Curious RN Student

Hi JerseyGirl2010,

The reason why there are no responses yet is probably because there have been similar questions asked in the past that you can find by doing a variety of searches on this site - definitely try that.

Is it necessary to obtain a separate degree?

Not necessarily - although, there are 'Nursing Informatics' degrees.

Read these threads:

MSN vs Masters in Health Informatics

Does working in an informatics position make you an informatics nurse?

What are job opportunities like?

Depends. You can work directly with clinicians at the bedside, work as a liaison between clinicians and programmers, work with programmers in design and development, work in management roles governing departments or institutions, work with or lead a vendor's sales and/or marketing team, work with and/or lead a training company's training team or an implementation company's implementation team or a go-live support company's at-the-elbow-support team, work as a consultant either independently or via a company, and so much more! All that matters is managing to get an opportunity to get into the role of your desire.

Just curious about Nursing Informatics

Some great links with useful information are:

[PDF]Nursing Informatics 101 - HIMSS

[PDF]Nursing Informatics - Continuing Nursing Education - The University of Texas at Arlington

[PDF]Overview Informatics Competencies for Every Practicing Nurse: Recommendations from the TIGER Collaborative

[PDF]Position Paper: Nursing Informatics Executive - American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)