Assessing the Impact of Nursing Informatics Competencies on Decision Making Satisfaction: Results of a Preliminary Study

Nursing informatics competencies (NIC) refer to the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use technological resources to provide effective care using health care technology (TIGER, 2006). NICs are crucial in providing patient-centered care in healthcare, an industry that uses different technology to support clinical activities, for example, electronic health records (EHR). This study will provide an overview of the benefits of NICs, and propose and validate a theoretical model that can be used to assess the impact of nurses NICs on their satisfaction with their decisions resulting in the use of decision support systems. This preliminary research is important to medical administration and management as well as medical educators because it will demonstrate how this research should advance as it will determine if decision making satisfaction is a viable outcome of nurses and their level of NIC.