NR 360 (NR 360)

The use of electronic databases for clinical practice is the focus of this course test. Skills for asking clinical questions and finding the best evidence to answer the questions are developed.

• What are the rules surrounding healthcare and social media? - Nurses should not share any client identifying information to protect clients' right to privacy and confidentiality. This would violate their HIPAA rights • What ethical issues impact technology (like smartphones)? - ethical issues with privacy and confidentiality – misuse wrong information • Ways to secure PHI - encryption, shedding and electronic sanitation • Why is it important to protect client’s information? ...

• Benefits of telehealth - an opportunity for patients to be seen remotely for nonurgent conditions, but most importantly, increases access to healthcare. - Leads to: improve health outcomes, decrease the cost of healthcare, and decrease medication errors. • Telehealth tools - include central stations, webservers, medical devices, telephones, video cameras, and personal emergency response systems. • Health Disaster planning and preparation- benefits of informatics knowledge - availab...

• Reasons why healthcare resists technology - Cost, legality, time, fear, usefulness, complexity, lack of knowledge • Quality measures using technology in patient care - Reduce medical errors - Enhance Drug safety - Approve lines of communication - Nursing + medical documentation • Factors that increase efficiency in healthcare with technology - Safety - Reporting better - Keeping track of information - Improve communication • Human-technology interface- what is it? Identify ...

Data is described objectively without interpretation. Information is use of the data that has been interpreted, organized, or structured. Knowledge is synthesized information so that relationships can be made about the information and formalized. Wisdom is the appropriate use of knowledge to manage and solve human problems. • What is Nursing Informatics? - Concentrates on finding ways to: 1. improve information management and communication to improve efficiency, 2. Reduce costs 3. E...

1. Essay: In a minimum of 175 words, how could collaboration and knowledge sharing at a single organization be used to help individuals preparing for information technology at a different facility? When it comes to knowledge sharing and collaboration it is key for people joining information technology at a different facility because It will help gather information and apply the new and the old information together. It may help make information technology that much better. Exchanging ideas wit...

1. Ethics is best described as: C a. A revolution in health care brought on by technologic change? b. ever-changing principles that guide decision-making c. a goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers d. paradigmatic changes that involve rhythmic processes central to the healthcare system 2. An ethics approach that emerged from relatively homogenous societies where beliefs were similar, and the majority of societal members shared c...

1. Ethics is best described as: C a. A revolution in health care brought on by technologic change? b. ever-changing principles that guide decision-making c. a goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers d. paradigmatic changes that involve rhythmic processes central to the healthcare system 2. An ethics approach that emerged from relatively homogenous societies where beliefs were similar, and the majority of societal members shared c...

1. Although nurses have an ethical duty to ensure patient safety, increasing demands on professionals in complex and fast-paced healthcare environments may lead to workarounds. What is a workaround? D a. A practice that deviates from accepted and expected practice protocols b. A shortcut to save time c. An inappropriate action or omission of appropriate actions d. All of these are correct 2. A safety culture is a blame-free environment where individuals can report errors or near misses wi...

1. Essay: In a minimum of 175 words, how could collaboration and knowledge sharing at a single organization be used to help individuals preparing for information technology at a different facility? When it comes to knowledge sharing and collaboration it is key for people joining information technology at a different facility because It will help gather information and apply the new and the old information together. It may help make information technology that much better. Exchanging ideas wit...

1. Although nurses have an ethical duty to ensure patient safety, increasing demands on professionals in complex and fast-paced healthcare environments may lead to workarounds. What is a workaround? D a. A practice that deviates from accepted and expected practice protocols b. A shortcut to save time c. An inappropriate action or omission of appropriate actions d. All of these are correct 2. A safety culture is a blame-free environment where individuals can report errors or near misses wi...