Examining the Relationship Between Nursing Informatics Competency and Evidence-Based Practice Competency Among Acute Care Nurses

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dc.contributor.advisorGaffney, Kathleen F.
dc.contributor.advisorKitsantas, Panagiota
dc.contributor.authorFehr, Susanne Tacaraya
dc.creatorFehr, Susanne Tacaraya
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-18T01:54:22Z
dc.date.available2014-09-18T01:54:22Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractIn 2003, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report entitled Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality, which recommended that every nurse be educated to deliver patient-centered care as part of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics. Evidence-based practices (EBP) represent an efficient and cost-effective infrastructure for ensuring quality of care and improving patient outcomes. Many healthcare information technology applications are incorporating computerized decision-support systems that have been developed from EBP. Nurses, the largest group of healthcare providers, need to develop informatics competency in order to effectively translate and use or implement EBP. Nurses increasingly require information technology competency to effectively practice in the current healthcare environment. Nursing informatics competencies are a worldwide necessity for the acute care nurse. Yet, there is limited research on the relationship between nursing informatics competency and evidence-based practice competency, two separate yet related competencies that are recommended by the IOM for all nurses.
dc.format.extent157 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8876
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Susanne Tacaraya Fehr
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectAcute care nurses
dc.subjectEvidence-based practice
dc.subjectNursing informatics
dc.titleExamining the Relationship Between Nursing Informatics Competency and Evidence-Based Practice Competency Among Acute Care Nurses
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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