The Biomedical and Health Informatics Recommendation Domains in Relation to the Nurse Competence Scale Categories

Abstract

The purpose of this mapping review was to examine the Recommendations of the Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) in relation to the contents of the Nurses’ Competency Scale (NCS). The BMHI domains were mapped to the NCS categories to find analogous competence areas. As a conclusion, a consensus is presented on what each of the BMHI domain could mean on a responding NCS category. The number of the relevant BMHI domains were two for the Helping role, the Teaching and coaching, the Diagnostics functions, the Therapeutic interventions, and the Ensuring quality domains. The number of the relevant BMHI domains was four for the Managing situations and the Work role domains, of the NCS. The essence of nursing care has not changed, however, current means and equipment in practice require updated knowledge and digital skills for nurses. Nurses have a special role in narrowing the view gap between the views related to clinical nursing and informatics practice. Documentation, data analyses, and knowledge management are essential parts in nurses’ competence today.