Other Titles
Nursing Informatics
Abstract
Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Problem: Decision making requires data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in today's data- and technology-rich environments. Nurses need nursing-informatics (NI) competencies to support their decision making. The TIGER Initiative published NI competencies for all nurses, encompassing basic computer skills, information literacy, and clinical-information management. Reliable, valid measures to assess these competencies are lacking. This research aimed to develop a reliable, valid online instrument for self-assessment of perceived NI competencies based on the TIGER competencies. Methods: Instrument development involved concept definition, establishing the objective, and identification of items. Three competency scales were created: basic computer, information literacy, and clinical-information management. Three external NI experts independently confirmed retention of all items in each scale. Items were rewritten with behavioral verbs. Three external NI experts assessed content validity of each scale. The TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) was piloted with members of an online NI discussion forum. Results: The sample of 168 respondents was predominantly female nurses, 26-70 years of age, with a master's degree in nursing and 2-5 years of NI practice but not certified. Content validity, internal-consistency reliability, and a factor analysis were calculated. Mean scores on a scale of 1 to 4 were: basic-computer competencies (3.975), information-literacy competencies (3.226), and clinical-information-management competencies (3.358). Reliability coefficients for the 3 scales ranged from 0.948 to 0.980. Specific results for each scale and the instrument as a whole will be shared. Conclusions: TIGER competencies establish a foundation for developing a self-assessment of perceived NI competencies. The TIGER competencies required revision to incorporate measurable behaviors. After review and revisions, the instrument demonstrated acceptable content validity. Pilot tests of the instrument demonstrated reliability and usability. Initial data analysis reveals the instrument can discriminate different levels of competencies. Results from using this instrument can guide educators in all settings in developing curricula for building nursing informatics competencies.
Sigma Membership
Phi Pi
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Comptencies, Nursing informatics, informatics research
Recommended Citation
Hunter, Kathleen M.; McGonigle, Dee; and Hebda, Toni, "TIGER-Based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC)" (2014). NERC (Nursing Education Research Conference). 2.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc/2014/presentations_2014/2
Conference Name
Nursing Education Research Conference 2014
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2014
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TIGER-Based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC)
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Problem: Decision making requires data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in today's data- and technology-rich environments. Nurses need nursing-informatics (NI) competencies to support their decision making. The TIGER Initiative published NI competencies for all nurses, encompassing basic computer skills, information literacy, and clinical-information management. Reliable, valid measures to assess these competencies are lacking. This research aimed to develop a reliable, valid online instrument for self-assessment of perceived NI competencies based on the TIGER competencies. Methods: Instrument development involved concept definition, establishing the objective, and identification of items. Three competency scales were created: basic computer, information literacy, and clinical-information management. Three external NI experts independently confirmed retention of all items in each scale. Items were rewritten with behavioral verbs. Three external NI experts assessed content validity of each scale. The TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) was piloted with members of an online NI discussion forum. Results: The sample of 168 respondents was predominantly female nurses, 26-70 years of age, with a master's degree in nursing and 2-5 years of NI practice but not certified. Content validity, internal-consistency reliability, and a factor analysis were calculated. Mean scores on a scale of 1 to 4 were: basic-computer competencies (3.975), information-literacy competencies (3.226), and clinical-information-management competencies (3.358). Reliability coefficients for the 3 scales ranged from 0.948 to 0.980. Specific results for each scale and the instrument as a whole will be shared. Conclusions: TIGER competencies establish a foundation for developing a self-assessment of perceived NI competencies. The TIGER competencies required revision to incorporate measurable behaviors. After review and revisions, the instrument demonstrated acceptable content validity. Pilot tests of the instrument demonstrated reliability and usability. Initial data analysis reveals the instrument can discriminate different levels of competencies. Results from using this instrument can guide educators in all settings in developing curricula for building nursing informatics competencies.