Purpose

The self-assessment is completed using the TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) tool. TIGER refers to the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative which identified a list of the minimum informatics comp etencies for all nurses and students graduating from pre- and post-licensure programs. The graded self-evaluation of your informatics competencies is required in order to increase one’s own u nderstanding of competencies in nursing informatics which will enable the planning of strategies to enhance knowledge and skills.

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

• Apply knowledge of nursing informatics and non-nursing science (CO 1 and 2)
• Assess nursing informatics competencies (CO2)
• Evaluate progress in enhancing nursing informatics competencies (CO4)
• Foster professional and personal development with planning strategies to enhance these competencies (CO4)
• Examine ethical decision making in relation to these competencies (CO3)

Requirements:

In order to prepare for this assignment, read the lessons as well as the assigned readings BEFORE attempting the self-assessment. Please use the following hyperlink to access and complete the survey: Week 2 Pre-TANIC Self-Assessment Survey (Links to an external site.)

FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY WILL RESULT IN A GRADE OF ZERO (0) FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

After completing the survey, navigate to the Week 2 Module in Canvas and respond to EACH of the question s for your Reflection Post. The Reflection Posts DOES NOT require cross-posting to a peer or faculty .

Scholarly sources: Only scholarly sources are acceptable for citation and reference in this course. These include peer reviewed publications, government reports, or sources written by a professional or scholar in the field. Your textbook and lesson are not considered to be an outside scholarly source. For the discussions and reflection posts, reputable internet sources such as websites by government agencies (URL ends in .gov) and respected organizations (often ends in .org) can be counted as scholarly sources.