title: Nursing Informatics Competencies for Entry to Practice: The Perspective of Six Countries.
abstract: Internationally, countries are challenged to prepare nurses for a future that has ever increasing use of technology and where information management is a central part of professional nursing practice. There has been a growing trend to move nursing to competency-based education, especially for those students undertaking their first nursing qualification. This first nursing qualification may be linked to pre-registration, pre-licensure or undergraduate education; the term used depending on the country. The authors are drawn from the International Medical Informatics Association special interest group, Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI) Education Working Group and represent New Zealand, the United States of America, England, Australia, Finland and Canada.
authors.affiliation: The University of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
authors.forename: Michelle L L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Honey
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado College of Nursing, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Diane J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Skiba
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Procter
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.affiliation: Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Unit of Health Care, Kuopio, FINLAND.
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kouri
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nagle
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D004739:England; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D011361:Professional Competence