Advance your Nursing Informatics Leadership Skills. Master nursing informatics leadership skills to achieve optimal outcomes across healthcare settings.

Karen Monsen, Ph.D., RN, FAAN +2 more instructors

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Nursing Informatics Leadership SpecializationUniversity of Minnesota

What you will learn

Understand the history and development of nursing informatics leadership to appreciate today’s leadership challenges.

Gain self-knowledge of one’s own nursing informatics leadership skills to influence the future of the nursing informatics specialty.

Describe principles of nursing informatics leadership and applications in diverse settings to appreciate leadership skills to optimize outcomes.

Apply nursing informatics leadership skills in teams to understand stakeholder perspectives to promote collaboration and achieve mutual goals.

Skills you will gain

Nursing InformaticsLeadership knowledgeOrganizational and Practice InsightsForesight Leadership SkillsLeadership theoryLeadershipNursingexerciseLeadership DynamicsProfessional Development

About this Specialization

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Nurses and interprofessional healthcare clinicians and educators will learn principles of informatics leadership in clinical and academic settings, and apply their learning to real world scenarios in practice and training/education environments. Learners will understand the history and development of nursing informatics leadership to appreciate today’s leadership challenges, gain self-knowledge of one’s own nursing informatics leadership skills to influence the future of the nursing informatics specialty, describe principles of nursing informatics leadership and their applications in diverse settings to gain appreciation of tailoring leadership skills to optimize outcomes, and apply nursing informatics leadership skills in interprofessional teams to understand stakeholder perspectives and opportunities to promote collaboration and achieve mutual goals.

Applied Learning Project

Develop a portfolio for nursing informatics leadership throughout the specialization that you may use for your personal and professional development.

Course 1:

Begin your portfolio with your personalized analysis report from the Minnesota Nursing Informatics Leadership Inventory^TM.

Course 2:

Add to your portfolio your interview of a nursing informatics professional

Course 3:

Add to your portfolio personal values assessment and revised personal leadership mission statement

Course 4:

Add to your portfolio your professional nursing informatics organization leadership plan and syllabus for a nursing informatics course

Course 5:

Add to your portfolio your team mission, vision, and values statements and your team norms document.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Beginner Level

Nursing or other health profession, informatics knowledge, interest in leadership skills development

Approx. 7 months to complete

Suggested 4 hours/week

English

Subtitles: English

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Beginner Level

Nursing or other health profession, informatics knowledge, interest in leadership skills development

Approx. 7 months to complete

Suggested 4 hours/week

English

Subtitles: English

Instructors

Offered by

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

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Can I take the course for free?
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Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
There are five courses, each with five modules. You can go at your own pace, and if you complete one module per week, you'll finish in 25 weeks, or about 6 months.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Some background knowledge of or experience in nursing or healthcare, health information technology, and/or leadership is desirable. Any nurse who is interested in becoming a nursing informatics leader will benefit.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
Yes, the courses are designed in sequence.
Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?
No, you will not earn university credit for completing the Specialization.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
Understand and apply nursing informatics leadership skills to attain optimal outcomes across settings.

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Nursing Informatics Leadership Specialization

What you will learn

Skills you will gain

About this Specialization

Applied Learning Project

There are 5 Courses in this Specialization

Course 1

Skills for Nursing Informatics Leaders

Course 2