title: Improving quality and safety in graduate education using an electronic student tracking system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses initiative, and the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform movement are among the most prominent forces guiding change related to information technology and informatics in nursing to improve quality and safety in practice. Informatics competencies are essential for psychiatric nurses to leverage and integrate information technology into education, practice, and research.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article examines informatics and information technology from the perspective of educational preparation of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature related to informatics, information technology, and quality and safety in advanced practice psychiatric nursing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strategies for integration of information technology in educating psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students are described. Informatics competency will result in safer and higher quality care.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McNelis
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horton-Deutsch
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Friesth
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003628:Database Management Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States