1. 2014 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey February 2014

2. About Since 2004, HIMSS has surveyed the nursing informatics community to gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the informatics nurse professional. This survey captures current professional status and practice trends while identifying changes that have occurred over the last 9 years in the nursing informatics workforce.

3. Nursing Informatics Defined Nursing informatics (NI) is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision- making in all roles and settings. This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology. Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice, ANA 2008

4. Number of Respondents A total of 1,047 valid responses were received and will be covered in the following analysis. In contrast, the 2007 survey received a total of 660 useable responses.

5. Collaborating Organizations Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) American Nurses Association (ANA) American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) National Association of School Nurses (NASN) New England Nursing Informatics Consortium (NENIC) Omaha System Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Puget Sound Nursing Informatics (PSNI)

6. Workplace

7. Organization Annual Gross Revenue Annual Gross Revenue ranges were changed for the 2011 survey

8. Geographic Region

9. Nursing Experience

10. Years of Clinical Experience

11. Years of Informatics Experience

12. Years in Current Position

13. Percent of Time Spent on Clinical Activities

14. Nursing Education

15. Post-Graduate Nursing Education 2004 Compared to 2014

16. Prior Informatics Education/Training Survey question was revised in 2011 and not comparable to 2007 survey

17. Current Informatics Education/Training Survey question was revised in 2011 and not comparable to 2007 survey

18. Certification Held

19. Nursing Informatics Certification Pursuing Survey question was revised in 2011 and not comparable to 2007 survey

20. Perceived Value in Holding Certification New question for 2014 survey

21. Top Barrier to Certification New question for 2014 survey

22. Department to Which You Report Selection options expanded for 2014 survey

23. Total Number of Reports (direct & indirect)

24. Job Responsibilities Selection options expanded for 2014 survey

25. Applications Currently Developing/Implementing

26. Application Experience (Background)

27. Top Barrier to Success as a Nurse Informaticist – Past 10 Years Percent of respondents who rated option as the top/largest barrier for select responses appearing in both years

28. Sources of Information for Day-to-Day Activities Selection options expanded for 2014 survey

29. Sources of Information for Continuing Education Selection options expanded for 2014 survey

30. Benefits and Non-Salary Compensation

31. Promotion in Last Two Years

32. Average Salary 2004, 2007 & 2011

33. Average Salary by Region

34. Average Salary by Workplace

35. Average Salary & Certification

36. Average Salary & Education

37. Download the Survey Results www.himss.org/ni