Informatics Nurse Specialists
Also called:
Clinical Informatics Director, Clinical Information Systems Director, Clinical Applications Specialist, Nursing Information Systems Coordinator
What they do:
Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.
On the job, you would:
- Develop, implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses with data management.
- Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers using object-oriented models or other techniques.
- Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications to resolve clinical or health care administrative problems.
Business
- customer service
- management
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Ideas and Logic
- come up with lots of ideas
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- eClinicalWorks software
- GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
Spreadsheet software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$78,770
per year, on average
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