Nursing Informatics Certification
Since 2012 nursing specialty certificate in Nursing Informatics (NI) have been available for members of the Finnish Nurses Association (FNA). The applicant must be a RN and a member of FNA. The evaluation is based on a portfolio which the applicant must draw up as a proof of the accomplishments in h...
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Finnish Social and Health Informatics Association
2017-03-01
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| author | Pia Liljamo Outi Ahonen Anna Suutarla Kaija Saranto |
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| description | Since 2012 nursing specialty certificate in Nursing Informatics (NI) have been available for members of the Finnish Nurses Association (FNA). The applicant must be a RN and a member of FNA. The evaluation is based on a portfolio which the applicant must draw up as a proof of the accomplishments in her/his post-degree career in three categories: work experience, formal education and cooperation and developmental activities relating nursing informatics specialty.
Awarding criteria will be updated in the spring 2017 to meet the other criteria of professional cooperative organizations, as well as nursing informatics and information technology in today's nursing content. Nursing informatics specialty certificate have been awarded to five nurse. This article aims to introduce the certification system as well as to tell experiences of nurses with the NI specialty certificate, their experiences of the application process, effects on duties and ideas for further development of the certificate system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-923f53c2396745798ab4694aa13071272022-12-21T17:23:09ZengFinnish Social and Health Informatics AssociationFinnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare1798-07982017-03-019110.23996/fjhw.61046Nursing Informatics CertificationPia LiljamoOuti AhonenAnna SuutarlaKaija SarantoSince 2012 nursing specialty certificate in Nursing Informatics (NI) have been available for members of the Finnish Nurses Association (FNA). The applicant must be a RN and a member of FNA. The evaluation is based on a portfolio which the applicant must draw up as a proof of the accomplishments in her/his post-degree career in three categories: work experience, formal education and cooperation and developmental activities relating nursing informatics specialty. Awarding criteria will be updated in the spring 2017 to meet the other criteria of professional cooperative organizations, as well as nursing informatics and information technology in today's nursing content. Nursing informatics specialty certificate have been awarded to five nurse. This article aims to introduce the certification system as well as to tell experiences of nurses with the NI specialty certificate, their experiences of the application process, effects on duties and ideas for further development of the certificate system.https://journal.fi/finjehew/article/view/61046CertificationNursing InformaticsRegistered Nurses |
| spellingShingle | Pia Liljamo Outi Ahonen Anna Suutarla Kaija Saranto Nursing Informatics Certification Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare Certification Nursing Informatics Registered Nurses |
| title | Nursing Informatics Certification |
| title_full | Nursing Informatics Certification |
| title_fullStr | Nursing Informatics Certification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing Informatics Certification |
| title_short | Nursing Informatics Certification |
| title_sort | nursing informatics certification |
| topic | Certification Nursing Informatics Registered Nurses |
| url | https://journal.fi/finjehew/article/view/61046 |
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