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Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team. To Prepare: Review the steps of the Systems Development…
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Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze how inclusion of the nurse in the purchasing of health information technology systems impacts healthcare organizations Analyze the impact of nurse inclusion on each step of the systems development life cycle Due By Assignment Week 9, Days 1–2 Read/Watch/Listen to the Learning Resources.Compose your initial Discussion post. Week 9,…
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New technology—and the application of existing technology—only appears in healthcare settings after careful and significant research. The stakes are high, and new clinical systems need to offer evidence of positive impact on outcomes or efficiencies. Nurse informaticists and healthcare leaders formulate clinical system strategies. As these strategies are often based on technology trends, informaticists and…
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Throughout history, technological advancements have appeared for one purpose before finding applications elsewhere that lead to spikes in its usage and development. The internet, for example, was originally developed to share research before becoming a staple of work and entertainment. But technology—new and repurposed—will undoubtedly continue to be a driver of healthcare information. Informaticists often…
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Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Informatics Tools and Technologies [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate healthcare technology trends for data and information in nursing practice and healthcare delivery Analyze challenges and risks inherent in healthcare technology Analyze healthcare technology benefits and risks for data safety, legislation, and patient care Evaluate healthcare technology…
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When you wake in the morning, you may reach for your cell phone to reply to a few text or email messages that you missed overnight. On your drive to work, you may stop to refuel your car. Upon your arrival, you might swipe a key card at the door to gain entrance to the…
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Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze benefits, challenges, and risks of using big data in clinical systems Recommend strategies to mitigate challenges and risks of using big data in clinical systems Due By Assignment Week 5, Days 1–2 Read/Watch/Listen to the Learning Resources.Compose your initial Discussion post. Week 5, Day 3 Post your initial Discussion…
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In the Discussion for this module, you considered the interaction of nurse informaticists with other specialists to ensure successful care. How is that success determined? Patient outcomes and the fulfillment of care goals is one of the major ways that healthcare success is measured. Measuring patient outcomes results in the generation of data that can…
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Nature offers many examples of specialization and collaboration. Ant colonies and bee hives are but two examples of nature’s sophisticated organizations. Each thrives because their members specialize by tasks, divide labor, and collaborate to ensure food, safety, and general well-being of the colony or hive. Of course, humans don’t fare too badly in this regard…
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The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar? Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed…