Nursing Informatics
Faculty Coordinator:
Bonnie L. Westra, PhD, RN
612-625-4470 or westr006@umn.edu
Specialty Area Information:
The nursing informatics (NI) specialty area prepares graduates with knowledge and skills necessary for leadership roles in health and nursing informatics to address the issues for consumers, clinical providers, and public health for processing and managing information through the use of various technologies. A wide array of courses throughout the University of Minnesota accompany nursing offerings, which offers students the opportunity to strengthen their disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise.
With increasing demand for computerizing health information, graduates of the nursing informatics specialty are well positioned to assume leadership roles in nursing and health informatics field. The NI area of study provides knowledge and scholarship complemented by clinical experiences in the following areas: - systems analysis and design,
- knowledge representation and interoperability,
- clinical decision support and evidence-based practice,
- human factors and usability,
- leadership and health informatics,
- consumer, clinical provider, and population health informatics
- health policy leadership,
- development and project management of health informatics projects,
- program evaluation,
- organization and administration of health services,
- ethical foundations of nursing, and
- applied research.
Students choosing to complete coursework part-time are well accommodated with our curriculum. The majority of the degree can be completed as a distance student, in an on-line format. More information about School of Nursing online coursework can be found at the Online Learning website.
Field Experiences
As part of the NI area of study, mentored field experiences are designed to allow students to develop knowledge and skills in their chosen area of emphasis. Practica are generally scheduled in the student's geographical area and match the student's interests/needs for advanced leadership skills.
Nursing Informatics Faculty
The NI faculty encompass a wide-array of skills and talents in a variety of informatics topics. We invite you to visit individual faculty homepages to gain a better understanding of their research and areas of expertise: Where do graduates work?
NI graduates are prepared to work in a variety of positions. Examples of these advanced nursing informatics positions are: - information system clinical project leader
- clinical informatics system analyst
- chief nursing information officer
- informatics nurse educator
- information systems administrator
- clinical decision support specialist
- nursing or health informaticist
- clinical informatics coordinator
- healthcare informatics software developer
- nursing informatics - community healthcare system
- nursing / health informatics consultant
- implementation consultant
- clinical support - safety manager
- director quality informatics
Courses in the Curriculum Sample curriculum for full-time student DNP Courses - Biostatistical Methods or equivalent statistical course
- DNP Proseminar
- DNP Seminar 1
- DNP Seminar 2
- DNP Seminar 3
- Economics of Health Care
- Epidemiology
- Evidence Based Practice
- Health Care Leadership for a Changing World
- Health Policy Leadership
- Interdisciplinary Healthcare Informatics
- Introduction to Complementary & Alternative Therapies
- Moral & Ethical Positions in Nursing
- Nursing Research
- Program Evaluation
- Science of Nursing Intervention
- Teaching & Learning in Nursing
Specialty Courses for Nursing Informatics - Clinical Decision Support
- Consumer Health Informatics
- Human Factors or User Interface Design, Implementation and Evaluation
- Knowledge Representation & Interoperability
- Population Health Informatics
- Principles of Database Systems (or equivalent)
- System Analysis and Design
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