New Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards coming soon

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Be on the look out for the release of the new Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards from the ANA. Below is a summary by Nancy Staggers of the changes to the revised publication:

The ANA Congress voted unanimous approval of the Scope & Standards on Sep 30th. The ANA is busy getting this into print and e-publication, targeting early Nov for release (at the AMIA annual conference).

The differences between this edition and the previous one are substantial:

1. Added a new construct to the metastructures (data, information, knowledge and now wisdom).
2. Moved away from informatics positions to functional areas so that these are easily combined into unique positions.
3. Emphasized the integration of informatics with others within and external to nursing (rather than separating NI from others as before).
4. Updated NI competencies integrated into a matrix with the functional areas.
5. Expanded ethics for informatics.
6. Showed the impact of NI on nursing through a new model of a continuum of NI
7. Developed an extensive section on the future of NI.
8. Differentiated informatics nurse specialists and informatics nurse through educational credentials.
9. Telehealth nursing used as an example of how informatics will be integrated in all facets of nursing going forward.
10. Recrafted standards to blend with other nursing standards while maintaining the uniqueness of NI.

This work was completed by expert panel of 27 informatics nurse specialists.

Hope this helps.

Nancy Staggers
Chair, NI Scope & Standards Expert Panel