NINF 5110
Concepts of Nursing Informatics (3)
This course presents an overview of nursing informatics. Data, information, and knowledge used in making nursing decisions and implementing nursing actions related to the achievement of nursing outcomes are examined. Students examine the role of the informatics nurse specialist (INS) as it relates to the discipline of nursing.
Prerequisite: NURS 5102.
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NINF 5210
Information Systems Principles (3)
This course provides the students with the foundational principles of information systems (IS). Topics
include general systems concepts and the systems approach to organization; role of computer technology in information systems design; economics of information; importance of data as a major organizational resource; information resource management; overview of information systems components: software, hardware, people, data flows and functional subsystems and their relation to the whole system.
Prerequisite: NINF 5110.
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NINF 5205
Nursing Databases Design, Development, and Applications (3)
This course explores database design and development as applied to health, health care, and nursing. Topics include database theory,
design, implementation, management, and models. General database applications are examined as well as applications specific to health, health care, and nursing. Students create a database applicable to nursing.
Prerequisite: NINF 5210.
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NINF 5301
Nursing Systems Developmental Life Cycle (4)
The course examines the practice of the informatics nurse specialist (INS) as it relates to the system developmental life cycle processes
in the health care domain. It focuses on
the current and future applications that support INS practice in the health care
arena. Students analyze a nursing system
from a life cycle perspective.
Prerequisite: NINF 5205.
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NINF 5302
Consumer's Health Care Informatics (3)
This course focuses on the professional practice of the informatics nurse specialist (INS) as it relates to consumer informatics and interactive information systems in the health care domain. Students analyze the evolving science of consumer informatics and implications of interactive web-based systems on patient care delivery, health outcomes, and nursing practice. Ethical, legal, economic, and cultural implications associated with consumer health informatics are examined. Based on the human-computer interaction perspective, students develop and evaluate an interactive web-based system applicable to health care.
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NINF 5303
Informatics Project and Change Management (3)
This course is designed to leverage health care providers' expertise in facilitating both strategic planning and management of complex
projects in health care organizations. This course will introduce students to the basic principles of modern project management and is intended to provide
an introduction to project management (PM). It will assist informatics nurse specialists, analysts, developers, team leaders, and managers in developing an
understanding of the purpose and benefits of project management by exposure to
the concepts, practices, processes, tools, techniques, and resources used by
the project manager during the project life cycle. This course will closely follow the framework of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) with emphasis on its application to software and systems development projects.
Prerequisite: NINF 5302.
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NINF 5305
Nursing Informatics Practicum (3)
This course provides students the opportunity to perform the role and
function of a professional informatics nurse specialist (INS) in a health care
setting. The students develop their own field-based projects or participate on
an ongoing project as approved by course faculty. Students apply nursing
informatics principles to enhance health care outcomes.
Prerequiste: NINF 5303.
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NINF 5405
Advanced Practice in Nursing Informatics (3)
This is the capstone course for the degree program.
This course provides students the opportunity to perform advanced roles and functions as a professional informatics nurse specialist (INS) in a health care setting. Students may develop a more advanced component of their NINF 5305 Nursing Informatics Practicum field-based project or participate in a complex
field-based project environment. Students advance the complexity of applying
nursing informatics principles to enhance health care delivery and outcomes.
Prerequisite: NINF 5305.
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NINF 5408
Health Care Budgetary and Financial Management (3)
This course emphasizes the budgeting and financial management skills necessary for the informatics nurse specialist (INS). Budgeting concepts are discussed as well as information systems relevant to budgeting and financial management. Students develop an appropriate financial management plan including a budget.
Prerequisites: NINF 5110,5301.
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NINF 5415
Seminar on Issues in Nursing Informatics (3)
This course focuses on current and emerging issues affecting the professional practice of the informatics nurse specialist (INS). It builds upon the student's previous
knowledge of health care delivery systems and professional issues. Students analyze the impact of factors such as current and emerging regulations, legislation, health practice, health care delivery systems, and technology. Students complete a report on the specific impact of such factors on future INS practice.
Prerequisite: NINF 5408.
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