Informatics Utilizing Informatics The use of informatics has become an essential component of providing quality healthcare. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has elected the use of informatics as its fifth and final core competency for healthcare providers. The utilization of informatics has become the main stream approach for nursing care today. This fifth core competency is directly intertwined with the four previous competencies that have been outlined by the IOM. Patient centered care is
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Consumer Health Informatics: Is Every Patient Ready to be Wired? Carrie Taylor‚ RN NUR 312A Nursing Informatics 20 September 2012 In healthcare today‚ great strides have been made to create technology that can aid patients and family members‚ as well as‚ the public at large in gathering health information‚ making personal health decisions and taking control of their options. As healthcare providers‚ it can be easy to believe that we should want the best for every patient‚ but the question
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The importance of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) as a degree guides practitioners in meeting the challenging needs of the communities and organizations that are served. Healthcare needs have rapidly increased and the demand for qualified advanced practice nurses with various backgrounds in leadership according to Anderson (2014)‚ as the population ages‚ the number of individuals suffering from chronic diseases will increase requiring additional with need in the healthcare system. The American
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NURSING INFORMATICS Module 1 |SEMESTER ONE | |LEARNING ACTIVITIES | | | |Health 1 | |Electronic Literature Search | |Professional Growth 1 | |Nursing Informatics as Competency
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assessment tools Epic provides a nursing flowsheet built into the shift assessment for nurses to chart on any skin issues of the patient. Not only is it standard but it is also required for the nurse to chart every two hours on the prevention or repositioning of the patient. QI data has shown that repositioning and turning the patient every two hours will prevent HAPUs. Collecting this measurable data through Epic has helped improve health care services to prevent further HAPUs from happening.
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Nursing career is one of the few fastest growing fields in the health care industry‚ not only in the United States‚ but also in the world. Nurse practice has drastically changed in the last decade and as a result the need for changes in nursing practice is becoming more and more important. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) will place many demands on health professionals and offer them many opportunities to create a system that is more patient centered. The legislation has begun the long process
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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nurse‚ I know that nursing is all about the compassion you show to patients. In order to be a good nurse‚ one has to understand both the physical and emotional needs of their patients. A good nurse allows their ethics to guide their nursing. My vision of nursing will not only encompass the care I give to patients‚ but also the care I provide for the community in which I live. Nursing is rooted in public service and the desire to help others. I hope that my philosophy of nursing will incorporate my
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the nursing informaticist are an integral member of the health care team. The nurse informaticist (NI) assists in the integration of technology in the management of data‚ information‚ and knowledge‚ to enhance patient care and assure current practices are efficient and effective (McGonigle & Mastrian‚ 2015). Moreover‚ the NI is pivotal in the successful amalgamation of technology into the clinical setting. The American Nurses Association supports the specialty of nursing informatics. Nursing informatics
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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