National Taichung Nursing College, Taiwan.
Int J Med Inform. 2011 May;80(5):332-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.01.011. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
In today's workplace, nurses are highly skilled professionals possessing expertise in both information technology and nursing. Nursing informatics competencies are recognized as an important capability of nurses. No established guidelines existed for nurses in Asia. This study focused on identifying the nursing informatics competencies required of nurses in Taiwan.
A modified Web-based Delphi method was used for two expert groups in nursing, educators and administrators. Experts responded to 323 items on the Nursing Informatics Competencies Questionnaire, modified from the initial work of Staggers, Gassert and Curran to include 45 additional items. Three Web-based Delphi rounds were conducted. Analysis included detailed item analysis. Competencies that met 60% or greater agreement of item importance and appropriate level of nursing practice were included.
N=32 experts agreed to participate in Round 1, 23 nursing educators and 9 administrators. The participation rates for Rounds 2 and 3=68.8%. By Round 3, 318 of 323 nursing informatics competencies achieved required consensus levels. Of the new competencies, 42 of 45 were validated. A high degree of agreement existed for specific nursing informatics competencies required for nurses in Taiwan (97.8%).
This study provides a current master list of nursing informatics competency requirements for nurses at four levels in the U.S. and Taiwan. The results are very similar to the original work of Staggers et al. The results have international relevance because of the global importance of information technology for the nursing profession.
在当今的工作场所，护士是具备信息技术和护理专业知识的高技能专业人员。护理信息学能力被认为是护士的一项重要能力。亚洲的护士没有既定的指导方针。本研究专注于确定台湾护士所需的护理信息学能力。
采用改良的基于网络的德尔菲法对护理教育者和管理者两个专家组进行研究。专家们对经过修改的护理信息学能力问卷中的 323 个项目进行了回答，该问卷是对 Staggers、Gassert 和 Curran 的初步工作进行修改的，其中包括 45 个额外项目。进行了三轮基于网络的德尔菲调查。分析包括详细的项目分析。纳入满足项目重要性和适当护理实践水平 60%或以上共识的能力。
N=32 名同意参加第一轮的专家，其中包括 23 名护理教育者和 9 名管理者。第二轮和第三轮的参与率为 68.8%。到第三轮，323 项护理信息学能力中有 318 项达到了所需的共识水平。在新增的能力中，有 45 项中的 42 项得到了验证。台湾护士所需的特定护理信息学能力具有高度一致性（97.8%）。
本研究提供了美国和台湾四级护士护理信息学能力要求的最新综合清单。结果与 Staggers 等人的原始工作非常相似。由于信息技术对护理行业的全球性重要性，结果具有国际相关性。
