Faculty Development and Education Collaborative Objectives

1. Use the informatics competencies, theories, research and practice examples throughout nursing curriculums.

2. Create programs and resources to develop faculty with informatics knowledge, skill and ability and measure the baseline and changes in informatics knowledge among nurse educators and nursing students.

3. Develop a task force to examine the integration of informatics throughout the curriculum.

4. Develop strategies to recruit, retain, and train current and future nurses in the areas of informatics education, practice, and research.

5. Improve and expand existing Nursing/Clinical/Health Informatics education programs.

6. Encourage existing Health Services Resources Administration Division of Nursing to continue and expand their support for informatics specialty programs and faculty development.

7. Encourage foundations to start programs that provide funding for curriculum development, research, and practice in nursing informatics and IT adoption.

8. Collaborate with industry and service partners to support faculty creativity in the adoption of informatics technology and offer informatics tools within the curriculum.