I passed my certification exam!!

Greetings tmm43,

I used the HIMSS exam prep resources - the candidate handbook pretest, the CPHIMS self-assessment test and the recommended texts. It realy was designed to reflect real world current HIT/HIS practice areas - 1) Healthcare Enviroment, 2) Govermental, regulatory, professional and accreditation agencies, 3) Technology enviroment, 5) Systems Life-cycle, 6) Security/Privacy of data, 7) Planning and budgeting, 8) Law, ethics, communication, vendor contracting, 9) Operations management, administration, leadership, etc.
Good Luck!
[/Quote=tmm43;3318415] what material you used for your exam and what you found most useful? i will appreciate your feedback... thanks.[/quote]

I'd say the NI cert is focused on content related to NI, scope and standards of practice and data, information and knowledge the trilogy of NI. Where as the HIMSS cert focuses on traditional IT basics and HIT/HIS practice areas: Healthcare Enviroment, Govermental, regulatory, professional and accreditation agencies, Technology enviroment, Systems Life-cycle, Security/Privacy of data, Planning and budgeting, Law, ethics, communication, vendor contracting, Operations management, administration, leadership, etc.
I used supplemental reading recommended in the HIMSS prep material/manuel.

In order to be eligible to sit for the ANA NI certification exam one must meet one of the following practice hour requirements:

> Have a practiced minimum of 2,000 hours in informatics nursing within the last three years,
or
> Have practiced a minimum of 1,000 hours in informatics nursing in the last three years and
completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of academic credit in informatics courses which
are a part of a graduate level informatics nursing program
or
> Have completed a graduate program in nursing informatics containing a minimum of 200 hours
of faculty supervised practicum in informatics

and

Hold a current, active RN license within a state or territory of the United States or the professional,
legally recognized equivalent in another country

Be patient sometimes its just a matter of right time and right place related to securing an entry level position. Have you volunteered at your hospital to be a sytem Super User? Volunteer at your organization to assist with any pending clinical information system implementation, upgrade or training. Contact your IT/IS deptartment. Tell them you are in school and need to assist with a HIT project for your MSN program. While you are talking to them inquire if they have any entry level openings??
Good Luck!

CONGRATULATIONS on passing the exam!!! WAY TO GO!!!

Yes I can:

Traveling 2 day road show seminars provided all across the USA - they had one in Alaska recently!
WINI - The Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics
http://winiconference.net/

SINI
Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/sini/index.htm
this is the past summer's event but check the updated site for Summer 2010's event

AMIA 2009 Annual Symposium
Date: November 14 — 18, 2009
Location: Hilton San Francisco
AMIA-NIWG Sessions
http://www.amia.org/files/shared/AMI...IWG_Events.pdf

HIMSS Annual conference always has CEUs for NI
http://www.himssconference.org/education/default.aspx

Search the CIN Journal website - Computers Informatics Nursing for CEUs
http://journals.lww.com/cinjournal/Pages/default.aspx

Again CONGRATS and let me know if you need anything else.