Nursing Informatics Consultant – Career and Education Profile

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In the field of nursing informatics, you’ll work with medical data, which is important to ensure that doctors and nursing teams provide the best care possible.

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse informatics consultant, you’ll work with computers and networks to help medical care facilities deal with the flow of data. You could complete tasks such as data entry and records recording, system implementation, tool application, and more. In nursing informatics, you could also work in an administrative assistant position, filing and retrieving data as doctors need it. The entire goal of the work you do in health informatics, regardless of your specific tasks, is to get information to the right people as quickly as possible with as few mistakes as possible. In a medical setting, even a small mistake can lead to a very dangerous situation, and doctors that don’t get the information they need quickly enough may not make the best decisions for care when their patients need it most.

Salary and Career Options

According to salary reports, nursing informatics consultants make an average of $59,000 annually, though some report that you can make $90,000 a year or even more in this field. As a consultant in this field, you can work for a single employer to do the tasks listed above, or you can be a freelance consultant of sorts, working under contract and moving from company to company to help optimize informatics systems.

Educational Requirements

Nursing informatics consultants often work in computer sciences or Internet technology outside of the health field first, or work in other areas of nursing and go back to school to take health informatics classes. The American Nurses Credentialing Center offers certification for nurses working in informatics, though this is not necessarily needed to work in the field if you are a licensed RN with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

LPN to RN College Programs

With some additional schooling, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) can become a registered nurse (RN), opening doors to more job opportunities and higher salaries. The following is a list of schools with the best online LPN to RN degree programs offered by accredited colleges. You can request information by clicking the college's logo.

LPN to RN (BSN)	Indiana State University—ISU’s LPN to BSN degree program is the only online LPN to RN training program in the United States. LPNs and LVNs who complete this program can earn their NLNAC-approved Bachelor of Science degree in nursing entirely online. Upon completion, graduates should meet all of the prerequisites for becoming an RN. Read an in-depth review of Indiana State University.
LPN to RN LPN to ADN LPN to BSN	The College Network—Earn your LPN to RN (ADN) degree completely online with no campus attendance and no wait list. Learn from the convenience of home at your own pace, and earn an NLNAC-accredited associate’s degree in less time and for less money than traditional campus programs. Read an in-depth review of The College Network.
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BS in Nursing RN to MSN MSN in Nurse Education MSN in Nurse Informatics MSN in Nurse Management	Walden University—Founded in 1970, Walden University is dedicated to providing education for a higher purpose. The Nursing School confers degrees at the bachelor’s and master’s level, which provides further study in health informatics, nursing education, and nursing leadership/management. Walden is one of the biggest providers of online master and doctorate programs with over a hundred degrees offered at each level.
RN to BSN MS in Nursing (MSN) MSN in Adult Health RN to MSN in Nurse Education Accelerated RN to MSN	South University—South University’s College of Nursing offers numerous degree programs for aspiring nurses. Those looking for a BSN degree can enter into the RN to BSN and complete it within 18 months. South also offers the following master’s degree-level programs: MS in Nursing (MSN), MSN in adult health nurse practitioning, MSN in nurse education, and an accelerated RN to MSN.
RN to BSN RN to MSN MSN in Nurse Administration MSN in Nurse Education	Kaplan University—Kaplan University’s RN to BSN and RN to MSN programs feature curriculums that provide registered nurses with the tools to graduate with BSN and MSN degrees. The MSNs in Nurse Administration or Nurse Education feature curriculums that teach methods in management and education in order to prepare students for leadership and educator positions with in the nursing field.