Welcome to the Nursing Informatics Blog, your source for data, information, knowledge, and wisdom around topics of interest to Nursing Informatics Professionals.
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Find information on topics of interest to nursing informatics professionals in our blog.
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
Nursing Budget Flaw Impact on Understaffing at the Hospital and Regional Levels
In my blog post, Flawed Nursing Budget Process Increases Understaffing Risk, I spelled out the details behind an incorrect formula in a nursing budget process used by some hospitals. This post will expand on how this small error can translate into significant resource...
Flawed Nursing Budget Process Increases Understaffing Risk
With the COVID pandemic, the nursing shortage has figured prominently in the news cycle. There have been many reports about the nursing shortage, severe understaffing, hospitals enacting crisis care measures, and even hospitals closing services due to nursing staff...
Join NurseHack4Health Nov 5-7 to help build a sustainable nursing workforce.
Johnson & Johnson, the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders (SONSIEL), and Microsoft are sponsoring a NurseHack4Health hackathon this weekend, Nov 5-7. The theme for this NurseHack4Health hackathon is Building a Sustainable Nursing...
ANIA Tennesse Chapter Nursing Informatics Virtual Conference
A New Decade of Nursing Informatics The Tennessee chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) is hosting a virtual conference on November 12, from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. 3 contact hours are also being offered. Presentations scheduled are as follows:...
There’s still time to register for the AMIA 2021 Symposium
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2021 Annual Symposium is being held in San Diego, CA from October 30, 2021, through November 3, 2021. Registration options are available for in-person, virtual, and live streaming. From the website: Target Audience...
2021 American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) National Elections
Voting for the 2021 American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) elections will be open from October 29, 2021 through November 12, 2021. If you are a member of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), review the information below on voting and the...
Webinar: Mindfulness in Health Care and Nursing Informatics (10/23/21)
The Houston American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) chapter is sponsoring a webinar on mindfulness in healthcare and nursing informatics on October 23, 2021. One contact hour for continuing education will be provided if you register. The latest information...
What Is Nursing Informatics And What Do Informatics Nurses Do?
The past 18 months have been replete with story after story of nurse understaffing and burnout. A study reported that half of the healthcare workers are suffering from burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Prasad, K., McLoughlin, C., Stillman, M., Poplau, S., Goelz,...
