Nursing Informatics Leadership

Nursing Informatics Leadership

Unit code: HNO6017

Credit points: 12 

This unit provides a comprehensive overview of the digital healthcare landscape and the adoption of nursing informatics technologies and practices. Students critically examine the role of leadership in the adoption, implementation, and use of nursing informatics. They practice leadership scenarios to develop, implement and assess professional development programs for informatics use in clinical settings and interrogate a range of barriers and enablers to the use of digital technologies in healthcare. Recognising the growing need for nursing informatics to improve complex care coordination and patient outcomes, students will be equipped to lead on and advocate for policies, procedures and practices that maximise the benefits of health informatics.

Learning outcomes

 

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Commentate on the current digital healthcare landscape regarding the adoption of nursing informatics technologies and practices.
  2. Design an evidence-based professional development program for informatics use in a clinical setting.
  3. Interrogate from a leadership perspective the benefits and barriers to adopting, implementing and using nursing informatics systems.
  4. Critically assess the implementation plan of a nursing informatics system.
  5. Advocate for cost-effective, patient-centred implementation of nursing informatics systems, procedures and practices.

 

Assessment

 

Essay: Commentary on digital healthcare and nursing informatics (500 words) - 10%

Project: Evidence-based nursing informatics systems (2500 words) - 50%

Presentation: Advocate for nursing informatics systems (12mins) – 40%

 

Related course/s

 

This unit is studied as part of the online Master of Nursing (specialisation in Nursing Informatics Leadership), and Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics Leadership.