The TANIC© tool addresses three areas, listed below.

• Basic Computer Competencies
• Information Literacy
• Information Management (including use of an electronic health record)

This instrument has 4 parts: questions about you (demographics) and the self-assessment, consisting of: basic computer literacy, clinical information management, and information literacy. There is an overall total of 94 items in the self-assessment portion.

One purpose of this data collection is to test the feasibility, usability, reliability, validity, and item performance of the instrument known as TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies(c). All data collected will be kept confidential. Tracing of Internet connections will not be conducted. Data reporting will be at the aggregate level. Approval by the Institutional Review Board of Chamberlain University will be attained prior to using this data for research purposes. Chamberlain is hosting the online presence of the questionnaire and providing support for statistical analysis.