Assignment Task:
Competencies
How do you determine what skills or qualities will benefit you as a leader in your healthcare organization or nursing practice? Need Assignment Help?
This question might be answered through the analysis of nursing informatics competencies. The analysis of these competencies provides a context for the qualities needed to effectively lead and implement projects in your healthcare organization or nursing practice.
Appraise the Standards for Nursing Informatics Practice (Standard 1-6) and the leadership strategies addressed in Informatics leadership Standard 12, that you might employ to establish a culture that supports new information technology initiatives. Consider the competences that we have discussed during this course.
Resources:
- American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informatics: 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)
- Bivona-Tellez, C. M., Hebda, T., Newbold, S. K., VanderKooi, M., Tietze, M., Rivard, M., Clarke, M., &Pordeli, L. (2024). Informatics competency assessment of nursing faculty: Progress and plans. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 42(8), 555-556.
- Farzandipour, M., Mohamadian, H., Akbari, H., Safari, S., & Sharif, R. (2021). Designing a national model for assessment of nursing informatics competency. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making , 21 (1), 1-12.
- Reid, L., Button, D., Breaden, K., &Brommeyer, M. (2024). Nursing informatics: Competency challenges for nursing faculty. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 310, 1196-1200.
Optional Resources:
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education.
- 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)
- Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R. (2021). Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19 (4), 794-841. doi:10.11124/JBIES-20-00100
To Prepare:
- Review the "Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice" learning resource to explore competencies related to nursing practice.
- Consider the role of competencies in nursing practice. Which competencies may be the most beneficial for project management and nursing informatics?
- Reflect on which skills you might currently possess and how you might become competent in others.
The Assignment: (4-5 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.