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Week 6: Use of Informatics in Professional Nursing This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible - due Jun 10 How do you use informatics and technology in your nursing practice? How do you see that use changing in the future? What ethical issues have arisen or might arise from use of technology and informatics in professional nursing? According to Blais and Hayes (2011, p. 301), "nursing informatics is the combination of computer and information science with nursing science". In my...

NR351 Week 6 Discussion, Best Leaders The best leader I have ever known was initially one of my preceptors during my orientation period directly after graduation as an RN. She was a fabulous educator. Not once in that orientation period was I made to feel inferior as a new graduate. The skills that she demonstrated to me, allowed me to develop my nursing skills with her guidance. By definition in our text, “people who influence others”, she was most definitely a leader (Hood, 2018, p. 443)...

NR_351 Week 5 Discussion, Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Patient Care A nursing issue I am selecting to voice about, is medication error (problem). Medication errors happen all around the world, but they can be preventable. Some medication errors are reported, but many others are not. Medication errors don’t always cause death and might be a contributing factor to why some nurses don’t feel the need to report them. Medication errors can happen at any point in the course. It can h...

NR_351 Week 5 Discussion, Leadership to Improve Quality in Diverse Situations This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible due Feb 4 Week 5: Leadership to Improve Quality in Diverse Situations Nurses demonstrate leadership in many situations. For this discussion, identify only one situation from the choices below that you have not previously experienced, and tell us how the nurse could improve quality through demonstrating leadership. Communicating with legislators to influence healt...

NR351 Week 4 Discussion 1, Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible due Jan 28 Week 4: Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement How do nurses promote patient safety and improve quality at your workplace? How do you report errors and near misses? What changes would you suggest be made on your unit or facility to improve a nonpunitive culture of safety? --- Deborah Augustyniak Yesterday Jan 20 at 6:31pm Class, you may begin posting in this TD on Sund...

Week 3: Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional Nursing Practice This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible - due May 20 As the professional nurse, you realize that your nursing care area often sees patients with the same particularly challenging nursing care issue (not medical care issue). Include all of the following in your answer to this discussion. • Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue in need of implementation o...

NR 351 Week 3 Discussion, Collaborative Strategies with Other Professions This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs). • CO2 Demonstrate leadership strategies that promote safety and improve quality in nursing practice and increase collaboration with other disciplines when planning patient-centered care within systems-based practice. (PO 2) • CO4 Integrate critical thinking and judgment in professional decision-making in collaboration with faculty ...

NR351 iCARE Self-Assessment I Please complete this self-assessment for NR351 Week 2 Discussion and follow instructions there. This will be the first item placed into your Chamberlain College of Nursing Portfolio. Topic Never/ Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Always/ Strongly Agree I am aware of my strengths and challenges as a nurse: 1 2 3 4 5 I am aware of my strengths and challenges as a student: 1 2 3 4 5 I communicate and collaborate well with colleag...

NR351 Week 2 Discussion 1, Inter-professional Collaboration Strategies This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible due Jan 14 Week 2: Interprofessional Collaboration Strategies In today's changing healthcare environment, it is more important than ever for professional nurses to be skilled in collaborating with professionals from other healthcare disciplines. What communication strategies can professional nurses use to specifically promote collaboration with other healthcare discipline...

NR 351 Week 1 Discussion 1, Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies Class, Here is your discussion for Week 1: Now that you have examined the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies, why do you think these competencies were selected? Which 2 of the 10 competencies will be most important to your future nursing practice and why? Answer : • In my opinion, these competencies were selected because each of them is important, but together they represent the standard of care f...

NR_361 Week 8 Discussion, AACN Essentials Informatics Self-Assessment How far have you come? How will you apply this information to continue to improve your informatics knowledge in nursing practice? Hello Professor and Class, My AACN Essentials Self-Assessment score 8 weeks ago was 22 and now it is a 35. This class has opened my eyes in which technology can enhance my professional nursing practice. I learned quickly that that Nursing Informatics (NI) is the application of computer an...

NR361 Week 7 Discussion Question, Use of Personal Communication Devices in Patient Care Settings This week, we will discuss personal communication devices and their use in healthcare. As we focus on this topic, please address the questions below in the discussion. • How can the use of the nurse's personal communication device(s) impact patient care positively and/or negatively? • What are the ethical and legal implications? • What does the professional literature say about how com...

Week 6: Distractors in Our Environments (graded) 6 6 unread replies. 6 6 replies. This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO). • CO6 Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client's right to privacy. (PO 6) Distractions are everywhere. They may include cellphones, multiple alarms sounding, overhead paging, monitors beeping, and va...

NR_361 Week 5 Discussion Question, Trends in Informatics Select one of the following trends and discuss your understanding of this trend in healthcare and its potential impact on your practice as a nurse. What are the legal, privacy, and ethical considerations of this trend? • Nanotechnology • Consumer health informatics (CHI) • Telehealth (or telenursing)/virtual healthcare • Social media healthcare applications • Health-focused wearable technology • eHealth Telehealth i...

NR361 Week 4 Discussion Question, Your Patient has a Personal Health Record, Now What What are the pros and cons of the situation in the case study? What safeguards are included in patient portals and PHRs to help patients and healthcare professionals ensure safety? Do you agree or disagree with this process? What are challenges for patients that do not have access to all of the EHRs? Remember, only portions of the EHRs are typically included in the PHRs. “A patient portal is a secure...

Week 3: Standardized Terminology and Language in Informatics (graded) 7777 unread replies.9292 replies. What is the impact of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payment denial on the healthcare system? • What are the implications for our nursing practice related to use of standardized terminology for documentation? • How do evidence-based practice guidelines impact patient outcomes and necessitate improved practice care? • Professor and class. • The impact of payment ...

Week 2: Experiences With Healthcare Information Systems (graded) Share your experiences with healthcare information systems in the past or present. How have the needs of a diverse patient population been met by your systems? If you were assigned to improve the healthcare information systems or electronic health record, what would you suggest to better meet the needs of all patients and of nurses? Why? Bingley Response: According to Silow-Carroll , Edwards, & Rodin (2012), “for an EHR system...

NR 361 Week 1 Discussion, AACN Essentials Informatics Self-Assessment Professor and Classmate, I took the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment and my score was 28. I would never score myself as excellent in any category because the medical field is everchanging, especially the informatics side. I have worked with a few different EMR companies and so far, I must say that Meditech is my favorite. I am a newer nurse to Meditech but I gain confidence with the system every day. “Informatics provides ...

NR 390 DISCUSSION QUESTION WITH ANSWERS WEEK 1 TO 8

NR 390 Week 8 Discussion, AACN BSN Essential VIII and Your Future Practice AACN BSN Essential VIII clearly calls for BSN graduates to appreciate nursing history and its impact on today's professional nursing practice. As you consider your future professional nursing practice, tell us • how you will share stories and lessons from nursing history with your nursing colleagues; and • how lessons from nursing history will impact your own future nursing practice. Dear Professor and Class,...