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May 09, 2025
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Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog
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NSG 340 - Nursing Informatics
Description: Includes an overview of nursing informatics to improve communication, management of health care and optimal outcomes. Nursing's role and ethical considerations with informatics will be discussed.
Prerequisites: Program Admission.
Credits: 1.5
Lecture: 1.5
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Nursing informatics concepts: Foundational and specialty
- Clinical informatics: Electronic health record, flexibility in safety and healthcare collaboration
- Ethics and security of information
- Population based informatics
- Research implications in informatics
- Evolution of nursing informatics related to consumer information and health education
Learning Outcomes:
- Interpret how information systems are used to generate knowledge. (1)
- Assess the evolving roles, scope, and competencies of nursing informatics professional practice. (1)
- Analyze the use of varied data sources to support nursing practice, clinical decision-making, and positive patient outcomes. (2,4)
- Examine the influence of information technology on healthcare communication, collaboration, and information exchange. (2,5)
- Analyze the legal and ethical implications of nursing informatics. (3,5)
- Compare challenges and opportunities for nursing informatics. (5,6)
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