Certificate Overview
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The Nursing Informatics Post-B.S.N. Certificate includes three theory courses for 9 credits. The student may take an optional Practicum course in which the student will select a healthcare setting and preceptor for the Practicum.
Credit Distribution
The Post-BSN Certificate in Nursing Informatics requires:
| NUR-5310 | Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues | 3 |
| NUR-7010 | Nursing Informatics: Databases and Knowledge Management | 3 |
| NUR-7110 | Nursing Informatics: Consumer Informatics and Communications Technologies | 3 |
Optional Practicum Course
| NUR-7210 | Nursing Informatics: Seminar and Practicum I | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
NOTE:
If NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics Concepts and Issues is completed as part of the degree requirements for the BSN or MSN at Thomas Edison State University, this course will not be required for certificate completion. Completion of 100 on-ground, supervised hours are required for the practicum course. Application for practicum placement is submitted six months in advance.
Program Competencies
On completion of the Nursing Informatics certificate program the graduate will be able to meet the following competencies:
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Utilize interprofessional knowledge in nursing informatics to care for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to enact clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate person-centered nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to promote positive informatics utilization.
- Construct collaborative innovative nursing informatics for diverse communities for health promotion and disease management to improve population outcomes.
- Appraise evidence-based nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to improve and transform health care.
- Employ nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities that promotes quality and safety.
- Collaborate with interprofessional team members and stakeholders in the provision of nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to optimize outcomes.
- Lead in the provision of nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to provide positive learning outcomes.
- Use informatics and healthcare technologies in accordance with best practices that demonstrate professional, regulatory, and ethical standards for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities to provide positive learning outcomes.
- Integrate professionalism in nursing informatics for diverse nurses, individuals, families, and communities.
- Choose personal and professional developmental informatics activities that foster well-being and contribute to a culture of lifelong learning and leadership.