Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Discussion
Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Discussion
1. What is your role as a nurse in protecting patient healthcare information?
2. Describe the role of information management nursing practice.
3. Research what types of technologies and service such as free internet exist in South Florida (US) for underserved populations. Describe what they are and how does the underserved population gain access to them.
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Each question must have at least 3 paragraphs and you must use at 3 least references (APA) included in your post. NO PLAGIARISM, RAN THROUGH TURN IT IN
Chapter 12 Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Nursing Informatics (NI) • NI a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice • NI facilitates the integration of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision making in all roles and settings Clinical Informatics • Includes nursing as well as other medical and health specialties and addresses the use of information systems in patient care • Domains of clinical informatics include the 3 areas of health systems, clinical care, and information and communication technologies Informatics Versus Health Informatics • Health informatics encompasses the interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption, and application of ITbased innovations in healthcare services delivery, management, and planning • Informatics is the science of collecting, managing, and retrieving information The Impact of Legislation on Health Informatics • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) • Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Nursing Informatics Competencies • AACN Essentials • QSEN Competencies • Nurse of the Future: Nursing Core Competencies • TIGER Competencies Basic Computer Competencies (1 of 2) Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Discussion
• Basic computer competencies include understanding the concepts of information and communication technology, possessing skill in the use of a computer and managing files, word processing, working with spreadsheets, using databases, creating presentations, web browsing, and communicating Basic Computer Competencies (2 of 2) • Web browsing • Communication – Email – Listserv groups and mailing lists – Social media – Telehealth ANA Principles for Social Networking (1 of 2) • Nurses must not transmit or place online individually identifiable patient information • Nurses must observe ethically prescribed professional patient−nurse boundaries • Nurses should understand that patients, colleagues, institutions, and employers may view posting ANA Principles for Social Networking (2 of 2)
• Nurses should take advantage of privacy settings and seek to separate personal and professional information online • Nurses should bring content that could harm a patient’s privacy, rights, or welfare to the attention of appropriate authorities • Nurses should participate in developing institutional policies governing online contact The National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Social Media Guidelines for Nurses Video https://www.ncsbn.org/347.htm Information Literacy: Electronic Databases • CINAHL • Health Source • MEDLINE • ERIC • Nursing/Academic Edition • PsycINFO • Google Scholar • Cochrane Library Information Literacy: Website Evaluation • Accuracy • Authority or source • Objectivity • Currency or timeliness • Coverage or quality • Usability Information Literacy: Health Information Online (HONcode) • Authoritative • Justifiability • Complementarity • Transparency • Privacy • Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Discussion
Financial disclosure • Attribution • Advertising policy Information Management • Electronic health record (EHR) • Clinical decision support system (CDSS) • Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) • Barcode medication administration (BCMA) • Admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) systems • Handheld devices Current and Future Trends • Hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) program and HITECH incentive programs linking data and EHR meaningful use to fiscal reimbursement in order to move the healthcare system toward quality and safety … Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice Discussion