Advancing Nursing Informatics in the Next Decade: Recommendations from an International Survey
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In the summer of 2015, the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA NISIG) Student Working Group developed and distributed an international survey of current and future trends in nursing informatics. The survey was developed based on current literature on nursing informatics trends and translated into six languages. Respondents were from 31 different countries in Asia, Africa, North and Central America, South America, Europe, and Australia. This paper presents the results of responses to the survey question: "What should be done (at a country or organizational level) to advance nursing informatics in the next 5-10 years?" (n responders = 272). Using thematic qualitative analysis, responses were grouped into five key themes: 1) Education and training; 2) Research; 3) Practice; 4) Visibility; and 5) Collaboration and integration. We also provide actionable recommendations for advancing nursing informatics in the next decade.
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Nursing curricula continue to struggle with incorporating basic nursing informatics competencies as part of basic nursing education.
“Nursing curricula continue to struggle with incorporating basic nursing informatics competencies as part of basic nursing education (Ronquillo et al., 2017; Topaz et al., 2016), which will become more worrisome given the growing interest in using AI tools in health systems.”
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- Authors
- Maxim, T., Charlene, R., Laura-Maria, P., Lisiane, P., Francis, S. R., Badger Martha, K., Samira, A., Adrienne, L., Mattias, G., Eunjoo, J., Tayaben Jude, L., Chiu-Hsiang, K., Tasneem, I., Janine, S., Hyunggu, J., Jacklin, E. G., & Dari, A.
- Affiliations
- Carlow University (US)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Tzu Chi University (TW)
- Deakin University (AU)
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 225
- Pages
- 123-7
- ISSN
- 0926-9630 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2357570379
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 12.36
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.uwe.ac.uk
- Locations
- Studies in health technology and informatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
- Deakin Research Online (Deakin University)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Keywords
- nursing informatics, future trends, international survey, nursing education, nursing research, nursing practice
- MeSH terms
- Forecasting, Health Promotion, Health Services Research, Nursing Research, Health Care Surveys, Internationality, Nursing Informatics, Practice Patterns, Nurses'
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