Do a web search to discover informatics resources, tutorials, nursing informatics journals, and continuing education for nurses. Share your finds on the discussion board entitled \”informatics resources.\” Use this search to help you in your informatics knowledge \”quest.\” There are many tutorials available from nursing sites, Microsoft, Apple, and others. Check out www.Lynda.com while you are searching
Discussion Board: Informatics Resources
Nurses utilize information that is published in various resources to advance their knowledge in their respective specialty areas. The internet contains a wide volume of resources that nurses can consult to obtain knowledge on various topics. As the nursing informatics continues to expand, the number of resources intended to expand people’s knowledge of the field is also growing (Asiri, 2016). The purpose of this discussion is to explore different informatic resources that nurse can consult to increase their informatics knowledge.
Nursing informatics journals are among the informatics resources that act as good sources of information on issues related to nursing informatics. A good example of such journals is the ‘Online Journal of Nursing Informatics’ (HIMSS, 2022). The official website for the journal is on https://www.himss.org/resources/online-journal-nursing-informatics#:~:text=Powered%20by%20the%20HIMSS%20Foundation,functional%20areas%20of%20nursing%20informatics. The ‘Online Journal of Nursing Informatics’ is a free peer-reviewed journal with international access. It is published three times every year and it contains relevant information in all functional areas regarding nursing informatics. Since its launch in 1996, the ‘Online Journal of Nursing Informatics’ continues to serve as a good source of informatics knowledge for nurses. It attracts readers from different countries across the world. The journal is powered by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Nursing Informatics Community and the HIMSS Foundation. Today’s nurses should read articles that are published in this journal to increase their knowledge in the field.
Another nursing informatics journal that can be of great help to nurses who want to increase their informatics knowledge is the ‘Journal of Informatics Nursing’ that is powered and managed by the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA). This journal is published on a quarterly basis and acts as a good resource for continuing professional development in the field of nursing informatics since 1982 (ANIA, 2022). The publication has numerous contents that are useful to readers. Readers can also share and print resources that are published on this website. The Computers Informatics Nursing (CIN) is another nursing informatics journal that is of great relevance for today’s nurses. The CIN has been in existence for more than 30 years serving to advance nursing informatics science by publishing evidence-based peer-reviewed articles. It helps the nursing informatics specialty to disseminate relevant information to both learners and professionals in the field. Current nursing informatics knowledge is available in the peer-reviewed articles that are published in the CIN journal and today’s nurses can benefit greatly from reading these resources.
Other websites including nursing sites, Microsoft site, Apple site, as well as other sites like www.Lynda.com can help nurses to improve their informatics knowledge for continued education. The Lynda.com website gives readers an opportunity to keep learning by exploring courses, subjects, and resources that they find relevant (LinkedIn, 2022). Nurses can also take advantage of tutorials that are published in various nursing sites such as the NursingWorld.org (ANA, n.d.), American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN.org), the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA.org) among others. While searching these sources, readers must be careful to locate relevant articles that meet the standards and requirements of a quality resource.
References
American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). Get involved. https://www.nursingworld.org/
American Nursing Informatics (ANIA). (2022). Journal of Informatics Nursing. https://www.ania.org/publications/journal
Asiri, H. (2016). An overview of nursing informatics (NI) as a profession: how we evolved over the years. https://www.scitepress.org/papers/2016/56582/56582.pdf
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). (2022). Online Journal of Nursing Informatics. https://www.himss.org/resources/online-journal-nursing-informatics#:~:text=Powered%20by%20the%20HIMSS%20Foundation,functional%20areas%20of%20nursing%20informatics.
LinkedIn. (2022). Keep learning in the moments that matter. www.Lynda.com