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Council On Nursing Informatics. 2013 Celebrating 20 Years of Informatics Growth. CoNI Celebrates 20 Years in 2013. In 1992, American Nurses Association identified Nursing Informatics as an area of specialty practice. In 1993, NC I nformaticists formed CoNI and the Pink Book was drafted.
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Council On Nursing Informatics 2013 Celebrating 20 Years of Informatics Growth
CoNI Celebrates 20 Years in 2013 • In 1992, American Nurses Association identified Nursing Informatics as an area of specialty practice. • In 1993, NC Informaticists formed CoNI and the Pink Book was drafted.
Original CoNI MembersBerit Jasion, Terry Mears and Glenda DeBord
Non-Nursing Informaticists are Welcome to Attend Meetings • Are you a nurse trying to make electronic documentation fit into your nursing practice? • Having problems with your workflow or EHR? • Come to a CoNI meeting a learn how Nursing Informaticists are using electronic documentation improve patient outcomes • CE at our CoNI meetings is free to all NCNA members • Non-NCNA members pay $25 for CE credit
Benefits of CoNI Membership • Gain Nursing Informatics CE at every meeting • (expand knowledge on informatics) • Learn about Informatics Opportunities • (to present, to represent, to participate) • Participate in statewide and nationwide nursing informatics activities and initiatives • Share best practices & discuss issues • Increase your knowledge of evidence-basednursing informatics practice • Network
How To Join CoNI • All NCNA members may join the council. • Non-members are encouraged to join NCNA and then select the CoNI as a preferred council membership. • To join NCNA online, see How to Join on the webpage or contact NCNA for an application.
Free Nursing Informatics CE for NCNA Members Provided at Meetings
CoNI Activities • Develop and provide informatics continuing education • Communicate Informatics news, resources, and opportunities • Represent NCNA CoNI as needed • Develop and submit reference proposals to NCNA, ANA • Author articles in Tar Heel Nurse • Consultants to NCNA for IT • Member, Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI)
Come join CoNI! Our next meeting will be held in Greensboro on Friday, November 22, 2013