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Nursing informatics is a fairly new concept in nursing which has yet to be fully embraced but increasingly being appreciated based on its contribution to the nursing practice. Technology use in nursing has also been one of the factors that have greatly influenced the acceptance of nursing informatics in improving the quality of care given to patients.
In terms of specifics of nursing research in relation to nursing informatics, there are several areas that can be explored. One of them is the use of technology in nursing. Nursing informatics heavily relies on technology to function. The impact of integrating technology in nursing is one of the areas which can be used to assess the viability of nursing informatics in the nursing practice and its impact on patient outcomes.
Another area of nursing research is the collection and management of healthcare data which is also another important element that defines the field of nursing informatics (Ronquillo Currie & Rodney, 2016). Research on nursing informatics also needs to capture its utility and provide a link as to how it improves the nursing profession as a whole.
The reason why I find nursing informatics to be interesting is because of the increasing need for engaging in evidence-based practices in nursing as a practice. Nursing informatics facilitates and solidifies the use of evidence-based practices in nursing by making it easier to collect and analyze large amounts of relevant and useful data.
Nursing informatics has also made it much easier to carry out different management functions in nursing, including managing staff, allocating and scheduling tasks, allocating resources, to list a few (McCormick & Saba, 2015). The wide application of nursing informatics in nursing as a whole makes it quite fascinating, and with a lot of potential to further improve nursing as a practice.
Research in a field like nursing informatics provides a basis for using evidence-based approaches to adopting new technology in healthcare. In applied medicine where patient outcomes are given primary focus, it is important to always consider tangible evidence when adopting new technologies to avoid exposing the patients to any harm.
Nursing research also facilitates continuous improvement of applied medicine by continuously interrogating new effective and efficient techniques and methodologies of how to tackle matters healthcare (Fain, 2017). Nursing research also opens up new frontiers that can create more understanding of unexplored areas in applied medicine.
One of the methods for conducting nursing research on nursing informatics is by interrogating previous researches and identifying research gaps that need to be filled. Another method for such research is by assessing from real-life practice, areas where further research can be explored to improve on the concept. Some of the specific topics that I will aim to cover in my literature review when conducting the research include, how nursing informatics can be tapped to enhance different elements of nursing, how technology can be harnessed to advance nursing education, to list a few.
Nursing Theories and How They Have Assisted in My Nursing Profession
Theories both nursing and borrowed play a big role in the advancement of the nursing practice. Theories provide a foundation upon which nursing researches are based on. It is through inferences from those researches that the development of various areas in nursing such as education, patient care, and administration can be done.
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The literature search I conducted was mainly focused on nursing informatics. To collect the relevant data, I used Google scholar database, which provided numerous search results on the subject. I also searched using the PubMed database and Europe PMC database which also had a significant number of search results on nursing informatics. The main search term which I used to search is nursing informatics. I, however, expanded the literature search to include healthcare information technology since it encompasses similar and relevant concepts to nursing informatics.
The three articles that I selected based on their relevance on the topic of interest are as follows; “Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment for the Nurse Leader; The Delphi study”, by Collins et al. (2017), “Nursing Informatics Certification Worldwide: History, Pathway, Roles, and Motivation”, by Cummins et al. (2016) and lastly, “A Review of Clinical Informatics Competencies in Nursing to Inform Best Practices in Education and Nurse Faculty Development” by Forman, Armor, and Miller (2020).
The first article, written by Collins et al. (2017), aimed to establish the perceived competency in nursing informatics required by a nurse leader. The article appreciates the fact that uptake of healthcare information technology (HIT) is on the increase and nurse leaders ought to be conversant with the field. This is more so the case given the role played by HIT in the decision-making process. The article indicates that there is an existing gap that needs to be filled in determining the core competencies required by nurse leaders in implementing nursing informatics systems.
The results established by the article isolated 74 main competencies from a list of 108 where a number of the participants who took part in the study noted that most of the nurse leaders obtained their knowledge on HIT through on-the-job-training. This article is relevant in that it highlights the importance of understanding HIT. The article also establishes various competencies, for example, knowledge on HIT as being part of the competencies that I should develop, should I want to understand nursing informatics. These competencies as explained by the authors should be properly developed using a structured education curriculum.
The second article was by Cummins et al. (2016), which recognized the importance of recognizing the certification of informatics professionals as being an essential element in workforce development. The article was aimed at describing the different elements of nursing informatics as used across the globe and comparing them with clinical informatics used by physicians.
From the research conducted, it was established that the motivation for nurses to obtain an informatics certification was higher in nurses with no prior degree in the field. It was also established that the difference between informatics certification used by nurses and physicians is the method of training and the level of informatics practice. It was evident that nursing informatics certification did not necessitate a nurse to have any formal training.
The article concludes by highlighting the importance of obtaining competencies in nursing informatics in professional nursing practice. This article reiterates the importance of informatics in the nursing profession. From the knowledge gained from this article, I am challenged to improve my competencies and knowledge in the field of nursing informatics to create a greater impact on my nursing role.
The last article by Forman, Armor, and Miller (2020), established that increased use of evidence-based practices in nursing has necessitated that nurses have requisite knowledge on nursing informatics. The article, therefore, had two main objectives; the first objective was to establish the state of the science related to competencies in nursing informatics and the best practices to develop the said competencies through education by nursing students and faculty.
From the research, it was established that the educational curriculum used did not follow a standardized system of teaching nursing informatics. The article also realized that there are scarce research materials which can assist educators to come up with a proper education program to develop nursing informatics competencies. This article clearly points out a research gap that I can explore in the future to further improve the development of nursing informatics competencies by other nurses.
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