Week 4 Discussion: Big Data
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact
your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
I. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
a. Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced practice
nursing role.
b. Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source.
c. Examine three ways data from this source can be used to impact client care.
d. Discuss the role of the advanced practice nurse in data stewardship.
I. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering
new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
a. Respond to at least one peer.
b. Respond to a second peer post.
c. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to
advanced nursing practice.
Answer:
a. Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced
practice nursing role.
An example of a significant source of big data that I am likely to utilize in the future advanced
practice nursing role is electronic health records (EHRs). An EHR is a digital system utilized and
managed by healthcare institutions to gather and retain patients' clinical data. An EHR
encompasses various essential features, such as the collection of health data, management of
prescriptions and outcomes, provision of medical decision support, interchange of medical data,
digital interaction, patient assistance, administrative procedures, and population health reporting
(Mahendher, 2020).
b. Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source.
EHRs are utilized in both clinical treatment and healthcare management to collect diverse
medical data from patients over a period of time, while also overseeing clinical procedures.
EHRs consist of several patient-level factors, including demographic information, diagnoses,
issue lists, prescriptions, symptoms, and laboratory test results (Mahendher, 2020).
c. Examine three ways data from this source can be used to impact client care.
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact
your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
I. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
a. Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced practice
nursing role.
b. Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source.
c. Examine three ways data from this source can be used to impact client care.
d. Discuss the role of the advanced practice nurse in data stewardship.
I. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering
new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
a. Respond to at least one peer.
b. Respond to a second peer post.
c. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to
advanced nursing practice.
Answer:
a. Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced
practice nursing role.
An example of a significant source of big data that I am likely to utilize in the future advanced
practice nursing role is electronic health records (EHRs). An EHR is a digital system utilized and
managed by healthcare institutions to gather and retain patients' clinical data. An EHR
encompasses various essential features, such as the collection of health data, management of
prescriptions and outcomes, provision of medical decision support, interchange of medical data,
digital interaction, patient assistance, administrative procedures, and population health reporting
(Mahendher, 2020).
b. Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source.
EHRs are utilized in both clinical treatment and healthcare management to collect diverse
medical data from patients over a period of time, while also overseeing clinical procedures.
EHRs consist of several patient-level factors, including demographic information, diagnoses,
issue lists, prescriptions, symptoms, and laboratory test results (Mahendher, 2020).
c. Examine three ways data from this source can be used to impact client care.
