According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques. | 89% |
| Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists. | 87% |
| Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts. | 87% |
| Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services. | 83% |
| Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients. | 83% |
| Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management. | 83% |
| Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research. | 82% |
| Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems. | 82% |
| Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration. | 82% |
| Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research. | 82% |
| Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information. | 81% |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics. | 81% |
| Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed. | 80% |
| Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public. | 69% |
| Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research. | 66% |
| Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics. | 65% |
| Plan, install, repair, or troubleshoot telehealth technology applications or systems in homes. | 65% |
