What Is Nursing Informatics?
Information Systems in Healthcare
What Is Nursing Informatics?
Discuss ways that nursing informatics could be applied to all areas of professional nursing practice, including clinical practice, administration, education, and research. Provide examples of each. What do you see as the biggest significance of nursing informatics, and why?
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Week 2 Discussion
Database Search
Choose a topic related to health that has meaning to your personal health, interests, and well-being. This may be a disease, such as diabetes, or a healthy fitness activity.
Conduct a database search comparing one of the following database directories with Google Scholar.
CINAHL and Google Scholar
PubMed and Google Scholar
CINHAL and PubMed
Explain how you were able to narrow down the number of article hits you had initially, and present within your post a summary of the credible article you chose as your resource. How do you know your article choice is credible? Which database do you prefer and why?
How will using a database search facilitate your:
scholarly work;
nursing work (evidence-based practice); and
personal self-development?
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Week 3 Discussion
Healthcare Technology: Local, National, and Global Considerations
Imagine that you are a public health nurse, and you and your colleagues have determined that the threat of a deadly new strain of influenza indicates a need for a mass inoculation program in your community. What public health data would have been used to determine the need for such a program? Where would you locate public health data? What data will be collected to determine the success of such a program? How might you communicate this to other communities or internationally?
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Week 4 Discussion
Workarounds and Their Implications for Patient Safety
What is a workaround? Identify a workaround (specific to technology used in a hospital setting) that you have used or perhaps seen someone else use, and analyze why you feel this risk-taking behavior was chosen over behavior that conforms to a safety culture. What are the risks? Are there benefits? Why or why not?
Discuss the current patient safety characteristics used by your current workplace or clinical site. Identify at least three aspects of your workplace or clinical environment that need to be changed with regard to patient safety (including confidentiality), and then suggest strategies for change.
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Week 5 Discussion
From Data to Knowledge and Wisdom!
How does data become knowledge and finally wisdom? Explain the relationship between knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing, knowledge generation, knowledge dissemination, and wisdom. Then provide examples from your clinical practice (or past work experiences) according to the following:
Examples of knowledge acquisition
Examples of knowledge generation
Examples of knowledge processing
Examples of knowledge dissemination
Examples of the use of feedback
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Week 6 Discussion
Informatics and the Development of Standards
Discuss the roles of federal, state, and local public health agencies in the development of standards for informatics in healthcare.
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Week 7 Discussion
Technology: Benefits and Future Trends
What technology do you find most beneficial to use in your work or school setting? Least beneficial? Why do you find this tool useful or not? Then, using your imagination, look to the future and think about how this tool could be enhanced even further. Describe your dream technology, with consideration for patient care and safety.
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Week 8 Discussion
Team Presentation
This week, one member of your team will be responsible for posting your team presentation to this discussion thread. This must be posted by Monday of Week 8 by 11:59 p.m.
Critique a team presentation other than your own, and include what the presentation taught you and what you see as far as its effect on patient safety and healthcare technology.
What changes in the presentation would you recommend, and why?
Ask questions! Each team is responsible for responding to questions asked of its presentation.
Remember to include sources of literature in your posts to back up the statements you make. Remember, we are all about evidence-based practice!
Remember, the course ends on Saturday making this a short week. You still must have at least two posts on 2 different days this week.
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Week 3 Assignment
RUA: We Can, But Dare We? Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate informatics in healthcare and to apply professional, ethical, and legal
principles to its appropriate use in healthcare technology.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 4: Investigate safeguards and decision?making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO 4)
CO 6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO 6)
CO 8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in the delivery of nursing care. (PO 8)
Requirements:
• Research, compose, and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario provided by your faculty, and choose a conclusion scenario to discuss within the body of your paper. Reflect on lessons learned in this class about technology, privacy concerns, and legal and ethical issues and address each of these concepts in the paper. Consider the consequences of such a scenario. Do not limit your review of the literature to the nursing discipline only because other health professionals are using the technology, and you may need to apply critical thinking skills to its applications in this scenario.
• Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting. Consult your copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, as well as the resources in Doc Sharing if you have questions (e.g., margin size, font type and size (point), use of third person, etc.). Take advantage of the writing service SmartThinking, which is accessed by clicking on the link called the Tutor Source, found under the Course Home area.
• The length of the paper should be four to five pages, excluding the title page and the reference page. Limit the references to a few key sources (minimum of three required).
• The paper will contain an introduction that catches the attention of the reader, states the purpose of the paper, and provides a narrative outline of what will follow (i.e., the assignment criteria).
• In the body of the paper, discuss the scenario in relation to HIPAA, legal, and other regulatory requirements that apply to the scenario and the ending you chose. Demonstrate support from sources of evidence (references) included as in?text citations.
• Choose and identify one of the possible endings provided for the scenario, and construct your paper based on its implications to the scenario. Make recommendations about what should have been done and what could be done to correct or mitigate the problems caused by the scenario and the ending you chose. Demonstrate support from sources of evidence (references) included as in?text citations.
• Present the advantages and disadvantages of informatics relating to your scenario and describe professional and ethical principles appropriate to your chosen ending. Use facts from supporting sources of evidence, which must be included as in?text citations.
• The paper’s conclusion should summarize what you learned and make reflections about them to your practice.
• Use the “Directions and Assignment Criteria” and “Grading Rubric” below to guide your writing and ensure that all components are complete.
• Review the section on Academic Honesty found in the Chamberlain Course Policies. All work must be original (in your own words). Papers will automatically be submitted to TurnItIn when submitted to the Dropbox.
• Submit the completed paper to the “We Can But Dare We?” Dropbox by the end of Week 3. Please refer to the
Syllabus for due dates for this assignment. For online students, please post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forums so that the entire class may view the answers.
Preparing the assignment
Background
Healthcare is readily embracing any technology to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and lower costs, but we must also consider the impact of such technology on privacy and patient care.
Your faculty member will provide a scenario for you to address in your paper.
Choose an ending to the scenario, and construct your paper based on those reflections.
Choose one of the following outcomes:
1. A HIPAA violation occurs, and client data is exposed to the media.
2. A medication error has harmed a client.
3. A technology downtime that impacts patient care occurs, and an error is made.
4. A ransomware attack has occurred, and the organization must contemplate paying the ransom or lose access to patient data.
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
a. Introduction – 40 points/17%
• Catches attention of the reader
• States purpose of the paper
• Provides a narrative outline of the paper (i.e., the assignment criteria)
b. HIPAA, Legal, and Regulatory Discussion – 40 points/17%
• Presents evidence from recent scholarly publications to address the impact of technology on nursing care related to:
• Patient privacy and HIPAA standards
• Healthcare regulations
• Legal guidelines on appropriate use of technology
c. Scenario Ending and Recommendations – 50 points/21%
• Selects and presents one scenario ending as the focus of the assignment.
• Evaluates the actions taken by healthcare providers as the situation evolved.
• Recommends actions that could have been taken to mitigate the circumstances presented in the selected scenario ending.
• Supports recommendations with evidence from recent scholarly publications.
d. Advantages and Disadvantages – 50 points/21%
• Presents evidence from recent scholarly publications to address the impact of technology on nursing care related to:
• The advantages of appropriately using technology in healthcare
• Risks of technology use in healthcare
• Describes professional and ethical principles guiding the appropriate use of technology in healthcare.
e. Conclusion and Reflections – 30 points/12%
• Summarizes what new information was learned by completing this assignment.
• Reflects on how this new knowledge will impact future behavior as a healthcare professional.
f. Scholarly Writing and APA Format – 30 points/12%
• Paper submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
• Adheres to current APA formatting guidelines.
• Length is 4?5 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
• Includes at least three (3) references that are:
• From recent (within the last 5 years) scholarly sources
• Cited in text appropriately
• Included on an APA formatted reference page
• Scholarly writing reflects:
• Accurate spelling
• Correct use of professional grammar
• Logical organization of thoughts (mechanics)
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar), visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online library.
Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module.
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Week 6 Assignment
RUA Technology Presentation
RUA: Technology Presentation Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to (a) explore and present an information technology used in the healthcare system
that supports the patient care experience and (b) develop the skills of team communication, collaboration, and
production.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Describe patient?care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO 1)
CO 5: Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice. (PO 5)
CO 6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO 6)
CO 8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing care. (PO 8)
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1) For this team project, students will be assigned by faculty into teams of three to five individuals depending upon class size.
a. Teams will receive a project grade based on assessment by the project rubric, which will then be applied to each individual’s grade for the project minus points for lack of participation in the development or presentation of the project.
b. The team leader will make all dropbox submissions for the course so that the:
• TURNITIN similarity index will not pick up inadvertent self?plagiarism from another team member’s submission.
• Course faculty will have only one submission to review and grade.
2) Prepare a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes between 25?30 slides, excluding the title and reference slides.
a. Speaker Notes
• Outline and “script” the presentation for online students.
o Online students’ speaker notes should include the name of the student who researched and presented
the slide information.
o Campus students follow the guidelines of your course instructor.
b. Scholarly writing and APA guidelines should be followed as applicable to PowerPoint slides.
c. Cite sources in APA format in the applicable slides and include the APA formatted reference in your reference
list slide(s) ? minimum 6 references.
d. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation apply even in bullet points and speaker slides (e.g., quotation marks, italics,
verb tense, etc.).
e. Copyright and plagiarism guidelines apply.
3) Each team will be assigned a healthcare information systems technology (e.g., Computerized Physician Order Entry,
Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, etc.) by the course instructor. For that technology, include the
following discussions in the presentation:
a. Introduction of Technology and Team – 20 points/8%
• Title slide identifies the assigned technology.
• Title slide introduces team members.
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• Presentation provides an introduction that:
o Describes the technology
o States a purpose for use of the technology in healthcare
o Establishes the professional tone for the presentation
b. History and Current Use – 30 points/14%
• Describe significant findings that prompted the development of the technology.
• Discuss the history and current use of the technology in healthcare.
• Describe three goals of this technology’s implementation.
c. Impact on Healthcare and Nursing – 40 points/16%
• Discuss impact on professional nursing practice related to:
o Patient safety
o Quality of care measures/monitoring
o Risk management
o Privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient data
o Effect on population within the region
o Ethical practice
o Compliance with legal and regulatory mandates
o Organizational infrastructure and operations
• Support discussions with examples & data from current evidence-based resources.
d. Three Advantages and Disadvantages – 40 points/16%
• Patient’s perspective (e.g., patient outcomes, safety, patient/family satisfaction)
• Nurse’s perspective (improves/hinders job efficiency/safety)
• Healthcare organization’s perspective (regulatory compliance, financial, etc.)
e. Controversy, Issues, Challenges, and Regulatory Implications – 30 points/14%
• How might issues surrounding the chosen technology be addressed/solved?
• Provide statistically significant data or evidence to support your findings.
f. Summary – 20 points/8%
• Key points
• Discoveries/surprises
• Lessons learned by the team
g. Team Project Evaluation – 40 points/16%
• Place & discuss the following questions and responses in the slides(s) following the summary slide and prior to the reference slide(s).
• How did the team function well? (e.g., team strengths, team balance, etc.)
• What problems did you have interacting as a team? (e.g., team weaknesses, outside challenges, technology, etc.)
• What specific actions would you recommend to future teams to help them interact, function, and collaborate successfully?
h. Presentation, Scholarly Writing, and APA format – 20 points/8%
• 25-30 PowerPoint slides with speaker notes (excluding title & reference slides)
• Submitted to Dropbox/Turnitin by Team leader only
• Speaker Notes outline and “script” the presentation for online students.
• Online students’ speaker notes should include the name of the student who researched and presented the slide information.
• Campus students follow the guidelines of your course instructor.
• Copyright and plagiarism guidelines apply.
• Scholarly writing and current APA guidelines should be followed as applicable to PowerPoint slides.
• Cite sources in APA format in the applicable slides and include the APA formatted reference in your reference list slide(s)? minimum 6 references.
• Spelling, grammar, and punctuation apply even in bullet points and speaker slides (e.g., quotation marks,italics, verb tense, etc.).
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar), visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online library.
Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module
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