- This 13 module course introduces the practicing nurse to nursing informatics theory, practice applications, self-assessment and skill development for the future. This course entails 39 instruction hours, equivalent in length to a standard 3 credit college course. This course is personalized, self-paced and taken entirely online in the privacy and comfort of your own home or office. You will receive one to one interaction with your instructor and your modes of assessment and study will be fine-tuned to suit your personal learning styles, preferences and needs.
Practice includes learning how to utilize computer technology for documentation, communication, health challenge research, discharge planning, emanicipatory client education, professional development, networking and health team collaboration. A self-focused component provides practice in applying the techniques to improve competency development, and to streamline preferential skill development.
This 5 hour course introduces nurses to human factors essential to effective application of nursing informatics in practice. Topics focus on the human factors of ergonomics, human-computer interaction, usability, learnability, memorability, likeability, readability, asepsis, and aesthetics. This course is self-paced, completely online and pertinent for competency testing.
