{"id":3258,"date":"2013-09-23T05:25:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2016-01-01T08:54:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:54:34","slug":"sandra-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/?p=3258","title":{"rendered":"Informatics in Canadian Nursing Education – it’s time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)<\/em>
\n Editor in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n

\"JuneThe CJNI was initiated by June Kaminski in 2006. June was President of CNIA in 2008-9, and Director of Communication from 2003 to 2012. She is currently President Elect of the Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment;<\/a> President and Research Chair for Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Eta Chapter;<\/a> and Chief Senior Editor of the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics<\/a> In 2012, June was honored to receive the CASN and Canada Health Infoway’s inaugural Nursing Faculty E-Health Award 2012 <\/a> in Ottawa Canada. She offers the Nursing Informatics Learning Centre<\/a> for nurses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

EDITORIAL<\/h2>\n

\"CASN\"<\/a>As an educator who has advocated for the inclusion of nursing informatics in education since the 1990s, I am particularly delighted to see advances in Canadian nursing education. In 2012, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) and Canada Health Infoway partnered to create a catalyst for this advancement. I was privileged to receive their first Nursing Faculty E-Health Award in 2012 which spurred a deep reflection on how informatics has finally taken its rightful place in the design and direction given to nursing curriculum in Canadian post-secondary institutions. \u00a0This fall, a second nurse educator will be honoured with this same award \u2013 a fact that reinforces how important informatics is in 21st<\/sup> century nursing education.<\/p>\n

This partnership also supported the development of nursing informatics entry-to-practice competencies for registered nurses by an appointed expert working group. \u201cThe Competency Development Working Group engaged in a multi-step, iterative process, involving relevant stakeholders from across Canada in developing these entry-to-practice nursing informatics competencies for registered nurses.\u201d (CASN website<\/a>). \u00a0This document<\/a> is freely available for download and is a \u2018must have\u2019 for any practicing nurse in Canada, including nurse educators and their students. \u00a0A corresponding inventory document entitled, CASN Nursing Informatics Inventory: A Report of Existing Teaching and Learning Resources<\/i> <\/a>\u00a0also provides a plethora of resources that can help educators, students, and practicing nurses learn more about nursing informatics.<\/p>\n

Now, in 2013, CASN and Canada Health Infoway are launching useful overview sessions, entitled A Lunch Time Information Exchange Webinar Series on Nursing Informatics\/eHealth in Baccalaureate Nursing Education<\/a><\/i>. These sessions will debut on November 4 and 6th<\/sup>, 2013 and will be held in the Western-Northern, Quebec, Atlantic, and Ontario regions.<\/p>\n

As well, CASN and Canada Health Infoway are reaching Canadian nursing students. In 2013, two students won the first Student e-Health award for their inventive mental health app. \u201cAmanda Li and Scott Wight from Trent University were recognized for the creation of the Trent Mental Health Initiative, a mobile application offering private self-screening, information about mental health issues, and local resources and support services for students. The application was built in response to the increased risk of depressive disorders amongst post-secondary students and the stigma associated with mental health disorders within the larger community.\u201d (Canada Health Infoway announcement<\/a>).<\/p>\n

All of these developments are very heartening, and create a momentum where educators and students can jump in, feet first, and test the waters of nursing informatics in a well-directed and confident way. I look forward to more initiatives across our nation \u2013 initiatives that foster the inclusion of informatics in Canadian curriculum. The CJNI fully supports this endeavor and welcomes informatics-related submissions from nursing educators and their students in both undergraduate and graduate programs.<\/p>\n

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by June Kaminski
\nEditor-in-Chief<\/p>\n

Volume 8 No 3\/4
\nSummer\/Fall 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[794],"tags":[650,15,672,458,66,98,60,284,8,99,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3258"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4264,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions\/4264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjni.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}