INFORMATICS AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR NURSING PRACTICE

NURSING 564

Identification of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and development challenges. Examination of information systems used in clinical practice, information processing challenges and nurses' roles in the evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.

NURSING 764

Application of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and developmental challenges. Identification of information processing challenges and evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.

CNP 453

Utilize computer and information/decision science to support quality and safety in health care. Explore informatics issues and examine nursing's role in healthcare technology. Opportunities to use and master various healthcare technologies and healthcare data will be given.

LIS/NURSING 517

Increases student understanding of appropriate and accurate materials for consumer health and family education; the ethical and organizational policy issues that arise when providing consumer and family health information in different settings; the role of the public media in disseminating health information; the health-related information needs and preferences of racial/ethnic minority populations. It also provides an introduction to health information technologies, from search engines to websites to apps, that put people in charge of managing their own health information.

NURSING 715

Evaluate and appraise health informatics and information technology in order to develop integrative approaches to the design, implementation and evaluation of health informatics solutions and problems. Application of standards, document architecture, decision support systems and heuristic rules and system life-cycle are key areas of focus. People and organization issues for system implementation and evaluation are applied to real data issues to examine privacy, data protection, and institutional responsibilities.