Learning Resources

Note: To access this module’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 14, “The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics” (pp. 267–287)
Chapter 15, “Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes” (pp. 293–317)
Chapter 16, “Patient Engagement and Connected Health” (pp. 323–338)
Chapter 17, “Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health” (pp. 341–355)
Chapter 18, “Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth” (pp. 359–388)

 Dykes, P. C., Rozenblum, R., Dalal, A., Massaro, A., Chang, F., Clements, M., Collins, S. …Bates, D. W. (2017). Prospective evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to improve outcomes in intensive care: The Promoting Respect and Ongoing Safety Through Patient Engagement Communication and Technology Study. Critical Care Medicine, 45(8), e806–e813. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002449

HealthIT.gov. (2018c). What is an electronic health record (EHR)? Retrieved from 
https://www.healthit.gov/faq/what-electronic-health-record-ehr

Rao-Gupta, S., Kruger, D. Leak, L. D., Tieman, L. A., & Manworren, R. C. B. (2018). Leveraging interactive patient care technology to Improve pain management engagement. Pain Management Nursing, 19(3), 212–221. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.002
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Skiba, D. (2017). Evaluation tools to appraise social media and mobile applications. Informatics, 4(3), 32–40. doi:10.3390/informatics4030032
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 

Discussion: Healthcare Information Technology Trends

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 stay tuned to trends to monitor what the next new technology will be or how the next new idea for applying existing technology can benefit outcomes.

In this Discussion, you will reflect on your healthcare organization’s use of technology and offer a technology trend you observe in your environment.

To Prepare:

• Reflect on the Resources related to digital information tools and technologies.
• Consider your healthcare organization’s use of healthcare technologies to manage and distribute information.
• Reflect on current and potential future trends, such as use of social media and mobile applications/telehealth, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled asset tracking, or expert systems/artificial intelligence, and how they may impact nursing practice and healthcare delivery.

By Day 3 of Week 6

Post a brief description of general healthcare technology trends, particularly related to data/information you have observed in use in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Describe any potential challenges or risks that may be inherent in the technologies associated with these trends you described. Then, describe at least one potential benefit and one potential risk associated with data safety, legislation, and patient care for the technologies you described. Next, explain which healthcare technology trends you believe are most promising for impacting healthcare technology in nursing practice and explain why. Describe whether this promise will contribute to improvements in patient care outcomes, efficiencies, or data management. Be specific and provide examples.

Read Chapter 6 & 7. Answer each question one by one.

1. Discuss the importance of effective communication in the personal relationship, the therapeutic relationship, and the relationship within the interprofessional health-care team.

2. What similarities and differences can you identify among the above interactions? 

3. Explain the concept of congruence between verbal and nonverbal communication.

4. There are many pitfalls to electronic communication. Identify a situation in which an electronic form of communication may result in miscommunication. What other methods of communication would have been more effective? 

5. How have you seen ISBAR used during your clinical experiences? 

6- Develop a hand-off report for yourself. Include items that you believe are pertinent for safe and effective nursing care. Refer to the information in the chapter for creating this report form. Using the information from the chapter, determine the effectiveness of the system currently in use on your unit for communicating shift-to-shift reports. 

7-Dr. Roberts comes into the nurses’ station demanding, “Where are Mr. Adams’s lab reports? I ordered these stat, and they’re not here! Who’s responsible for this patient?” How would you, as the nurse, respond? 

8-Explain the concept of accountability in the delegation. What are the legal ramifications of accountability in the delegation?

9. Dennie and Elias arrive in the unit for the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift. Both nurses completed orientation 4 weeks ago. They find that they will be the only two RNs on the floor that night. There is a census of 48 clients. The remaining staff consists of two NAPs/UAPs and one LPN. What are the responsibilities of the RN, NAP/UAP, and LPN? Can Dennie and Elias effectively delegate client care tasks and care safely for all 48 clients? Use the Delegation Tree to make your decisions.

10. Discuss the differences between direct delegation and indirect delegation. 

1. You have to observe delegation procedures in your assigned unit:

A-What considerations does the RN take into account when delegating patient care? 

2-You have to look at the unit census and prioritize patient care:

A- Give the rationale for your choices.

3.Answer the following questions during your clinical experiences:

a. What specific tasks did your patients require that you might have been able to delegate?

b. How effective was your nurse/preceptor in delegating tasks to others? 

c. How did your nurse/preceptor ensure that the tasks were completed safely and appropriately? 

The purpose of this assignment is to stimulate reflection about an experience, rather than just documenting the experience.

First, complete the questionnaire portion of “What Is Your Role in Communicating Research Information? Part I Questionnaire and Scoring Guide” resource.

Score the questionnaire using the same resource.

One way to keep from simply documenting the event is to begin your answer to the above questions with one of the following phrases:

1. During my experience, I felt…
2. I learned… about myself.
3. The significance or meaning of my learning is…
4. I discovered I …

Refer to the “Feeling Words” resource. The list of feeling words may serve as an aid to identify feelings that may occur during health care professional-patient interactions.

Based on the questionnaire results, as well as the insights gained from the Topic 1 readings, write a 250- to 500-word reflection, addressing the following questions:

• How would you describe your success with communicating?
• What did you learn about your communication style that enables you to communicate effectively?
• How will you work to increase your communication ability with compassion and care for others?
• How will you use this research process to communicate what you have learned about your communication skills that will help you as a health care professional?

Chapter 3 describes Standards of Practice. Create a PowerPoint or Prezi describing the 6 Standards of Practice and the 11 standards of professional performance. There should be one slide for each standard, except for #5, which should have 4 slides. See Table 3.1. Each slide should have the standard, a scholarly description of the standard, and one example of what a School Nurse might do to meet the standard.

  DUE 10/01/2020 Opioid crisis survey

We need to gather data on the opioid crisis in Anytown. One way to collect data is by using surveys.

For this assignment:

Create a survey to assess opioid use in Anytown. You can use an online survey creator, like SurveyMonkey. The survey should be at least 2 pages. 

In a separate essay format respond to the questions and prompts below in 1000 words. 

1. Determine and explain the type of survey you used and why you believe this is the best choice for a survey? Include your rationale for the following:

2. The number of questions in the survey 

3. Describe the questions used and reasoning for the selected question content

4. Distribution and collection of the survey (How do you plan on doing this?)

5. Selection of the participants for the survey ( What is your targeted population and aggregate and why?) 

6. Assess and describe how you will ensure validity and reliability of the survey. (Provide evidence and rational) 

 Essay should be in APA 7th edition with at least three credible source