Nursing Informatics-Board Certified — Requirements & Free Practice

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ANCC specialty board certification for eligible registered nurses who pass the Informatics Nursing board certification examination.

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Eligibility: Current active RN license in a US state or territory or legally recognized equivalent abroad; bachelor's or higher nursing degree; two years full-time equivalent RN practice; 30 hours informatics nursing continuing education within the past three years; plus one of: (1) 2,000 informatics nursing practice hours within three years, (2) 1,000 informatics nursing practice hours within three years and 12 semester hours of graduate-level informatics nursing coursework, or (3) an informatics nursing graduate program with at least 200 faculty-supervised practicum hours.

Format: computer-based test
Exam questions: Total questions: 150; Scored questions: 125; Unscored questions: 25; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit: 3 hours

Examination outline

Foundations of Practice (36%)
- Professional Practice
- Methodologies and Theories
- Rules, Regulations, and Requirements
- Interprofessional Collaboration
System Design Lifecycle (35%)
- Planning and Analysis
- Designing and Building
- Testing, Training, and Implementation
- Monitoring, Maintaining, Supporting, and Evaluating
Data Management and Healthcare Technology (29%)
- Data Standards
- Data Management
- Data Analysis, Application, and Transformation
- Hardware, Software, and Peripherals

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