Assignment:

The Future of Healthcare Informatics

Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each number item. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

1. Identify the current role of the informatics nurse and predict the future role of the informatics nurse, based on scholarly sources.
2. Explain what is meant by connected health. Provide three examples of connected health in today’s healthcare environment. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of each.
3. In what ways has informatics impacted public health – please provide at least three examples.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 500 words per essay prompt/section (1500 total for this assignment)

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment. All APA Papers should include an introduction and conclusion. 

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims

Assignment Details

Research an existing health care organization and pinpoint a strategy used for recruiting, training, motivating, and empowering health care staff and professionals. Use this organization’s strategy as a reference point when creating your own 3-5 page strategic recruitment plan. At least 2 scholarly articles in addition to your textbook should be used for citations in the assignment, and all sources should be peer-reviewed.

You are to complete the following portions of your health care organization strategic recruitment plan:

• Name your health care organization.
• Describe the health care organization for which you are creating a strategic recruitment plan.
  • Include details about the population it serves and the services provided.
•  Describe the health care organization’s recruitment and retention strategy you selected. 
  • Create a strategic recruitment plan for the healthcare organization.
• How does your recruitment strategy create an environment for employees?
• Identify how your recruitment strategy is linked to the organizational vision and mission.
• Create a recruitment strategy overview (using bullet points) that links action plans to the following issues:
  • Motivation
  • Empowerment
  • Training

SUGGESTED:

• Provide the name of your health care organization for which you are creating a strategic recruitment plan.
• Describe the health care organization including details about the population it serves and the services provided.
• Describe the health care organization’s recruitment and retention strategy you selected. 
  o How does your recruitment strategy create an environment for employees? 
  o How is your recruitment strategy linked to the organizational vision and mission?
• Create a strategic recruitment plan for the healthcare organization including an overview that links actions to the following issues:  
  o Motivation 
• o Empowerment 
  o Training 

Deliverable Length:  1050 words minimum (3-5 pages)

  

A. Describe at least four factors that can be associated in a complex inheritance health issue.

B. Compare two genomic tests used for screening, diagnosis, and management of a disease. Describe whether outcome data exists related to the utility of these tests and what the data shows, if available.

C. Contrast two models used for multigenerational family health histories. Which do you prefer and why?

D. Describe the importance of a comprehensive health and physical assessment that includes information on environment, and genomic influences. Frame this answer through your current role, whether as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) with a practice, or a nurse executive overseeing nursing practice in an organization.

 

Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

1. Define patient compliance and explain its importance in your field.(Nursing)
2. Identify the health care professionals’ role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance.
3. Compare compliance and collaboration.
4. Compare and contrast patient education in the past with that practiced today.
5. Explain the importance of professional commitment in developing patient education as a clinical skill.
6. Explain the three categories of learning and how they can be used in patient education.
7. List three problems that may arise in patient education and how they would be solved?
8. List some methods of documentation of patient education.

NOTE: Please use the following resources to answer below: Code of ethic for nurses with interpretive statements, Center for Medicare and Medicaid services,

Food and drug administration. Please label response to each section (A, B,C, etc.) to ensure each is answered.

A. Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your values and goals.

1. Explain how nurses apply the identified theory from part A to implement excellent nursing practices.

2. Discuss how the identified theory from part A fits your professional practice.

B.Identify the contributions of two historical nursing figures in the nineteenth or twentieth century.

1.Compare the differences in contributions of the two historical figures identified in part B.

2. Describe how the contributions of the two historical figures influence your professional nursing practice.
 

C. Explain the functional differences between the State Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association (ANA).

1.Define the roles of these two organizations.

2. Explain how these two organizations influence your nursing practice.

3.Explain the requirements for professional license renewal in your state.

a. Discuss the consequences of failure to maintain license requirements in your state. (New York)

4. Compare the differences between registered nursing license requirements in a compact state versus a non-compact state.
 

D.Discuss the functional differences between the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (see the web links below).

1. Discuss how the two regulatory agencies influence your professional nursing practice.

a. Describe your role as a patient advocate in promoting safety when a patient has requested to use an alternative therapy.
E. Discuss the purposes of the Nurse Practice Act in your state and its impact on your professional practice.

1. Discuss the scope of practice for a RN in your state. (New York)

2. Discuss how your state defines delegation for the RN.
 F. Apply each of the following roles to your professional practice: a scientist, a detective, a manager of the healing environment
G. Identify two provisions from the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (see web link below).

1. Analyze how the two provisions identified in part G influence your professional nursing practice.

2. Describe a nursing error that may occur in a clinical practice (e.g., clinical setting, skills lab, or simulation).

a. Explain how the ANA provisions identified in part G can be applied to the error discussed in part G2.
 H. Identify four leadership qualities or traits that represent excellence in nursing.

1. Discuss the significance of the four leadership qualities identified in part H in the nurse’s role as each of the following: 

a leader at the bedside within a nursing team or interdisciplinary team

2. Identify how your work environment impacts the following: nursing leadership, decision making, professional development

Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.