Resources

• McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed.) Jones & Bartlett Learning
  • Chapter 25, “The Art of Caring in Technology-Laden Environments” (pp. 595–607)
  • Chapter 26, “Our Expanding Realities” (pp. 611–624)
• Mosier, S., Roberts, W. D., & Englebright, J. (2019). A Systems-Level Method for Developing Nursing Informatics Solutions: The Role of Executive LeadershipLinks to an external site.. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(11), 543-548.
• Ng, Y. C., Alexander, S., & Frith, K. H. (2018). Integration of Mobile Health Applications in Health Information Technology InitiativesLinks to an external site.: Expanding Opportunities for Nurse Participation in Population Health. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 36(5), 209-213.
• Sipes, C. (2016). Project management: Essential skill of nurse informaticistsLinks to an external site.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 252-256.

To Prepare:

1. Review the concepts of technology application as presented in the Resources.
2. Reflect on how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) may help fortify nursing informatics as a specialty by leading to increased impact on patient outcomes or patient care efficiencies. (But do not make AI your project, you can use it as a tool in your project).

Examples of Ideas for projects are listed here.  Remember this should be a nursing information systems project, or at least something nurses use regularly. If you are unsure, please email me.

• Nursing Staffing Planning System,
• Patient Acuity System,
• Incident Tracking System (electronic),
• eMAR (electronic Medication Administration Record)
• Nursing Documentation System
• Nursing Alerts in the EHR
• Others (as long as a nursing focus)

Note: Often this clinical system is something you will purchase from a Vendor (most informatics nurses are not also software engineers!) Or it might be something your organization builds with your IT staff.  If you are not sure about your idea, email me to check it out.

FYI:  AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a branch of computer science; it is NOT a Nursing Project Proposal.  So, your project should not be to “implement AI”, but it could be a component of the nursing system.