Project 4 - Nursing Information Systems Master Program

At this moment, the School as a Post-Graduation course in Nursing Information Systems. The study program is developed during a semester which corresponds a total sum of 30 ECTS.

The study program will be developed during the 1st and 2nd semesters around a set of courses under a more theoretical and theoretical-practice scope, and in the 2nd semester students must choose between one of the following research or training options, which must be concluded in the 3rd semester:

a) dissertation;

b) project work;

c) professional training which includes a report.

The cycle of studies leading to the master’s degree includes:

·         A specialization course, that consists of an organized set of courses, designated master’s degree course, and to which corresponds a total sum of 45 ECTS of the study cycle (50 % of the total credits of the course), that determines the attribution of a diploma of Specialization in Nursing in the specific area of the master’s degree course;

·         A scientific dissertation or a project work, original and specially developed for this purpose, or a professional training which includes a report, and to which corresponds a total of 45 ECTS.

 Objectives:

• Understand the importance of management, organization and information processing in the Health Systems.
• Critical analyze the Health Information Systems.
• Identify the specific components of the Nursing documentation in the electronic records in Health.
• Understand the potential associated to the creation of clinic nursing decision-making systems.
• Understand the problem of access to health data, including the need to clarify the essential procedures, both in terms of access to the collection and the processing of data in health.
• Understand the potential associated with the use of the Data Information Systems for the Formalization of Knowledge, of the Nursing subject.
• Understand the potential associated with the Use of Data in Nursing Information Systems as a way to guarantee Quality in Care.

Activities:

1. Some of the activities will take the ICNP® as an integral part of the global information infrastructure informing health care practice and policy to improve patient care worldwide:
2. Reflect on the appropriate methods for using the ICNP® in the NIS;
3. Discuss the relationship of ICNP® with other health classifications;
4. Discuss a framework for nursing documentation, using the ICNP® v2.0, and on the main components that need to be incorporated in the electronic health record.
5. Provide to enhance networking among researchers and others, interested in ICNP®.

Outcomes:

This course seeks to enable nurses for research and development of NIS, to ensure the scientific, technical, human and cultural skills in a specific area of nursing. In this sense, the NIS Masters aims to deepen and develop empirical and scientific, ethical, aesthetic and personal knowledge equipping nurses, in this area of knowledge, with expertise, scientific, technical and human skills.

  

Time Frame: The NIS Master Program will begin in 2011

Responsible Person: Paulino Sousa (paulino@esenf.pt)