Informatics Nurse Specialists
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Job summary
Qualifications
- Experience in nursing with additional knowledge in health informatics.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work with health information technology.
- Ability to educate staff on using healthcare systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide consultation to nurses on hardware/software configurations.
- Analyze computer technologies applicable to nursing practice.
- Disseminate information about nursing informatics.
Skills
Tools
Job description
Informatics Nurse Specialist Definition: Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.
- Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics.
- Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration and research.
- Develop, implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses with data management.
- Inform local, state, national and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development and economics.
- Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.
These are the skills Informatics Nurse Specialists say are the most useful in their careers:
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Clinical Coordinator
- Nursing Informatics Analyst
- Health Informatics Specialist
- Public Health Informatician
- Telehealth Coordinator
There were about 600,500 jobs for Informatics Nurse Specialist in 2016 (in the United States). New jobs are being produced at a rate of 9.1% which is above the national average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 54,400 new jobs for Informatics Nurse Specialist by 2026. Due to new job openings and attrition, there will be an average of 44,900 job openings in this field each year.
The states with the most job growth for Informatics Nurse Specialist are Utah, Colorado, and Washington. Watch out if you plan on working in Ohio, Maine, or Mississippi. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.
Informatics Nurse Specialists make between $54,360 and $142,220 a year.
Informatics Nurse Specialists who work in District of Columbia, New Jersey, or California, make the highest salaries.
Below is a list of the types of tools and technologies that Informatics Nurse Specialists may use on a daily basis:
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- JavaScript
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Web browser software
- Python
- Microsoft Access
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Structured query language SQL
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- UNIX
- MEDITECH software
- R
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Salesforce software
What education or degrees do I need to become an Informatics Nurse Specialist?
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