NURS 8210 Week 5 discussion: DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES
DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES
Data mining has been cited as one of the advantages scientists used in the creation of the
COVID-19 vaccinations. Data mining was used in the trials of these vaccinations to signal safety
concerns and trends more quickly in the trial groups. As a result, these vaccinations were quickly
available to support the effort in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thinking beyond the scope of a major vaccination effort and pandemic, how might data
compiled and analyzed in your healthcare organization or nursing practice help support efforts
aimed at patient quality and safety? Why might it be important to consider the how’s and why’s
of data collection, application, and implementation? How might these practices shape your
nursing practice or even the future of nursing?
For this Discussion, you will explore various topics related to data and consider the process and
application of each. Reflect on the use of these applications, but also consider the implications of
how these applications might shape the future of nursing and healthcare practice.
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources for this week related to the topics: Big Data, Data
Science, Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning.
Consider the process and application of each topic.
Reflect on how each topic relates to nursing practice.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 5
Post a succinct summary on how each topic might apply to nursing practice. Be
specific. Note: These topics may overlap as you will find in the readings (e.g., some processes
require both Data Mining and Analytics).
In your post include the following:
Explain how you see the data concepts presented aligning with your current practice.
What do you need to know to apply these concepts?
Do you currently use one of these processes in your healthcare organization or
nursing practice? If so, how and in what context?
If you do not currently use one of these processes in your healthcare organization or
nursing practice, what would it take to implement it? What do you see as a benefit for
use?
How is predictive analytics applied to clinical practice? Be specific and provide
examples.
Resources
Begin your review of required Learning Resources with these quick media resources to define
some of the many terms you will hear in Nursing Informatics and Project Management today. If
you are more interested in a particular one, there are many longer videos available.
GovLoop. (2016, June 15). Defining data analyticsLinks to an external site. [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAw55JEcnEs
IDG TECHTalk. (2020, March 27). What is predictive analyticsLinks to an external
site.? Transforming data into future insights [Video]. YouTube.
ProjectManager. (2016, March 11). Gantt charts, simplified – project management
trainingLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube.
Simplilearn. (2017, August 3). Data science vs big data vs data analyticsLinks to an
external site. [Video]. YouTube.
Simplilearn. (2019, December 10). Big data in 5 minutesLinks to an external
site. | What is big data?| introduction to big data | big data explained |
simplilearn [Video]. YouTube.
Media Resources
Sipes, C. (2020). Project management for the advanced practice nurse (2nd ed.).
Springer Publishing.
o Chapter 4, “Planning: Project Management—Phase 2” (pp. 75–120)
American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informaticsLinks to an external
site.: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.).
o “Standard 3: Outcomes Identification” (p. 71)
o “Standard 4: Planning” (p. 72)1
Brennan, P. F., & Bakken, S. (2015). Nursing needs big data and big data needs
nursingLinks to an external site.. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(5), 477–484.
doi:10.1111/jnu.12159 National Institutes of Health, Office of Data Science
Strategy. (2021). Data science.
National Institutes of Health, Office of Data ScienceLinks to an external
site. Strategy. (2021). Data science. https://datascience.nih.gov/
Zhu, R., Han, S., Su, Y., Zhang, C., Yu, Q., & Duan, Z. (2019). The application of big
data and the development of nursing science: A discussion paperLinks to an
external site.. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 6(2), 229–234.
doi:10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.03.001
Data Analysis
Elsaleh, T., Enshaeifar, S., Rezvani, R., Acton, S. T., Janeiko, V., & Bermudez-Edo,
M. (2020). IoT-stream: A lightweight ontology for internet of things data
streams and its use with data analytics and event detection servicesLinks to an
external site.. Sensors, 20(4), 953. doi:10.3390/s20040953
Parikh, R. B., Gdowski, A., Patt, D. A., Hertler, A., Mermel, C., & Bekelman, J. E.
(2019). Using big data and predictive analytics to determine patient risk in
oncology. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational BookLinks to an
external site., 39, e53–e58. doi:10.1200/EDBK_238891
Spachos, D., Siafis, S., Bamidis, P., Kouvelas, D., & Papazisis, G.
(2020). Combining big data search analytics and the FDA adverse event
reporting system database to detect a potential safety signal of mirtazapine
abuseLinks to an external site.. Health Informatics Journal, 26(3), 2265–2279.
doi:10.1177/1460458219901232
Other Resources
Mehta N., & Pandit, A. (2018). Concurrence of big data analytics and
healthcare: A systematic review. International Journal of Medical InformaticsLinks
to an external site., 114, 57–65. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2018.03.013
Ristevski, B., & Chen, M. (2018). Big data analytics in medicine and
healthcare. Journal of Integrative BioinformaticsLinks to an external site., 15(3),
1–5. https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2017-0030
Shea, K. D., Brewer, B. B., Carrington, J. M., Davis, M., Gephart, S., & Rosenfeld,
A. (2018). A model to evaluate data science in nursing doctoral
curricula. Nursing OutlookLinks to an external site., 67(1), 39–48.
https://www.nursingoutlook.org/article/S0029-6554(18)30324-5/fulltext
Sheehan, J., Hirschfeld, S., Foster, E., Ghitza, U., Goetz, K., Karpinski, J., Lang, L.,
Moser. R. P., Odenkirchen, J., Reeves, D., Runinstein, Y., Werner, E., & Huerta,
M. (2016). Improving the value of clinical research through the use of common
data elements. Clinical Trials, 13(6), 671–676, doi:10.1177/
1740774516653238
Topaz, M., & Pruinelli, L. (2017). Big data and nursing: Implications for the
futureLinks to an external site.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 232,
165–171.
Westra, B. L., Sylvia, M., Weinfurter, E. F., Pruinelli, L., Park, J. I., Dodd, D.,
Keenan, G. M., Senk, P., Richesson, R. L., Baukner, V., Cruz, C., Gao, G.,
Whittenburg, L., & Delaney, C. W. (2017). Big data science: A literature review
of nursing research exemplarsLinks to an external site.. Nursing Outlook, 65(5),
549–561.
Wilkinson, M. D., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, I. J., Appleton, G., Axton, A., Baak,
A., Blomberg, N., Boiten, J.-W., da Silva Santos, L. O., Bourne, P., Bouwman, J.,
Brookes, A. J., Clark. T., Crosas, M., Dillo, I., Dumon, O., Edmunds, S., Evelo, C.,
Finkers, R., … González-Beltrán, A. (2016). The FAIR guiding principles for
scientific data management and stewardship. Scientific DataLinks to an external
site., 3, Article 160018, 1–9. doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.18
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