Nursing Informatics Education and Resources
Leading the nation in nursing informatics education
Ranked second in the nation in nursing informatics education by U.S. News & World Report, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing prepares nurses and nurse educators to utilize and teach effective use of technology in health care.
The school’s internationally-renowned informatics faculty are uniquely qualified to teach the essential and advanced competencies in nursing informatics and deliver:
- hands-on experience with the latest technology
- small class sizes
- mentoring in big data management and research to improve outcomes
- offering individual courses, workshops, doctoral programs
Why informatics?
Degree Programs
Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Informatics
For those who wish to combine their nursing experience with health IT to expand their impact on health outcomes.
PhD in Nursing
A focus on big data research: For those with a desire to understand and harness big data for discovering patterns and correlations leading to breakthrough health discoveries.
Certificate
Leadership in Health IT Professional Certificate
For those wanting to lead the successful deployment and management of a health IT system.
Professional Development
Telehealth Nurse Presenter
This is an online continuing education course to teach essential knowledge about the role of the telehealth nurse presenter.
Interprofessional Health Informatics (part of AMIA 10x10 program)
This course examines the implications of informatics for practice, including nursing, public health, and health care in general. It will discuss electronic health record issues and relate ethical and political issues of informatics.
Data Science Methods for Clinicians: CNE 151
an overview course with a focus on understanding new data analytic methods and application in healthcare. It does not require expertise in mathematics or statistics. The course will cover methods for reuse of big data in the context of healthcare for quality improvement and research, from an interprofessional team perspective
Patient Engagement in Health Information: CNE 162
Participants identify a project in their own organization and develop an action plan to engage patients in accessing their health information for shared decision-making with their health care providers.
