Terminal Practicum:Nrsng Informatics Integration

This course is the final informatics experience for the nursing informatics curriculum. Within a clinical situation, the student completes a final project?approved by the course instructor?that demonstrates the advanced application of theoretical and practical aspects of nursing informatics. The leadership role of the nurse informaticist within the health care informatics framework is stressed. A weekly seminar, combined with the informatics practicum, promotes the integration of theory, knowledge, evidence-based informatics principles, collaboration issues, and legal and ethical issues for the nurse informaticist.