NR599 Week 7 Discussion Latest 2021 April

NR599 Nursing Informatics for Advanced Practice

Week 7 Discussion

Post TANIC Self-Assessment and Reflection Post

Purpose

The self-assessment is completed using the TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) tool. TIGER refers to the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative which identified a list of the minimum informatics competencies for all nurses and students graduating from pre- and post-licensure programs. The graded self-evaluation of your informatics competencies is required in order to increase one's own understanding of competencies in nursing informatics which will enable the planning of strategies to enhance knowledge and skills.

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

Apply knowledge of nursing informatics and non-nursing science (CO 1 and 2)

Assess nursing informatics competencies (CO2)

Evaluate progress in enhancing nursing informatics competencies (CO4)

Foster professional and personal development with planning strategies to enhance these competencies (CO4)

Examine ethical decision making in relation to these competencies (CO3)

Requirements:

In order to prepare for this assignment, read the lessons as well as the assigned readings BEFORE attempting the self-assessment.

Please use the following hyperlink to access and complete the survey: Week 7 Post-TANIC Self-Assessment Survey (Links to an external site.)

FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY WILL RESULT IN A GRADE OF ZERO (0) FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

After completing the survey, navigate to the Week 7 Module in Canvas and respond to EACH of the questions for your Reflection Post .

The Reflection Posts DOES NOT require cross-posting to a peer or faculty .

ATTENTION: Students will not receive results following completion of this survey. For the reflection questions, please recall how you rated your proficiency/competency with the skills on the survey.

*IMPORTANT* Upon completing the TANIC self-assessment survey, please TAKE A SCREENSHOT of the last page of the survey using a program such as Snipping Tool and save as a PDF or JPG and for your records. If you are unable to take a screenshot, please inform your faculty.

 Reflection Questions:

Reflect and respond to?EACH?of the following questions. 

Regarding the Post-TANIC Self-Assessment for this week, how does your competency level compare to the Week 2 Self-Assessment?

Which two competencies do you think may benefit you in your future role as an APN and why?

As discussed in the lesson this week, healthcare providers must be competent in informatics in order to make ethical decisions about informatics technologies and patients' intimate healthcare data and information. To the extent that information technology is reshaping healthcare practices or promises to improve patient care, healthcare professionals must possess certain competencies which will assist with consistency and quality. Which two competencies did you achieve in this course? Explain.