NI CEUs

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

Informatics for Nursing and Health Care Leaders Gain knowledge and skills

for processing and managing health care information.

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is now offering online

continuing education modules to prepare the healthcare workforce about the

use of health information technology (HIT). These online modules will

integrate principles from information, cognitive, and computer sciences

along with practical application in health care. Major emphasis will be on

what nursing and other health care leaders need to know to adopt, implement,

and effectively use HIT for improving patient safety, quality, and efficient

healthcare. These modules are targeted to health care leaders, providers,

educators, informaticians, and students.

CourseModules

Module 1: Paving the Cow Path or Getting More for Your Money

* Describe the importance of examining business and workflow processes

prior to determining system requirements.

* Identify the importance of prioritizing clear system requirements.

* Explore the upfront and hidden costs associated with selecting and

implementing and information system.

* Examine management strategies to decrease costs.

Module 2: Turning Data into Management Information

* Explore issues related to data for secondary use in management

reports.

* Strategize how to avoid pitfalls of "garbage in - garbage out" when

creating management reports.

* Describe how to define clear requirements for management reports.

* Compare alternative strategies for integrating and managing data.

* Practice advanced features for analyzing data in Excel.

For details see link below:

http://www.cce.umn.edu/conferences/informatics/

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

The August issue of Chicago Nurses' Lounge.com has a continuing education article entitled "Nursing Informatics: What's It All About?"

See attached or the link below.

http://www.nurseslounge.com/ViewMagazine.asp?mid=htttf&spid=-2

Nursing Informatics - Whats it all about.pdf

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

Traveling 2 day road show type 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

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

There is a new Facebook page - Nursing Informatics Learning Center

The new page "offers various models, images, illustrations related to nursing and nursing informatics"

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nursing-Informatics-Learning-Center/190990426429?ref=mf

also created by the same webmistress - June Kaminski - President of the Canadian Nursing Informatics Assn,

http://nursing-informatics.com/

This site "offers various activities intended to assist nurses to develop Nursing Informatics knowledge, skills, and insights and earn CE credits."

[3rdcareerRN]

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is now offering online

continuing education modules to prepare the healthcare workforce about the

use of health information technology (HIT).

New URL for the modules:

http://www.cce.umn.edu/School-of-Nursing-Informatics/index.html

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

13 Nursing Informatics specific CEUs from PerlsReview

http://www.pearlsreview.com/Informatics-Nursing-(RN-BC)

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

I shared with you my close call with recertifying for the CPHIMS exam.

Next recertification for my Nursing Informatics certification!

For those of you who are also in need of Nursing Informatics specific CEUs, I've found

FREE NI CE Modules, FREE Live NI CE Webinars and FREE Recorded NI CE Webinars + Informatics related articles.

Enjoy!

http://topics.nurse.com/informatics/