The Importance Of Nursing Informatics

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Nursing Informatics has to do with nursing integration, information management, processing of information and communication technology, to support people’s health worldwide (HIMSS, 2007). However, the course facilitators of this program can help nursing students feel empowered by developing creative teaching strategies or enhancing the quality of teaching, learning and preparing students to manage the increasing volumes of existing information. For instance, The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative has an objective to empower the nursing body which includes both nurses and nursing students to fully participate in the digital period of health care. A Delphi study was done to indicate the need for a list of informatics capabilities for nursing and survey the categories of computer and informatics knowledge skills (Staggers, Gassert &Curran, 2002).There is also the issue of nurses and nursing students having technology in front of them and being unable to use it, such was the case with Professor Paula. Note that, TIGER is purposefully at work ensuring safer and enhanced quality in patient care, better nurse education and use of informatics. On the contrary, the existing challenge stems from the rapid altering in technology which would require constant restructuring of the program. Student adjustment may be necessary and information literacy competency requires an understanding that the abilities is not unnecessary to the curriculum but