The field of nursing informatics integrates nursing science and technology with practical, bedside nursing. Registered nurses who study specific nursing technology or have on the job experience are distinguished as informatics nurse practitioners. It is similar to health information technology, but on a higher administrative level. These specialized nurses manage communications data via advanced technology. Nurses who earn a master, post-master’s certificate, or PhD in either medical informatics or some other closely related field such as biomedicine, health informatics, or information administration are known as informatics nurse specialists.
With their vast about of nursing experience and information technology experience, these nursing informatics professionals are transforming the healthcare industry by way of disseminating critical information to students and educators, physicians, patients, healthcare administrators, researchers and clinicians, as well as upper management policy makers.
