2010 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 39-48
To be able to adequately provide nursing informatics education to nursing managers working at Japanese hospitals, subject areas in which there is an urgent need for education in nursing informatics competencies were decided using the Delphi method based on a survey of nursing informatics experts.
The experts participating in the survey were 76 lecturers responsible for teaching informationrelated subjects in the nursing manager curriculum accredited by the Japanese Nursing Association. The number of experts who responded to all three surveys was 16. The original list contained 69 subject areas considered by Stagger (2002) to be abilities necessary for both experienced and novice nurses. The identification criteria for the necessary teaching items were: median score of ≥4.0, IQR ≤1.0 and IQR% ≥80% during the tertiary survey.
Among the 26 items were selected, those related to informatics knowledge and skills exceeded those related to computer skills. In a future study it will be necessary to carry out further examination of a specific curriculum including the identified subject areas for nursing manager education.
