Nursing Informatics Competencies for Entry to Practice: the Perspective of Six Countries
Honey, M.L.L.; Skiba, D.J.; Procter, P.; Foster, J.; Kouri, P.; Nagle, L.M.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 232: 51-61
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 28106582 Document Number: 691745
Internationally, countries are challenged to prepare nurses for a future that has ever increasing use of technology and where information management is a central part of professional nursing practice. There has been a growing trend to move nursing to competency-based education, especially for those students undertaking their first nursing qualification. This first nursing qualification may be linked to pre-registration, pre-licensure or undergraduate education; the term used depending on the country. The authors are drawn from the International Medical Informatics Association special interest group, Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI) Education Working Group and represent New Zealand, the United States of America, England, Australia, Finland and Canada.