NR 599NURSING INFORMATICS FOR ADVANCED NURSING;Pre Tanic self assesment and reflection 2

NR 599NURSING INFORMATICS FOR ADVANCED NURSING;Pre Tanic self assesment and reflection 2 Informatics is used in my everyday as a nurse and before starting this class I wasn’t sure what informatics actually was according to our reading and research this week its described as “the science and art of turning data into information” (Chamberlain, 2019). I use this technology such as accessing patient’s health care records. I have concluded that we need data and that it must be organized, displayed, and transmitted for it to be used as informatics. There are many advantages of using technology in nursing such as education, research, and clinical areas. I perceived my competency level lower than I expected prior to taking the Pre-TANIC Self-assessment, I am not a fan of being on the computer unless I am working or doing schoolwork. My first real experience with computers was when I started my online BSN courses. Before this I would only use them while doing homework or researching something. After doing this assessment I have learned that I am using technology more than I was aware of. This is mostly at work with using our EMR and I am a super user and the unit’s resource. Even though I am a super user I do not feel that I am where I need to with technology today. Everything that I have learned has been self-taught with trial and error. I feel that I need to improve on certain areas such as being able to move folders or creating folders, updating antivirus software accessing my different drives.