NURSING AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
Identification of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and development challenges. Examination of information systems used in clinical practice, information processing challenges and nurses' roles in the evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize, analyze, and pose solutions for information processing challenges as faced by nurses and other health professionals managing select patients, populations, or groups. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the current state of development of major areas within nursing and health informatics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate the conceptual ability and technical skills to develop and execute an evaluation plan involving data extraction from practice information systems and databases. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Consistent with ethical, legal, and social considerations, devise and evaluate biomedical informatics solutions to the information processing challenges identified. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize, analyze, and pose solutions for information processing challenges as faced by nurses and other health professionals managing select patients, populations, or groups. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the current state of development of major areas within nursing and health informatics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate the conceptual ability and technical skills to develop and execute an evaluation plan involving data extraction from practice information systems and databases. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Consistent with ethical, legal, and social considerations, devise and evaluate biomedical informatics solutions to the information processing challenges identified. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027