaluate information systems that could improve both nursing practice and patient care.
Duke's program permits busy nurses to complete specialized informatics education from anywhere in the world, amidst their demanding personal and professional lives. Come learn nursing informatics in one of the USA's best health care organizations! Duke is a private university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
- Duke's Post-Master's NI Certificate (PMC) program began in 1997and continues to be the leading PMC program. The online MSN program began fall 2002 Duke was the FIRST in the world to offer online informatics courses!
- Duke's program offers leading edge and rigorous curriculum that emphasizes clinical informatics tools to improve patient care and nursing practice
- Duke's faculty:student ratios provide opportunity for mentoring and personal attention for students (usually 1:12)
- Duke's program utilizes Adjunct Faculty who are practicing Informatics Nurse Specialists with extensive on-the-job informatics and advanced practice nursing experience. Dr. Goodwin (NI Program Director) has extensive hands-on experience.
Linda (Woolery) Goodwin, RN, PhD
(919) 648-3786 x238
Eastern University is an innovative Christian university offering undergraduate, graduate, professional, and international programs. The School of Professional Studies at Eastern offers adult accelerated programs at a variety of convenient locations including Valley Forge and St. Davids. Eastern University is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses is designed for the adult student. The accelerated format is designed for nurses who want to complete their degree in the fast track mode.
Through the 14 courses in the RN-to-BSN program, RN's increase their opportunities for advancement, strengthen leadership and interpersonal skills, acquire computer readiness for emerging healthcare and technology trends, ethical decision-making, and communication skills. Clinical rotations are independent and students have the ability to select their own clinical practicum experience.
Classes are taught by nursing faculty who have expertise in the area they teach. Small classes of 12-18 students stay together throughout the program. Accelerated classes meet the same night each week.
The RN-to-BSN program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); it is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Higher Education.
Post-BSN and Post-MSN Certificates in Nursing Informatics
Information technology is becoming an essential industry standard in virtually all aspects of medicine and healthcare delivery. The Certificate in Nursing Informatics program was developed to meet the demand for nurses to be educated in information technology. The certificate program at Eastern University provides nursing professionals with an edge allowing them to work in a variety of domains including consulting firms, hospitals, outpatient settings and vendor organizations. Completion of the certificate program prepares the nurse to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Informatics Nurse Certification. Additional field experience is required to sit for the examination.
The program consists of four graduate level courses that address nursing informatics:
- Introduction to Informatics for Nurses
- Emerging Information Technologies in Healthcare
- Healthcare Information Systems
- Professional Practice, Trends, and Issues (taught exclusively online)
All students receive a laptop computer at the beginning of the certificate program that will be utilized throughout the coursework. Each course will be taught in a six week accelerated format with students completing the program in ten months.
Eastern University
Department of Nursing
1300 Eagle Road
St. Davids, PA 19087-3696
Phone: (610) 225-5525
Toll-free: (800) 732-7669
Fax: (610) 341-1468
Excelsior College Health Care Informatics Certificate
The 17- credit Web-based Graduate level Certificate Program in Health Care Informatics is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to take a leadership role in the selection and implementation of health care information management systems, and in applying the knowledge gained from the information generated from these systems.
The enrollment requirements are a bachelor's degree in a health care discipline or bachelor's degree and work experience in a health care organization. The Certificate Program in Health Care Informatics accepts applications for admission on a rolling or continuous basis.
You may take one or more courses without enrolling in the certificate program. Non-matriculated students will be required to meet the same admission requirements as matriculated students.
Courses offered include:
HINF 521: Data, Information and Knowledge (3 credits)
HINF 522: Informatics and the Health Care Delivery System (3 credits)
HINF 551: System Lifecycle (4 credits)
HIMF 553: Issues in Health Care Informatics (2 credits)
HIMF 555: Knowledge Representation: Data Standards, Terminologies & Implications for Practice (2 credits)
HIMF 564: Informatics Project Management (3 credits)
For more information about this program, visit our "Healthcare Informatics" Web page:
https://www.excelsior.edu/portal/page?_pageid=57,45624&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Or contact via email:
Deborah Rastinehad PhD, RN, CWCN, COCN
drastinehad@excelsior.edu
Graduate Faculty
School of Health Sciences
Excelsior College
7 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203-5159
Loyola University Chicago Niehoff School of Nursing has continuously offered a graduate nursing administration major for over fifteen years. This year, the curriculum has been revised to prepare nursing leaders for the challenges of 21st Century. The Advanced Practice Nursing: Health Systems Management major provides students with core nursing administration content and options to specialize in Informatics or Outcomes Performance management. More information!
Contact:
Ida Androwich, RN, PhD, FAAN
Loyola University at Chicago
Niehoff School of Nursing
6525 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60626-5385
The program prepares nurses in the specialty of nursing informatics to work in a variety of clinical areas. The five (5) courses in the specialty build on the core curriculum of the master's program.
Students in the informatics specialty will apply models/theories of nursing informatics to clinical practice as well as demonstrate competence in the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of clinical and nursing information systems used in the delivery of patient care. In addition, they will use and apply research methods in the processing, storage and retrieval of nursing and patient care data. They will also learn to integrate evidence-based protocols into nursing information and patient care systems.
Collaborative informatics initiatives which have been established with a variety of clinical agencies will pave the way for excellent practicum experiences for students in the informatics program. The clinical practice model recently developed within the Division, with its emphasis on primary care, will provide a vital clinical laboratory for database development, system design and telehealth applications.
A post-master's certificate option consisting of five courses in nursing informatics is available for individuals who already have a Master's in Nursing.
Contact:
Barbara Carty, Coordinator, Nursing Informatics Program
Christine Dunnery, Recruitment
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Nursing
The master of science in nursing (MSN) curriculum at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is designed to prepare nurses for advanced nursing practice. MSN graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of roles in the health care system requiring advanced knowledge of care delivery and a high level of critical thinking. Students who choose the Nursing Informatics option can earn the MSN in four terms (one year plus one term) of full-time study. One may choose, however, to complete the program part-time over a longer period of time. All degree requirements must be completed within 5 years of admission. Students are admitted three times per year and courses are offered in an online format. Graduates of the Nursing Informatics option meet the educational and clinical requirements to apply for certification in Nursing Informatics, offered through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
For more information contact:
Jacqueline Moss PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Clinical Simulation and Technology
School of Nursing
University of Alabama, Birmingham
NB 446
1530 3rd Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35294
205-934-0657
mossja@uab.edu
University of Arizona College of Nursing
The University of Arizona College of Nursing provides advanced education in healthcare informatics at master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels. Healthcare informatics education is strongly rooted in the College's tradition of research, theory and intellectual rigor. All programs are dedicated to the preparation of healthcare informatics experts who are sophisticated innovators within today's rapidly changing and information-intensive healthcare environment. Educational programs are guided by faculty experts with established research programs and specialty preparation in healthcare informatics.
Master's and Post-Master's Certificate Program in Healthcare Informatics
Master's and Post-Master's Certificate programs prepare Healthcare Informatics Specialists for challenging new roles in diverse healthcare environments. Program graduates are prepared to:
- Use theory and conceptual models to analyze healthcare environments to determine clinical and administrative decision support requirements.
- Access and utilize existing data sets for evaluation purposes.
- Design databases for management of healthcare information.
- Provide leadership in conceptualization, design, implementation and evaluation of healthcare information systems.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of healthcare information systems to support data, information and knowledge requirements to improve client and organizational outcomes.
Doctoral (PhD) and Postdoctoral Programs in Healthcare Informatics
Doctoral (PhD) and Postdoctoral programs prepare Healthcare Informatics Scientists. Individualized programs of study provide an opportunity for research program development and implementation in the field of healthcare informatics under the guidance of expert faculty mentors. Program graduates are prepared to:
- Critique, generate, test and disseminate healthcare informatics knowledge.
- Conduct original theory-based research in healthcare informatics using diverse methodological and statistical approaches.
- Engage in high-level scholarly discourse regarding development and dissemination of healthcare informatics science.
- Provide leadership in the development of the healthcare informatics specialty through interdisciplinary collaboration and policy development.
For additional information access the College of Nursing website at: http://www.nursing.arizona.edu
College of Nursing contact:
Vickie Radoye
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
College of Nursing
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0203
E-mail: vradoye@nursing.arizona.edu
Phone: 1-800-288-6158
The Nursing Informatics Program prepares individuals to assume information technology roles in a variety of settings including health care organizations, educational institutions, and private industry. Coursework focuses on the conceptual underpinnings and technical skills required for the transformation of health care data into information and knowledge. Now accepting applications for Fall 2003.
Visit the UCSF School of Nursing website: http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/ for application materials and information.
For more information contact:
Carmen Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor
carmen.portillo@nursing.ucsf.edu
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing offers a Master of Science program in nursing designed to prepare nurses for advanced practice roles. Advanced Practice Nurses are prepared to formulate clinical, administrative or policy decisions to promote health with clients experiencing wellness, acute or chronic illness, and to develop, manage, and evaluate the care within communities and health care systems. Nurses in advanced practice roles will be prepared to integrate relevant knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in their practice and participate in interdisciplinary relationships to create or influence the health care environment. The program is structured to provide a foundation for career paths for future leaders in advanced nursing practice and to prepare lifelong learners who demonstrate knowledge, skill, critical thinking and flexibility. The Master of Science program also provides the foundation for doctoral study in nursing.
Facts about our Health Care Informatics Specialty
- All coursework is available entirely online and taught by internationally recognized faculty
- Online courses provide interactivity with faculty and informatics experts throughout the U.S. and Europe
- Access to the I-Collaboratory: a virtual infrastructure that allows a student to learn through collaborative interactions with a cadre of professionals in nursing, informatics, and health care
- Course content based upon applications to real life work
- Clinical experiences are arranged in the communities where you live and work
- Necessary knowledge and preparation for ANCC certification
- Graduates of the program work as informatics specialists in acute care and ambulatory settings, in systems analyst positions, and various information management positions in the vendor community
We offer the following programs:
36 Credit hour Master of Science Degree with a Nursing Specialization in Health Care Informatics
Required Core Courses (14 credits), Required Informatics Core Courses (13 credits) and Informatics Specialty Courses (9 credits)
16 credit hour Post Master's Certificate (PMC) with a Specialization in Health Care Informatics for those with a Master's degree.
16 Credit hour Health Care Informatics Certificate Program for those with a post BS degree program and all courses are available for graduate credit.
For Specific Questions about the informatics curriculum contact:
Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, Project Director: I-Collaboratory: Partnerships in Learning
Diane.Skiba@uchsc.edu or 303-315-8665
Or
Wendy McCullar, BBA, Director of Learner Support & Recruitment: I-Collaboratory: Partnerships in Learning Son.Informatics@uchsc.edu or 303-315-2428
Graduates of the Iowa Informatics program aspire to careers as researchers, faculty, and consultants. They will become leaders in nursing, in health policy, health care, and corporate health. At Iowa, the Areas of expertise include data and information management, knowledge building, telehealth, and bioinformatics. We are the national and international Nursing Minimum Data Set Coordinating Center as well as being a member of the CIC Clinical Nursing and Health Informatics Consortium. Iowa is also home to the Center for Nursing Classification and Clinical Effectiveness where the standardized nursing languages of Nursing Interventions Classification and Nursing Outcomes Classification were developed and tested, and continue to be revised and updated. The University has a comprehensive interdisciplinary health informatics collaboration involving all the Colleges. There is also extensive international nursing informatics research collaboration opportunities.
The Master of Science in Nursing Informatics is a 40-semester hour program.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing is a 60-semester hour program.
For more information please visit our web site at
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu or contact:
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN
E-mail: connie-delaney@uiowa.edu
Telephone: 319-335-7113
The University of Kansas School of Nursing is now offering a new Healthcare Informatics specialty track in the Master of Science degree program. This 40 credit hour program includes a foundation in information technology, special skills in organizational change, project management, and impact evaluation. Graduates of the program will learn skills in analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of information systems that support a full range of clinical and patient care functions. Students are prepared for positions with IT departments, advanced nursing departments, and as consultants and/or staff in organizations that specialize in computer operations and knowledge management. http://www2.kumc.edu/son
Most of the coursework is offered on-line, and part time plans of study are available. For more information or an application packet, please contact the KU School of Nursing Student Affairs Office at 1-888-588-1619 or email soninfo@kumc.edu.
Judith J. Warren, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, FACMI jwarren2@kumc.edu
The University of Maryland School of Nursing
Graduate Study in Nursing Informatics
In 1988, the University of Maryland School of Nursing launched the world's first Master's program in Nursing Informatics. Nearly two decades later, we have over 500 graduates across the globe, practicing in health care, education, research, and the informatics industry. Today, in addition to teaching informatics in our undergraduate programs and facilitating the use of information resources in all our curricula, we offer a number of options for graduate study in Nursing Informatics. For more information, go to http://nursing.umaryland.edu/programs/ms/informatics.htm.
Master of Science in Nursing Informatics
The Master of Science in Nursing Informatics prepares nursing professionals to enhance the quality of patient care and outcomes through the development, implementation, use, and evaluation of information tools. Graduates of the MS program analyze nursing information requirements, design system alternatives, manage information technology, identify and implement user training strategies, and evaluate the effectiveness of clinical and/or management information systems. Program alumni provide leadership in the conceptualization, design, and research of information tools and resources in health care organizations and in the informatics industry. The program requires 40 credits of graduate study and may be completed entirely online. Full-time and part-time options are available.
Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Informatics
Nurses who already hold a master's degree in nursing may opt for the Post-Master's Certificate in nursing informatics. Students who complete this program have the same knowledge, skills, and opportunities as those who complete the MS degree. Because students will have mastered the core content of advanced nursing in their previous graduate study, this option eliminates the nursing core courses. Students whose previous graduate study included courses in management and organization theory may petition to waive similar courses in our curriculum, at the discretion of our program faculty. Depending on the student's prior graduate course work, 15-25 credits are required for the Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Informatics. Students may complete the program entirely online, through full-time or part-time study.
Doctor of Nursing Science with Informatics Focus
The Doctor of Nursing Science with a Nursing Informatics focus prepares nurses for senior executive roles in which they develop and use information resources to acquire, evaluate, and implement evidence to increase the safety, quality, and effectiveness of nursing practice. Students complete the informatics courses of the MS curriculum in addition to the DNS courses and individually tailored experiences in supervised practice. Many courses require on-campus attendance.
PhD in Nursing with Informatics Focus
The PhD program prepares graduates for academic research careers. Current research foci of our faculty include terminology, standards, and interoperability; consumer health informatics; clinical systems, workflow, and impact; and public health informatics and public policy. Students complete the informatics courses of the MS level plus doctoral-level informatics courses and the remainder of the PhD curriculum. Many courses require on-campus attendance.
Contact
Judy Ozbolt, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FAIMBE
Professor and Program Director, Nursing Informatics
Phone: 410-706-4918; Fax 410-706-3289
Email: ozbolt@son.umaryland.edu
Nursing Informatics is one focus area in Health Care Systems at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. The Informatics focus area prepares leaders with in-depth skills in information management and processing principles to support data, information, and knowledge needs in the practice of nursing. Informatics students complete required professional, research, and health care systems courses, an intensive Residency in Health Care Informatics, and supporting coursework in Information and Library Sciences.
If you would like more information about our program, faculty, and resources, please visit our website at http://nursing.unc.edu/degree/ms_hcs.html
ANNOUNCING: DUAL DEGREE MSN/MSIS OR MSN/MSLS
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and School of Information and Library Sciences are pleased to announce the offering of two dual programs of study leading to a Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Science in Information Science (MSN/MSIS), and Master of Science/Master of Science in Library Science (MSN/MSLS). The MSN/MSIS and MSN/MSLS degree combinations unique opportunities for HCS students focusing in Informatics to combine skills in nursing, health care informatics and clinical leadership with specialized training in information and library sciences to meet the demands of a highly complex health care environment. These innovative programs create highly challenging intellectual experiences for interested students. Graduates will be well versed in clinical and information management techniques, the design and implementation of these technologies, and the impact of these technologies on the people who use them. Under the dual degree arrangements, a student may earn two professional degrees in a period of time less than that required to earn the two degrees separately.
If you are interested in improving the quality of care for patients, and improving organizational effectiveness and efficiencies through the integration of in-depth knowledge of health care systems and information science, please contact:
Office of Admissions and Student Services
School of Nursing
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carrington Hall, CB #7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Tele: (919) 966.4260 or
Email: nursing_applications@.unc.edu
Goal:
To prepare graduates to practice and conduct research in nursing and health care informatics. Students investigate methods for improving patient care and advancing knowledge through the study of nursing and health care data, information, and knowledge. Graduates will use information technology as they develop, implement and maintain systems within healthcare environments using the System's Development Life Cycle.
Curriculum (MS)
Curriculum (Doctoral)
Contact:
Dr. Carole Gassert
Specialty Director, Nursing and Healthcare Informatics
Carole.Gassert@nurs.utah.edu
University of Utah
College of Nursing
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801)581- 8143
The University of Washington School of Nursing's new Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technology (CIPCT) curriculum, offered to graduate students from multiple disciplines, prepares health care professionals to plan, implement and refine Information Technology (IT) and other cutting-edge tools to improve the quality of patient care and increase efficiency of service delivery. Graduates will be prepared to meet the growing need for nurses and other health care professionals who can implement and evaluate IT to improve patient health, personalize care, inform clinical practice, increase patient safety, enhance communication between patients and providers, manage chronic illnesses, improve workflow efficiencies, and enhance interprofessional collaboration. Graduates will be prepared to understand and apply information and computer science technology within a context of health care.
The CIPCT Master of Science curriculum includes core courses in health care systems, informatics, and patient-centered technologies taught by experts from nursing, computer science, engineering, biomedical and health informatics, health administration, and health information administration. In addition to didactic courses, clinical internships with health care organizations will be created and tailored to the individual student's interest. CIPCT students will take core informatics courses with graduate students from multiple disciplines, and complete an individualized intensive thesis.
The CIPCT Master of Science can be completed in 18 months of full-time study (part-time study is also available). All required courses are offered fully or partially on the Web. CIPCT is designed for students who can commute to the Seattle campus 2-3 times per quarter. Most courses are scheduled during weekend and evening hours. For more information, please visit www.son.washington.edu/eo/cipct or contact Judith Kelson: jkelson@u.washington.edu or 206-543-7851.
Vanderbilt University
School of Nursing
...where tradition meets innovation
MSN Program with a Specialty in Nursing Informatics
Vanderbilt University offers more than a traditional nursing program with multiple entry options and an emphasis on distance education for an MSN in Nursing Informatics. The curriculum for the MSN degree with a Nursing Informatics major is drawn from the School of Nursing, the Department of Biomedical Informatics in the School of Medicine, and the Managing IT program in Engineering. As with all nursing specialties, students are required to take the 10 hours of nursing core courses currently prescribed by the faculty. Other core courses are essential in the preparation for more in-depth study in a focus area of concentration. These major core courses present the basics of the informatics area, with cross discipline fertilization from Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology management. The nursing informatics area of specialization currently offers two areas:
Area I. Clinical Systems (Trangenstein, Newbold & others)
Hospital information systems, electronic patient records, order-entry and reminder/alerting systems, clinical pathways, nomenclature, coding methods, standards, natural language understanding and processing of clinical records, computer record confidentiality and security
Area II. Educational Informatics (Weiner & others)
Computer assisted learning technologies, multimedia collection and cataloguing, strategic planning for technology, evaluation of technology impact, graphics and database tools, basic web page development, principles of online learning, bridging education with practice and research
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information, please contact one of the program directors.
Area I: Clinical Systems
Patricia A. Trangenstein, PHD, RN,BC
Email: trish.trangenstein@vanderbilt.edu
Area II: Educational Informatics
Elizabeth Weiner, PHD, RN,BC, FAAN
Email: Betsy.Weiner@Vanderbilt.Edu
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