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Title:
Green light for national IT competencies project
Author(s):
Julianne Bryce
Source:
Australian Nursing Journal.
16.1 (July 2008): p17.
Document Type:
Brief article
Full Text:
Planning is underway for the commencement of a national project to
develop, validate and publish Informatics Competency Standards for the
nursing profession in Australia. The project aim is to develop competency
standards to ensure the continued development of a skilled, capable and
informed nursing workforce, able to use the tools that technology provides
for the delivery of safer and better integrated patient care.
The ANF Nurses and Information Technology Study (2007), conducted
in partnership with the University of Southern Queensland, found that nurses
generally are poorly prepared to engage with information technology in their
practice. Results showed very few nurses have had any formal IT training.
These Informatics Competency Standards will provide a basis for the provision
of appropriate contemporary curricula for informatics education and
continuing education that is appropriate for the workplace. The integration
of informatics skills into nursing practice is fundamental at all levels for
nurses in the health system.
It is essential to build workforce capacity in health informatics,
based on the best data and available evidence, that will support and advance
health care initiatives for the benefit of all Australians. In order to keep
pace with Australia's current e-health agenda, a national approach to
the development of competencies in informatics for nurses and integration of
these into nursing curricula is a priority.
The project will be conducted by the ANF and funded by the
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Research will be
conducted by a project team from the Queensland University of Technology led
by Joanne Foster. The competency standards will be developed using a
literature review; an online survey of nurses; and conducting focus groups
held nationally in major centres. The competency standards will be validated
by distribution to and feedback from those nurses who participate in the
online survey, the focus groups and by an expert panel of nurse
informaticians.
The standards will provide nurses with a tool to determine best
practice in nursing informatics and assess their IT competence. The project
will build nurses capacity to engage with and further the Australian
Government's e-health agenda for the benefit of their patients.
BY JULIANNE BRYCE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICER
Source Citation
Bryce, Julianne. "Green light for national IT competencies project." Australian Nursing Journal July 2008: 17. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 May 2012.
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INSIGHTS
The ANF Nurses and Information Technology Study (2007),
conducted in joint venture with the University of Southern Queensland, found
that nurses generally are poorly equipped by knowledge to engage with
information technology in their practice.
The principles will give nurses with a tool to find out best
practice in nursing informatics and assess their IT competence. The project
will put up nurses capacity to engage with and further the Australian
Government’s e-health agenda for the benefit of their patients.
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