1. Examine current professional practice trends and emerging issues including political, economic, scientific, ethical and legal factors affecting health care.
2. Compare and contrast various systems analysis and design approaches employed by health care information departments in terms of purpose, structure, and function.
3. Integrate the application of nursing informatics principles and practice into the varied nursing administration roles in the practice environment.
4. Synthesize appropriate theories, research methods and designs into nursing informatics applications.
5. Discuss information technology systems testing and evaluation techniques.
6. Analyze the efficacy of the principles applied to the selected systems testing process in a selected clinical facility.
7. Present strategic and tactical planning for health care information systems used in telehealth practice.
8. Appraise the impact information systems have on privacy, confidentiality, and security of client records.
9. Evaluate individual readiness to complete the ANCC certification examination for nursing informatics in transition to advanced specialty role as nurse administrator with informatics focus.
