Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse

As a nurse whose career began at the patient bedside, and now, 33 years later, as a clinical informatics officer for one of the country’s leading and most comprehensive health care services companies, I have experienced the highs and lows of overseeing the advancement of health information technology (HIT), both at the bedside and with performance analytics, both retrospective and prospective. As such, I have been a strong advocate for nursing informatics as a science, as an effective role within professional teams, and as a critical component of the successful deployment and use of HIT