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Nursing Informatics
This post-master’s certificate in nursing informatics prepares nursing professionals to enhance the quality of patient care and outcomes through the development and use of information tools. Increasing pressures for the adoption and use of electronic information systems are creating a growing demand for nurse informaticians in healthcare organizations and in firms that develop and sell healthcare information technology. Nurses who earn the certificate are able to analyze nursing information requirements, design system alternatives, manage information technology, identify and implement user-training strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of clinical and /or management information systems in patient care. Alumni of the certificate program provide leadership in the conceptualization, design and research of computer-based information systems in health care organizations and in the informatics industry.
The certificate requires the major courses (15 credits) and support courses (9 credits) of the master’s degree curriculum. Up to 9 credits may be waived if students have previously taken course the faculty deems to b e equivalent. The program may be completed on-line or in Baltimore, by either full-time or part-time study.
