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Nursing Informatics Specialty Master's Program**
A Career in Nursing Informatics

2007-08 Program of Study (Full-time)

Note: This is a sample program of study. Students may customize their program of study under the direction of their specialty director. A part-time program of study is also available.

Year 1 - Fall
NURS 6810: Nursing Informatics Specialty Practice (3)
NURS 6003: Program Planning and Development (3)
NURS 6001: Advanced Nursing Roles/Theory (2)
NURS 6002: Health Care Delivery (2)

Year 1 - Spring
NURS 6801: Clinical Systems Analysis (3)
NURS 6803: Clinical Database Design (3)
NURS 6820: Human-Systems Interactions in Healthcare Informatics (3)

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

Year 2 - Fall
NURS 6802: Clinical Decision Support (3)
NURS 6804: Successful Implementation of Systems in Healthcare Settings (3)
HS 5500: Mutual Respect and Cultural Competence (1)
Informatics Elective (3)*

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


Total credit hours: 40


Notes:

* All electives must be approved by your Informatics Faculty Advisor.

**A structured programming course such as JAVA, C, C++, Visual Basic, or Pascal should be taken before enrolling in the Clinical/Nursing Informatics Program. The course must be a formal course with a syllabus, objectives, assignments, and evaluation that produce a grade. The programming course must be taken before N6802, N6803, N6804, N6805, N6815.

A part-time program of study is also available. Inquires can be made to Office of Academic Affairs and Student Services (801.581.3414) regarding the Post-master's Certificate.

Interim Nursing Informatics Program Director:
Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, FAAN
informatics@hsc.utah.edu
801.699.0112

Additional Contact:
Kathy Sward, RN, MS
kathy.sward@nurs.utah.edu
801.585.1481

Revised: 07/09/2007