Nursing Informatics

MSN & Nursing

Nursing Informatics

"Addressing Tennessee's State-Wide Need for Masters Prepared Nurses in the Specialty Area of Nursing Informatics"

Nursing Informatics
Core: 15
Concentration Required Courses: 14
Practicum: 4

Note: View Sample Program of Study below for part-time students.
Draft course syllabi may be viewed by clicking on the course rubric/number.

Rubric/Number	Course Title	Credit Hours

Core
NURS 5000	Theoretical Foundations	3
NURS 5001	Health Care Policy	3
NURS 5002	Advanced Nursing Research	3
NURS 5003	Advanced Role Development	3
NURS 5990	Scholarly Synthesis/Research	3

Nursing Informatics Concentration Required Courses
NURS 5401	Informatics & Information Management	3
NURS 5402	Health Care Information Systems	3
NURS 5403	Analysis & Design of Health Care Information Systems	3
NURS 5404	Evaluation of Health Care Information Systems	3
NURS 5405	Health Care Data Analysis Techniques	2

Nursing Informatics Practicum Requirement
NURS 5407	Informatics Applications/Practicum I	2
NURS 5409	Informatics Applications/Practicum II	2

Total practice contact hours - 240

Required courses for the Nursing Informatics Concentration are not offered every semester. The following master schedule of courses to be offered is provided for planning purposes:

Spring 2006	NURS5401; NURS5402*; NURS5403; NURS5407
Summer 2006	NURS5401; NURS5402; NURS5405

Beginning with Fall 2006, Nursing Informatics courses will be offered following the schedule below:

Fall	Spring
NURS5401*	NURS5401
NURS5402	NURS5403
NURS5404	NURS5407
NURS5409	NURS5405

* Actual offerings will be based upon the availability of faculty as well as minimal enrollment requirements. RODP reserves the right to cancel classes as appropriate.

Nursing Informatics Concentration
Sample Program of Study
(Part-time only)

Note : The 5000 levels numbering of courses for APSU / ETSU / TSU will be cross listed with the 6000 and 7000 level numbering of courses in order to represent MTSU, TTU, and UOM as appropriate.

Fall (year 1)		Spring (year 1)
Core Core	3 3 6	5401 – Informatics & Inf Mgmt Core	3 3 6
Fall (year 2)		Spring (year 2)
5402 – Health Care Inf Sys Core	3 3 6	5403 – Analysis & Design 5407 – Informatics Appl - I	3 2 5
Fall (year 3)		Spring (year 3)
5404 – Eval Health Care Inf Systems 5409 – Informatics Appl - II	3 2 5	5405 – Health Care Data Analysis 5990 – Scholarly Synthesis	2 3 5

Note: Courses may be available during summer terms, however progression is not guaranteed.

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