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Developing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Curriculum in Field of Nursing Informatics
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Fariba Hosseinzadegan   , Yousef Mohammadpour , Faeze Baniyaghoobi , S00re Khaki |
| Ph.D student of Nursing education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran & Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran |
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Background and Aim: Nursing informatics is the specialty that optimally uses the technology to promote health. Given the increasing spread of this knowledge in the field of nursing around the world, it seems necessary to develop the higher nursing education in Iran. This study aimed to design a DNP curriculum of nursing informatics in Iran.
Method: Study population of this combined study consisted of 20 nursing, health information technology and medical informatics specialists. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used in this descriptive study. The steps of Kern's lesson planning model, which includes 6 steps, were used. In the first and second rounds of Delphi, the qualitative content analysis method was used for data analysis, and descriptive statistics were used for the third round.
Findings: Curriculum of this specialty field includes 3 credits of remedial courses, 34 credits of compulsory informatics courses, 17 credits of compulsory DNP courses, and 6 credits of dissertation. 85% of experts believe that DNP curriculum of nursing informatics is necessary for professional growth and public health promotion.
Conclusion: Results of the present study demonstrated that developing a DNP curriculum of nursing informatics is a necessity for experts. The aforementioned curriculum could be suggested as the proposed program to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to establish an area of interest in DNP.
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Article number: 1 |
| Keywords: Nursing Informatics, Postgraduate Nursing Education, Curriculum |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2024/06/30 | Accepted: 2024/12/7 | Published: 2025/01/3
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