In 4 pages • Explain what competencies are most important and beneficial for your success as a leader in your practice. Be specific and provide examples.
• Appraise the leadership strategies, addressed in Informatics Leadership Standard 12, that you might employ to establish a culture that supports new information technology initiatives. Be specific.
• Analyze whether or not you currently have these skills. Then, explain approaches you might recommend implementing to become competent or more proficient in this skill.
• American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informatics (https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1021761&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200): Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.).
◦ “Informatics Competencies: Spanning Careers and Roles” (pp. 41–47)
◦ “Standard 1-6” (pp. 68-78)
◦ “Standard 12” (pp. 87-88)
Competencies
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education (https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf). https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf
◦ Domain 5, “Quality and Safety” (pp. 11)
◦ Domain 7, “Systems-Based Practice” (pp. 11)
◦ Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 11)
◦ “Advanced-Level Practicum Experiences” (p. 22)
◦ Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 5: “Quality and Safety” (pp. 39–41)
◦ Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 7: “Systems-Based Practice” (pp.
44–45)
◦ Advanced Level Competencies: Domain 8: “Informatics and Healthcare Technologies” (pp. 46–48)
• Farzandipour, M., Mohamadian, H., Akbari, H., Safari, S., & Sharif, R. (2021). Designing a national model for assessment of nursing informatics competency (https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-021-01405-0). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 21(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01405-0
• Hübner, U., Thye, J., Shaw, T., Elias, B., Egbert, N., Saranto, K., Babitsch, B., Procter, P., & Ball, M. J. (2019). Towards the TIGER international framework for recommendations of core competencies in health informatics 2.0: Extending the scope and the roles (https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=31438119&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 264, 1218–1222. doi:10.3233/SHTI190420
• Kinnunen, U.-M., Heponiemi, T., Rajalahti, E., Ahonen, O., Korhonen, T., & Hyppönen, H. (2019). Factors related to health informatics competencies for nurses—results of a national electronic health record survey (https://oce-ovid-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/article/00024665-201908000-00006/HTML). Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 37(8), 420–429. doi:10.1097/CIN.0000000000000511
• Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R. (2021). Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A scoping review (https://oce-ovid-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/article/01938924-201906000-00008/HTML). JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(4), 794–841. doi:10.11124/JBIES-20-00100
