Celebrating 23 years of Nursing Informatics Education
Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI)
is a nursing informatics continuing education course that travels around the country to provide affordable, in-depth nursing informatics education. Approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an approved provider of nursing continuing education, WINI focuses on basic competencies in nursing informatics. WINI and Informatics Insights are developed and presented by faculty Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAMIA, FAAN; Liberty Rovira, MSN, RN-BC; and Kathleen Smith, MScEd, RN-BC, FHIMSS. All faculty members are board certified in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI)
is a nursing informatics continuing education course that travels around the country to provide affordable, in-depth nursing informatics education. Approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an approved provider of nursing continuing education, WINI focuses on basic competencies in nursing informatics. WINI and Informatics Insights are developed and presented by faculty Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAMIA, FAAN; Liberty Rovira, MSN, RN-BC; and Kathleen Smith, MScEd, RN-BC, FHIMSS. All faculty members are board certified in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).Join us at an upcoming WINI
The revised WINI integrates 2018 ANCC NI test content for the NI certification exam with ANA’s nursing informatics scope and standards of practice.
| Date 2018 | Host, Location | Contact |
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| April 3-4, 2019 | Texas Woman's University Dallas, Texas | Registration details at https://weekend-immersion-in-nursing-informtics.eventbrite.com |
| May 3-4, 2019 | Peninsula Regional Medical Center Salisbury, MD | Registration details at https://www.peninsula.org/wini2019 |
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Hosting a WINI
Bring a WINI to your hospital, school, or organization! Hosting a WINI at your location is an easy, low-cost way to deliver an intensive immersion into nursing informatics, provide 18 contact hours of nursing informatics education, and explore the 2015 nursing informatics scope and standards of practice and nursing informatics certification test content outline and requirements.
Benefits
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Provide continuing nursing education contact hours to your staff, members, or students
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Create organizational brand recognition and a networking opportunity within your hospital, system, or community
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Reduce travel costs
Logistics
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Carol Bickford will partner with you to produce a successful workshop with ease. WINI will be scheduled for 2 days (Usually a Friday and Saturday, but other days may be scheduled with mutual agreement). WINI may be conducted exclusively for your nurses or opened to public registration. You may choose to co-host with other hospitals, schools of nursing, and organizations in your area to increase attendance.
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Daily start and end times are 8:00 am to 5:30 pm.
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All public WINI workshops receive free advertising on ICCE’s website.
ICCE Provides
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All course materials, including Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards, Second Edition (2015) and the current edition of Saba and McCormick’s Essentials of Nursing Informatics.
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ANCC Board Certified Informatics Nurse faculty.
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18 contact hours of nursing informatics continuing education.
As the Host, Your Organization Provides
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A Minimum of 20 registered participants (from your facility and/or the public). Maximum attendance is 50 participants.
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Meeting space.
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AV equipment and set up.
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All meals and refreshment breaks.
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Marketing announcements.