1st Edition
Nursing Informatics Truths, Talent, and Transforming the Future
Expert nurse technology pioneers, emerging leaders, and award-winning informatics nurses provide practicing and aspiring nurse informaticists with an acute understanding of current and evolving healthcare trends and roles and how healthcare organizations and industry leaders benefit from nurses' informatics talent – essential skills, knowledge, wisdom, and contributions – to add immense value in the current and future healthcare technology landscape.
This book moves beyond the current informatics literature. It is a platform to inspire nursing informaticists to confidently create, advocate for, and manage their presence in the healthcare technology industry. It furthers the understanding of nursing's value, knowledge, and abilities, the nursing informatics specialty, and how nurses, as end users of technology and the patient's voice in clinical practice, are essential workers, technical developers, and implementors, leading the cultivation of innovative healthcare technology solutions.
The content deep dives into:
- Why nurses in technology and innovation are indispensable to solving today's key healthcare issues
- Debunking nursing profession and practice falsities and how the truths prove nurses' genuine value in today's healthcare information technology industry
- A comprehensive look at the past, current, and future state of the nursing informatics specialty
- Pitch language for why organizational leaders should begin and better utilize nurses' exceptional clinical and technology talent essential to transforming healthcare
- The ways nurses intelligently use technology, knowledge, wisdom, and innovation and can harness strategies to thrive in current roles and succeed in career transitions
- How emerging nursing and informatics roles catalyzed by modern technology will profoundly change the healthcare landscape
The chapters include invaluable testimonials, recommendations, resources, and influential nurse names to help readers thoughtfully evolve their nurse technology processes and roles and promote a way forward for nurse innovation, career growth, and revolutionary care delivery shifts that will take the unique informatics specialty to the next level and create a path for an equitable, fully digitized future of healthcare.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Dedication
Section 1. Truths
Chapter 1. The State of Nursing Informatics - Opportunities to Boldly Influence Change
The Imperative to Growth and Change
The Nursing Informatics Landscape: What’s Happening Now
The Case for Why Nursing Informatics Truths and Talents are Essential Today
Nurses informaticists Get It – and Why Everyone Else Should Too
Nurses Informaticists are the Invisible Voice of Patients, Caregivers, and Clinicians
The Fast and Furious Healthcare Evolution
The Covid-19 Pandemic Changed Nursing
We Need More Nurse Informaticists
We Need More Educators to Teach Nursing Informatics
In Academia
In Clinical Practice Settings
Healthcare and Technology are Transforming, We Need New Informatics Roles
Emerging Needs for Nursing Informatics Skills, Knowledge, and Talent
Nurses as Technology Solution Developers and Implementors are Future Critical
There is No Shortage of Nursing Informatics Talent in the Healthcare Technology Industry
Nursing Informatics + Innovation Will Get Us to Where We Need to Be
A Time for Learning and Transformation
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 2. The Facts About Informatics Nurses Place in Healthcare IT
The Value All Nurses Bring to Healthcare
Who People Think Nurses Are, What They Do and Don’t Do
The Perceived Value of Nurses
In Society
In the News and Social Media
Healthcare Information Technology Industry and Our Colleagues
Factors Hindering Nurses’ Growth and Impact in the Healthcare Technology Industry
A Lack of Knowledge About Nurses’ Formal Informatics Training and Certifications
Unawareness of Global Nurse-led, -developed, and -centric Technology Initiatives
Nurse Informaticists’ Contribution Must Be Known
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 3. The Specialty of Nursing Informatics
The Power of Nursing Informatics
A Lynchpin Role in Healthcare ’s Future
Evolution of Nursing Informatics – Past, Present, and Future
Definition and Nursing Informatics Paradigm
Driven by Standards - ANA Scope and Standards of NI Practice
Nursing Informatics Certification
Nursing Informatics Organizations and Networks
Roles and Opportunities in Nursing Informatics
Insights from the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Workforce Surveys 2004-2020
Value and Impact of Nursing Informatics
Emerging Technologies and Trends
Reimagining Informatics and the Care Continuum
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Section 2. Talent
Chapter 4. What Nurses Informaticists Have and Need More Of
The Essentialness of Nursing Foundations to Healthcare IT
What Nurse Informaticists Naturally Encompass–Cornerstones of Nursing: Care, Compassion, and Empathy
Experiences and Acquired Skills Impact New Technologies
The Nursing Process
Workarounds
Applied Innovation
Interdisciplinary Teamwork
Holistic Big Picture
Where Informaticists Can be More Involved– System Development Life Cycle and Nurses
The 7 Stages of SDLC
1. Planning
2. Requirements Analysis
3. Design and Prototyping
4. Software Development
5. Testing
6. Implementation/Deployment
7. Operations and Maintenance
Increasing Nursing Participation
The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC)
Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders (SONSIEL)
The National Nurses in Business Association (NNBA)
Get Ready to Digitize the Future
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 5. Substantiating the Value of Nursing Informatics
Defining Your Worth as a Nurse Technologist
The Difference Between Knowing and Speaking
The Reality of Gaps in Understanding Nursing and Nursing Informatics Today
Gaps in Different Organization Types
Bridging Gaps with Nursing Curriculum
Academia is Essential for Value
Gaps in Nursing Informatics Perceived Value
Nursing Informatics Value Metrics
Informatics Nurses are Invaluable Contributors in the Development and Implementation of Healthcare Technologies
Voice and Vision
Applied Clinical Experience and Technology Lifecycle
Building and Sustaining Health Technology Systems
Nursing Informatics Quantifiable Value
Task Measurement to Value-based Outcomes
The Results of Uncovering Nursing Informatics Quantifiable Value
Unique Perspectives Between Nurses, Non-clinicians, and Other Clinicians–Opportunities for Influence, New Roles, and Growth
Nurses and Non-clinicians
Nurses and Physicians
Missing Out on Job Opportunities
Clinician Role Inequities
The Value of Nursing Informatics Reporting Structures and Leadership Roles
Department Reporting Structure Pros and Cons
The Four C’s of Nurse Informatics Leaders
The Communicator
The Connector
The Collaborator
The Change Navigator
The Four C’s – Adding Empathy
Understanding What Nurse Informaticists Do and How to Tell Everyone
Scripting to Help Nurses Describe the Value of the Informatics Specialty, Roles, and Talents
Go Forth and Substantiate Your Nursing Informatics Value
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 6. Advancing your Growth in Healthcare Information Technology
The Choice to Pursue the Nursing Informatics Specialty
Translating Nurse Knowledge and Skills to Solve Healthcare IT Problems
Nursing Knowledge
Nursing Practice Skills are Key
Nursing Assessments
Critical Thinking
Identifying Problems
Translating Nurse Knowledge and Technology Skills to Solve Healthcare Problems
Health Equity
Consumer Experience
Nursing Workforce Challenges
Nurses Contribute to Problem-solving
Nursing Skills for Healthcare Information Problem Solving
Working in Complex Environments
Working with Teams
Working in Clinical Care
Transitioning to New Healthcare Technology Settings
Use Translation Skills
Explore New Places and Roles in the Industry
Leverage Your Network Onion
Strategies for Personal and Professional Growth – Find Your People
Mentors
Create A Personal Board of Directors
Join Professional Organizations
Reap the Benefits
Pivoting: Making the Next Move in Your Healthcare Technology Career
Nurses Getting a Foot in the Door
The Public and Private Sector–How Nurses Technologists Discover Healthcare IT Roles
Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
Electronic Health Records and Operation
Quality and Risk Management
Leadership
An Immense Positive: Stability
Healthcare Technology Industry
Industry Vendor Players
Innovation Opportunities
New Collaborations
Driving Revenue
Healthcare IT Consulting
A Truly Hands-on Role
Higher Compensation
The Big Picture: Understand How Everything Fits Together
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Section 3. Transforming the Future
Chapter 7. Applying Innovation and New Technologies
Now’s the Time for Transformation
Nurse Innovation Spirit and Skills
Creativity
Ambiguity
Entrepreneurship - Hacking to Develop Healthcare Solutions
Innovation and New Healthcare Technologies
Nursing Innovation is Changing nursing roles impacted by Technology
New Practice Settings and Care Models
Nursing Innovation is Changing Nursing Roles Impacted by Technology
New Practice Settings and Care Models
Three Key Themes for Informaticists to Innovate and Transform the Future
Nursing Leadership
The DIKW Framework
Emergency Preparedness
Structural and Individual Determinants of Health
Nursing Will Advance with Innovation, Knowledge, and Advocacy
The Conclusion is Just the Beginning
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 8. The Future: Where Nursing Informatics Goes from Here
The Next Phase of Healthcare, Intelligent Technologies, New Roles, and Focus
Nurse Informaticists: Clinicians of the Future
New Models, New Personas
Physically-distanced Care Delivery
A New Care Model: Virtual Nursing
Five Ways Nurses Will Transform the Future of Healthcare and Informatics
#1. Nurses Will Recognize Their Value Based on New Experiences
#2. Nurses will Side Hustle and Become Entrepreneurs
Exploring New Ventures
Nurses: The New Sharing Economy Moguls
#3. Nurse Will Have New Roles Opportunities in Automation as AI Reigns in Healthcare
New Roles to Support Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Clinical Robot Associate
Prompt Engineer
Chief AI Officer
#4. Nurses Will Become Scientists, Engineers, and Data Stewards
Nurse Scientists
Nurse Engineers
Nurse Data Stewards
#5. Nurse Technologists Will Advance Healthcare Justice for All
The Health Equity Imperative
A Nurse-centric Blueprint to Guide Informaticists Toward Healthcare Equitability
The Concept of ‘Techquity’
Advancing Techquity
These Five Ways Will Keep Nurse Informaticists Relevant in Society and Modern Practice
Resources
Nurses to Know
References
Chapter 9. Epilogue: The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get
Wisdom From Expert Informatics Nurses
For practicing Nurse Informaticists: Thriving in Your Role
For Aspiring Nurse Informaticists: Pivoting and Making the Next Move
For Our Healthcare Colleagues: A Deeper Understanding
For Society and Healthcare Technology Industry Leaders: NI is Fundamental
For the Future: Shine Your Light
Biography
Whende M. Carroll, MSN, RN-BC, FHIMSS is the founder of Nurse Evolution, a cause-based nursing community established to educate all nurses how to expertly use technology, data and innovation strategies for optimizing nursing care delivery for the health of people and populations. Whende graduated from Walden University, Minneapolis, in 2012 with a Master of Science in nursing with a nursing informatics focus and holds board certification in informatics nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She is an award winning author and editor of the textbook ‘Emerging Technologies for Nurses–Implications for Practice’(Springer Publishing:NYC) and is currently a Senior Editor at the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), for which she regularly writes about big data-enable emerging technologies.
