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Informatics Project Management
To learn more about key topics related to this assessment, read:
· Garcia-Dia, M. J. (Ed.). (2019).
Project management in nursing informatics
. Springer Publishing Company.
· Chapter 1, “Introduction: Nursing Informatics Specialty.”
· This chapter will help you learn more about this field and its professional expectations.
· Chapter 2, “Integration Between Nursing Informatics Core Competencies and Project Management Competencies.”
· This chapter helps you understand the intersection of competencies for informatics and project management.
· Chapter 3, “Project Management 101: Getting Started.”
· This chapter provides an overview of project management concepts to help you build foundational skills and understanding.
· Chapter 4, “Project Initiation.”
· This chapter will help you learn strategies and best practices for getting a project moving.
· Chapter 5, “Project Planning.”
· This chapter will help you learn about different ways to approach planning information system projects.
Needs Assessment
To learn more about conducting a needs assessment, read:
· Lipford, K., Jones, S., & Johnson, K. (2017).
Needs assessment of an electronic health record at an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 21(1).
· This article reports on the design and findings of a needs assessment for an electronic health record and its benefits and barriers to practice within an organization. Reading this may also be helpful if you need ideas for an organizational information system change project for your assessment.
Informatics Standards of Practice
To learn more about key informatics competencies relevant to this assessment, use the Capella library to read:
· American Nurses Association. (2015).
Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice
(2nd ed.)
. American Nurses Association.
· In the Scope of Nursing Informatics Practice section:
· “Functional Areas of Nursing.”
· “Informatics Competencies: Spanning Careers and Roles.”
· In the Standards of Practice for Nursing Informatics section:
· “Standard 1. Assessment.”
· “Standard 2. Diagnosis, Problems, and Issues Identification.”
· “Standard 3. Outcomes Identification.”
· “Standard 4. Planning.”
· “Standard 5. Implementation.”
Research Guide
You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid.
MSN Program Library Research Guide: Informatics
can help direct your research.
Additional Resources for Further Exploration
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APA Module
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