PMID- 24267932
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150202
LR  - 20131125
IS  - 1532-8481 (Electronic)
IS  - 8755-7223 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Nov-Dec
TI  - Self-assessment of nursing informatics competencies for doctor of nursing 
      practice students.
PG  - 381-7
LID - S8755-7223(12)00119-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2012.05.014 [doi]
AB  - This study examined the informatics competencies of doctor of nursing practice 
      (DNP) students and whether these competencies differed between DNP students in 
      the post-baccalaureate (BS) and post-master's (MS) tracks. Self-reported 
      informatics competencies were collected from 132 DNP students (68 post-BS and 64 
      post-MS students) in their first year in the program (2007 to 2010). Students 
      were assessed in 18 areas of 3 competency categories: computer skills, 
      informatics knowledge, and informatics skills. Post-BS students were competent in 
      4 areas (computer skills in communication, systems, documentation, and 
      informatics knowledge about impact of information management), whereas post-MS 
      students were competent in only 1 area (computer skills in communication). 
      Students in both tracks reported computer skills in decision support as their 
      least competent area. Overall, post-BS students reported slightly higher than or 
      similar competency scores as post-MS students, but scores were statistically 
      significant in only 3 of 18 areas. The assessment indicated that knowledge and 
      skills on informatics competencies need to be improved, especially in computer 
      skills for data access and use of decision support systems. Strategies are 
      suggested to integrate competencies into existing informatics course and DNP 
      curricula. Further studies are recommended using an objective measure of 
      informatics competencies.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Choi, Jeungok
AU  - Choi J
AD  - Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 
      Electronic address: jeungokc@nursing.umass.edu.
FAU - Zucker, Donna M
AU  - Zucker DM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20131007
PL  - United States
TA  - J Prof Nurs
JT  - Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of 
      Colleges of Nursing
JID - 8511298
SB  - IM
MH  - *Education, Nursing, Graduate
MH  - *Nursing Informatics
MH  - Professional Competence
MH  - *Students, Nursing
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - DNP
OT  - Doctor of nursing practice
OT  - Informatics competencies
OT  - Nursing informatics
OT  - Self report
EDAT- 2013/11/26 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/03 06:00
CRDT- 2013/11/26 06:00
PHST- 2011/10/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/11/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S8755-7223(12)00119-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2012.05.014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Prof Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec;29(6):381-7. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2012.05.014. Epub 
      2013 Oct 7.