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Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Currently Employed: 3,309

Yearly Projected Openings: 180

Typical Hourly Wage: $32.53 - $50.45

Typical Annual Salary: $67,700 - $104,900

• Develop, implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses with data management.
• Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers using object-oriented models or other techniques.
• Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications to resolve clinical or health care administrative problems.
• Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
• Identify, collect, record or analyze data that are relevant to the nursing care of patients.
• Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics.
• Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
• Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration and research.
• Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.

• Desktop computers
• Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Special purpose telephones

• Data base user interface and query software
• Medical software
• Office suite software
• Project management software
• Word processing software