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Nursing Informatics Program of Study (Full-time)

This is a sample program of study and may be modified by your NI advisor or program director. A part-time program of study and post-master's certificate are also available.

*Please note the programming course requirement before or during the first semester*

Year 1 - Fall
NURS 6001: Professional Role and Collaboration (2)
NURS 6002: Health Care Delivery (2)
NURS 6803: Clinical Database Design (3)
NURS 6810: Foundations of Health Informatics (3)

Year 1 - Spring
Informatics Elective (3)**
NURS 6661: Project Management in Health Informatics (3)
NURS 6820: Human-Systems Interactions in Healthcare Informatics (3)
or
NURS 6817: Knowledge Discovery in Databases (3)

Year 1 - Summer
NURS 6000: Evidence-Based Practice I (3)

Year 2 - Fall
NURS 6802: Clinical Decision Support (3)
NURS 6804: Successful Implementation of Systems in Healthcare Settings (3)
UUHSC 5500: Mutual Respect & Cultural Competence (1)
IS 6410: Process Analysis and Project Management (3)

Year 2 - Spring
NURS 6805: Nursing Informatics Seminar (1)
NURS 6815: Nursing Informatics Practicum (2)
NURS 6817: Knowledge Discovery in Databases (3)
or
NURS 6820: Human-Systems Interactions in Healthcare Informatics (3)
NURS 6888: Master's Synthesis (2)

Total credit hours: 40

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Notes:

Courses are available via distance.

* A programming course such as JAVA, C, C++, Visual Basic or Pascal is required before or during the first semester of the informatics Program. Acceptable courses will have a syllabus, objectives, assignments and an evaluation that produces a grade. Courses are available at Salt Lake Community College.

**Your faculty advisor will approve your electives.

For more information, contact the Office of Academic Affairs and Student Services at (801) 581-3414

Nursing Informatics Program Director:
Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, FAAN
nancy.staggers@hsc.utah.edu
801-699-0112

Informatics faculty:
Kathy Sward, PhD, RN
kathy.sward@nurs.utah.edu
801-585-1481

Mollie Poynton, PhD, APRN
mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
801-585-9740

Updated 8/19/09