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Topics covered will include nursing history, nursing theory, nursing informatics theory, certification exam topics, relevant current events, data analysis, data visualization, nursing innovations, and more.
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Recent Blog Posts
Maryland Healthcare Staffing Crisis: 25% RN Vacancy Rate
In the Fall of 2021, the Maryland Hospital Association launched the Task Force On Maryland's Future Health Workforce to address the growing healthcare workforce crisis in the state. The Task Force reported a 25% RN vacancy rate, an expected shortfall of 13,800 RN and...
HIMSS 2022 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey
Help shape the future of nursing informatics by completing the HIMSS 2022 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey. The HIMSS Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey captures salary, professional status, and practice trends while identifying changes that have occurred in the...
Virginia Saba: Nursing Informatics Visionary, Mentor, Trailblazer.
The American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG) is hosting an AMIA members-only webinar honoring the late Dr. Virginia Saba on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 11:00 AM Eastern time. If you're an AMIA member, you can access...
Nurse Understaffing and the Fallacy of Nursing Budgets
Recent reports and studies have continued to raise the alarm about the escalating nurse understaffing crisis, its impact on the mental health and well-being of nurses, and the adverse effects understaffing is having on patient care and patient outcomes.{{Trusted...
GDV-ANIA Fall Conference Registration Open
Registration for the Greater Delaware Valley chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association's virtual fall conference has opened. About the GDV-ANIA Chapter From the GDV-ANIA community website: Chapter Mission Support and enhance the role of the Informatics...
Save the Date: ANIA 2023 Annual Conference – May 10-12 – Louisville, KY
Save the Date and Call for Abstracts for the ANIA 2023 Annual Conference The American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) has announced their "Save the Date" and "Call for Abstracts" for the ANIA 2023 Annual Conference to be held from May 10 - 12, 2023 in...
AMIA 2022 Annual Symposium Registration Now Open
AMIA 2022 Annual Conference Registration Now Open Registration is now open for the AMIA 2022 Annual Conference being held November 5-9, 2022 in Washington DC at the Washington Hilton hotel. From the conference website: The Annual Symposium builds on more than 45 years...
Nurse Keith Podcast: Nursing, Staffing, Informatics, & Hospital Budgets
Last month, I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Nurse Keith Show where I talked with Keith Carlson about nursing, nursing informatics, the nurse staffing crisis, and my discovery of a 30-year-old flawed nursing budget process that increases the risk of nurse...
