NR 512 (NR 512)

WEEK 7 DISCUSSION Week 7: Safeguarding Health Information and Systems A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address these issues? How is this issue addressed in your practice setting? Professor and Class, In today’s world of rapid advancing technology, healthcare companies have multiple lines of...

NR-512 Week 6 Discussion, HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice (Three Versions) What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice? A very important HealthIT topic related to nursing as well as to patient care delivery and patient experience is security controls and concerns for HIPPA violations when it comes to EHR. Information security and privacy provisions, such as strong anonymity and consent ...

NR-512 Week 6 Discussion, HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice (Three Versions) What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice? A very important HealthIT topic related to nursing as well as to patient care delivery and patient experience is security controls and concerns for HIPPA violations when it comes to EHR. Information security and privacy provisions, such as strong anonymity and consent ...

Week 4: Informatics Skills How do the informatics skills you are now developing/expanding upon and validating help you meet current informatics skills levels? How did the TANIC self-assessment change your impression of your current informatics skill levels? Initial post:3/27 I believe the informatics skills we are developing/expanding upon and validating during this course have been eye-opening thus far. It is fascinating how diverse the informatic world is in nursing. Some nurses still ver...

NR 512 Week 3 Discussion, Reflections on Second Life Experiences (Two Version) You are working in Second Life now completing a number of activities. What do you see as a benefit to augmenting course assignments through the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE)? How do you see the advanced practice nurse using VLE in their practice? Professor and class, The use of technology in the nursing profession has become more prominent over the years and is becoming more prevalent in its incorpo...

NR-512 Discussion Week 2, Wisdom Versus Judgement (Two Versions) The development of a nurse’s knowledge base is not built overnight. It most assuredly is not finished after they obtain their bachelor’s and subsequently their license. The development of a nurse’s wisdom is something that is delicate and takes time. The development of wisdom generally coincides with that of a nurse’s judgement. As the nurse grows, the strength and confidence in their wisdom and judgement do too. Wisdom...

Week 1: Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies Reflect on your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics? From completing the Pre-TANIC TIGER assessment for this week, what do you plan to achieve in this course? How did you feel your competency level was compared to the assessment? With the fast moving pace of today’s healthcare, informatics continues to grow towards a more relevant aspect o...

NR 512 Week 5 Discussion, Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Informatics (Two Versions) NR 512 Wk 5 Knowledge Generation through Informatics What are informatics-related possibilities to accelerate the generation and uptake of new nursing knowledge? Consider this does your current work environment support use of informatics tools to generate/adopt new nursing knowledge? If so, please provide specific examples. I look forward to your lively discussions this week. Response : Nursing informati...

Reflection on Second Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Speciality (graded) Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in this course. Hello Dr. Bev and Colleagues, This week we are asked to look at the course outcomes and how they were supported by the activities we completed in this course. The course outcomes are as follows: “1. Define key terms in informatics, healthcare informatics, and nursing informatics; 2. ...