NURSE INFORMATICIANS (NURSING CAREERS) California Occupational Guide Number 2002-C (part) Interest Area: Emerging Occupations 1995
THE JOB 
In 1989 J.R. Graves and A. Corcoran, two nursing informatics researchers, defined Nursing Informatics in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Here is their definition as quoted by NURSEweek: "Nursing informatics is a combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care." They design, implement, maintain, and evaluate clinical nursing information systems.
COMPENSATION
Wage data is not available for Nurse Informaticians.
REQUIREMENTS
Skills
-- Have effective communication skills
-- Make qualitative and verifiable decisions
-- Ability to design effective nursing information systems
-- Knowledge of creating innovative information technology
-- Ability to conduct research on integrating technology with nursing,
administration, and education
-- Capable of developing models for nursing informatics
-- Gather, interpret, use, and report data
-- Devise and evaluate procedures
Training/Requirements
-- Master's Degree in Nursing Informatics
-- May be required to have Ph.D. in Nursing Informatics
-- Possess great technical skill
-- Ability to solve practical inference problems
-- Experienced at operating computerized equipment and software
-- Ability to work with a team
OCCUPATIONAL CODES
DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) is not available for this occupation.
OES (Occupational Employment Survey) System is not available for this
occupation.
Source: State of California, Employment Development Department,
Labor Market Information Division, Information Services Group,
(916) 262-2162
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