Nursing Informatics

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Advanced education nurses with a Nursing Informatics specialty will be equipped to integrate relevant knowledge and skills related to healthcare informatics into practice and participate in interdisciplinary affiliations to positively influence patient outcomes.

All courses are online. The interactive online classroom provides opportunities for active learning, discussion, problem solving, debating, critical thinking, research, networking, and community building.  Students are encouraged to arrange clinical rotations with appropriate preceptors in their geographical area based on requirements set by the program. If a student is unable to secure an acceptable site within their own geographical area, the college will work to identify an appropriate clinical placement. Students who are unwilling to accept placement by the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ CON may request transfer of completed academic credit to another institution.  Transfer credit approval is only granted by the receiving institution and is not guaranteed. 

This program prepares graduates to enhance the quality of patient care and outcomes through the development, implementation, and evaluation of health-related information management tools and systems using a variety of electronic methods.

The Nursing Informatics program does not require completion of a certification exam for program completion nor upon graduation.

Contacts

Please feel free to contact Dr. Todd Harlan for more information about this specialty: tharlan@southalabama.edu.