What operating room nurses trained in this career can expect in terms of certification, training, salary, and job growth
Last week, a Part 1 blog on Nursing Informatics brought its readers up to date on a hot new healthcare career that’s setting trends and establishing benchmarks for perioperative nurses around the world. Considering health informatics as a nursing career path launches your operating room job into the stratosphere for growth and earning potential.
Nurse Informaticists work in healthcare facilities as executives, administrators, educators, and consultants; their expertise is required in, not just hospitals, but pharmaceutical companies, public health organizations, research labs, medical software companies—even insurance agencies! Current income statistics report that Senior Nursing Informatics Specialists and Chief Nursing Information Officers (in major cities) earn between $105K-$145K per year!
Be a part of one of the Largest Growing Industries in Healthcare!
With the US Department of Labor estimating a 49% surge in Health IT jobs and Nursing Informatics, it’s easy to see why the last few years have seen a quarter increase in nurses joining the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Other reasons to consider a career in Nursing Informatics include:
- Nursing Informatics ranks as a top career in U.S. News & World Report
- The need for approximately 70,000 health informatics specialists, as stated by the CEO of AMIA
- Electronic medical records tops ECRI’s Top 7 Health Plan IT Trends to Watch
Nursing Informatics Careers Require Graduate Level Learning and Advanced Clinical Knowledge
As a travel nurse, you pick up technical skills, continuing education credits and specialty certifications that allow you to ease from OR jobs to a Nursing Informatics career. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) offers the Informatics Nurse Board Certification Exam for the RN-BC credential. Visit an ANCC pdf on exam content to better prepare. R.N.s interested in Nursing Informatics should also:
- Hold or seek a Master’s degree or certificate in Nursing Informatics or related field
- Have completed 30 hours of continuing education in informatics within the last three years
- Qualify—as an active state licensed R.N.—to sit for the Informatics Nursing Certification Exam, awarded by ANCC.
- Have practiced a minimum of 2,000 hours in Nursing Informatics within the last 3 years OR practiced a minimum of 1,000 hours and completed a minimum of 12 semester hours in informatics courses OR complete an accredited graduate program in Nursing Informatics.
Perioperative Nurses Benefit from Nursing Informatics Careers
When perioperative nurses obtain credentialing as Nursing Informatics Specialists, they become eligible for emerging roles in healthcare that are in high demand, such as nurse informaticists for the Association of PeriOpeative Registered Nurses (AORN) and special projects, like VA-Kaiser—launched by Kaiser Permanente; it’s the nation’s largest national data exchange initiative to date!
Travel nurses may have the edge in landing Health IT jobs. When 50 States Staffing recruits registered nurses, they are placed in top ranking hospitals, over 75% of which are ranked consistently in U.S. News & World Report. A-list healthcare employers are the first to create jobs in Heath IT!
50 States Staffing Offers Travel Nurse Career Resources that Pave the Way!
Our travel nurses benefit from an unlimited CEU online education, making it both easy and convenient to ensure compliance with the latest educational requirements; this way R.N.s get used to virtual learning, computers and technology, and are more likely to discover an aptitude for Nursing Informatics.
Ensure the best and most privileged information regarding choices in your travel nursing career by tapping into our resources today. Travel nurse careers give you the power to impact patients exponentially—from providing care to a single patient, to developing and deploying Nursing Informatics solutions that impact and benefit thousands. Call 50 States Staffing at 800-996-2206 or apply online today for a jumpstart in the nation’s best nursing jobs!
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