LAGUNA NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
SY 2011 SUMMER

NURSING INFORMATICS
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Description:
Integrates nursing science with computer technology and information science to identify, gather, process, and manage information. Emphasis on technology based health applications which support clinical, administrative, research, and educational decision making enhancing the efficacy of nursing endeavors.
Course Purpose:
This course provides an overview of nursing informatics for all student nurse. Focus is on developing an understanding of concepts relevant to health care informatics. Current trends and issues in using, designing, and managing heath care information systems will be examined. Students, applying knowledge from assigned readings, will analyze the design and implementation of health care information systems. The course includes email, electronic discussion forums, computer applications, worldwide web, and internet assignments.
Course Objectives:
1. Identify key trends and issues in nursing informatics and the impact on health care information systems. 1.1 Describe the historical perspectives of nursing and computers 1.2 Discuss the term nursing informatics. 1.3 Define basic terms related to hardware, software, World Wide Web, and the Internet. 1.4 Identify informatics visions for the profession of nursing. 1.5 Discuss technology applications utilizing speech recognition, genomic informatics, date warehousing, and virtual reality.
2. Explain how theories, such as communication, information, management, systems, and nursing relate to health care information systems. 2.1 Define classic change theories: early group, small group, and field theories. 2.2 Discuss the impact of technology and change in the health care setting. 2.3