The American Nurses Credentialing Center Test Content Outline includes four phases in the systems life cycle:

1. Planning and analysis
2. Designing and building
3. Implementing and testing
4. Monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and evaluating

How does an informatics nurse contribute to the success of each phase of the systems life cycle? For each phase, breakdown the role and responsibilities of the informatics nurse.

A. Under the planning and analysis phase section of your paper, present what the informatics nurse needs to develop for a project plan incorporating each phase of the systems life cycle. Remember to include a timeline and resources.

B. Under the designing and building phase section of your paper, construct examples of how an informatics nurse can utilize workflow analysis in assessing the current and future state.

C. For the implementation and testing phase section of your paper, defend the importance of each phase of testing (functional, integrated, and usability/validation testing) for a system implementation and for upgrades and enhancements. Include the role of the informatics nurse in developing testing scripts, checklists, and evaluating outputs, such as reports and dashboards.

  1) Also included in the implementation and testing phase is education.
  2) What is the importance of planning, scheduling, and delivering education?
3) Differentiate between the training for super users and end users. What kinds of support do end users need during a system go-live?

D. In the monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and evaluating phase section of your paper, end users will need to stay engaged to provide input into system optimization; justify the importance of this continued support. What kind of monitoring and evaluation can an informatics nurse plan for? For example, how can an informatics nurse monitor and report on the accuracy and completeness of charting?

The paper should contain a minimum of six scholarly references