title: A comparison of Australian and Canadian informatics competencies for undergraduate nurses.
abstract: Health information technologies (HIT) have changed healthcare delivery. Yet, there are few opportunities for student nurses in their undergraduate studies to develop nursing informatics competencies. More importantly, many countries around the world have not fully specified nursing informatics competencies that will be expected of student nurses prior to their graduation from undergraduate nursing programs. In this paper the authors compare and contrast the undergraduate nursing informatics competencies that were developed by two countries: Australia and Canada. They also identify some of the challenges and future research directions in the area.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, QLD University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*