My most frequently asked question is how to get into the field of Nursing Informatics. There are several different ways nurses get into this area, but all eventually end up in...
Health Professionals Articles
Early in my nursing career I taught health technology classes to other nurses, and I saw how many of us were not comfortable with technology. But nurses, doctors, therapists, and social workers are expected to not only use technology, but keep up with new tech that may radically change our jobs. The message is clear – evolve or go extinct. These articles will help you evolve.
Why Every Nurse Needs a Career Action Plan
For most nurses, our career planning begins and ends with the statement, I want to be a nurse. We may tag on more detail, such as, I want to be an Informatics Nurse Specialist,...
3 Reasons to Get Nursing Informatics Experience Before a Degree
For nurses, the idea of getting into a job before having qualifications seems counterintuitive. After all, we start our nursing careers by going to school. This is so we can...
Help! I Got an MSN in Nursing Informatics and Cannot Find Work!
There are a number of nurses who think the MSN is where you have to start if you want to get into Nursing Informatics (years ago I was one of them). Unfortunately these programs...
3 Technology Trends for Informatics Nurses
Informatics Nurses have to stay on top of technology trends. We need to be in the know about new approaches that change how healthcare is provided. One major trend that gave...
Top 3 Nursing Informatics Career Advice
The pandemic forced everyone in healthcare to try new technologies. Now there is renewed interest in Nursing Informatics and, quite frankly, health technology could really use...
How to Get Into Nursing Informatics
Healthcare technology has been a growing field for some time. But the pandemic accelerated use of technologies for telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and digital...
5 Business Skills Informatics Nurses Must Have
The most common misconception about Nursing Informatics is that to be successful, nurses must be excellent with technology. Technology is one focus area of Nursing Informatics,...
Getting Ready for Hospital-At-Home
When I was in nursing school xx years ago (not going to say the number, but my reunion has double digits in it), there was this sense that ‘real nursing’ happened in the...