In this section, questions sent in by readers and visitors to the main Nursing Informatics web site are featured. I encourage you to ask questions that you would like to see printed in subsequent issues of this ezine. Go to the Contact Page to submit yours!
Q: I would like to know if your program is accredited by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) http://www.nursecredentialing.org/ as well. Most of the Nursing Informatics courses here are offered through MSN courses (specialization-nursing informatics). I am looking for some short courses (Certificates) that ANCC will accept when I apply for their exam in the future.
A. These CE courses can go towards 50% of the CE requirement for the ANCC certification. This certification is a good place to start - unless you wish to go on for your Master's degree. These courses are approved by the California Board of Nursing which has approval sanction from the NCSBN - National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Thus, according to the ANCC rule, they can be used for 50% of the required 30 hours of CE completion.
(see below for ANCC guideline excerpt)
"Q. Do contact hours need to be approved or accredited by a national organization?
A. As of January 1, 2003, 50% of your contact hours must be provided by an
ANCC accredited or approved provider."
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Q. I am currently enrolled in a MSN program with specialization in informatics and have recently begun a new position as a clinical informaticist/analyst. I discovered your websites and have come to believe you have developed more toward a theory than anything else that currently exists. I am fascinated by your, The Revealing of Nursing Informatics, comprehensive exam.
In my current class, I am critiquing and applying theory and I want to use informatics as application area. The problem I am having is that I can not find peer reviewed journal articles relating any particular theory to informatics. Do you happen to have time to offer any suggestions? If so, any would be deeply appreciated.
A. Actually, the Revealing work (my 2nd comprehensive exam for my PhD - I
am currently working on my dissertation) was a culmination of everything I could find on the subject. My best suggestion is to look at
the reference list (bottom of each page of the site):
http://www.nursing-informatics.com/revealing/NI_front.html
Although not specifically focused on nursing informatics, my first comprehensive exam, Nursing through the Lens of Culture, also explores key concepts that relate to how technology and informatics are shaped for and by nurses. It is available online at:
http://visiblenurse.com/nurseculture.html
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