NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 1 Discussion
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?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 2 Discussion
Wisdom
Versus Judgment
How does
the concept of wisdom in nursing informatics compare to the concept of
professional nursing judgment? What is DIKW and how do you "use" it
in your practice?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 3 Discussion
Virtual Learning
Environments
Online
learning is considered a virtual learning environment (VLE); however there are
other types of VLE that you may have used or heard about. Please discuss one of
the following VLE’s and your experience with using it:
Virtual
simulation
Edutainment
Three
dimensional virtual environment or world
Augmented-reality
games (ARGs)
Virtual
Reality devices
Then
discuss how you, as the advanced practice nurse, would use this in your
practice.
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 4 Discussion
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?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 5 Discussion
Knowledge
Generation Through Nursing Informatics
In one of
the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN)
roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major
elements of NI, but new to most nurses. What type of application does this have
for your practice?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 6 Discussion
HealthIT
Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice
What was
the HealthIT Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select
it? How will this impact your practice?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 7 Discussion
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?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 8 Discussion
Reflection
on Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Specialty
Discuss how
Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in
this course. What changes did you note in your post-TANIC TIGER assessment from
when you started this course in week 1?
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 3 Assignment
E-Portfolio
Project
Purpose
This
assignment is designed to help students
• Develop an appreciation for
informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students
will discuss the e-portfolio and it uses, provide examples of items in an
e-portfolio along with challenges and future uses.
Course
Outcomes
Through
this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following ability.
Course
Outcomes:
4:
Exemplify professional values and scholarship to support professional and
personal development. (PO 3, 4)
5: Explore
the roles, competencies and skills, including cultural humility, associated
with nursing informatics while collaborating as part of the healthcare team.
(PO 3, 5)
7: Explore
trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all domains,
including cultural humility and person-centered care. (PO 2, 5)
Requirements
The student
will read the assigned readings pertaining to the e-portfolio, as well as
research the topic. The student will define an e-portfolio for the graduate
student and for an advanced practice nurse. The PowerPoint slide presentation
will include discussion of the importance and purpose of developing and using
an e-portfolio as a graduate student, then identify and discuss items that
should be in included in an e-portfolio per the grading rubric. The student
will provide five (5) examples of items that would be included in their
e-portfolio. The presentation will conclude with a summary and recommendations
on how the student will use the e-portfolio as a graduate student and as an
advanced practice nurse (APN) in the future.
Preparing
the Presentation
1. Must be
a professional, scholarly prepared PowerPoint presentation of 8-10 slides
including at least five scholarly references.
2. You
should have at least 8-10 slides, not including the title slide and reference
slides.
3. Speaker
notes are present for each slide. It is important to note that if you could not
give your presentation and someone would have to stand in for you, he or she
would need to know what you were going to say. Use the speaker-notes section so
that someone may step in for you and not miss a beat.
4. Maintain
the 6x6x6 rule for a professional PowerPoint presentation. No more than 6 lines
per slide, 6 words per line, and 6 slides without a graphic.
5. All
aspects of the presentation must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th
edition.
6. Ideas
and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
7.
References may include one dictionary source, one textbook source, and four scholarly
peer-reviewed journals published in the last 5 years. Total of six sources. No
Wikipedia or CINAHL Nursing guide articles.
8. Grammar,
spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic
writing.
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 5 Assignment
HealthIT
Topic of Week Assignment
Purpose
This
assignment is designed to help students
• Develop an appreciation for
informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students
will select a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice
to discuss. The topic will be selected from the website using the link provided
in the course Assignments section.
Requirements
Students
will login to FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT using the link provided in the
reading assignment module for Week 5 and select a “current/popular” topic of the week that may
impact their practice. Students, in a professionally developed paper, will
discuss the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will impact practice in a
positive or negative manner, citing pros and cons. Include a discussion of how
informatics skills and knowledge were used in the process relevance to
developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the
future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT
Topic paper for Wk. 5 to dropbox by end of Week 5.
PREPARING
THE PAPER
1. The
FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT Current/Popular Topic of the Week assignment must
be a professional, scholarly prepared paper. See the guidelines for writing a
professional, scholarly paper in the Course Resources. The professional paper
will have an introduction, body of paper to explain what you are doing,
summary/conclusion, and at least three scholarly references.
2. Required
texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three sources must be from
outside of course readings.
3. All
aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.
4. The
paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference page) is 4-6 pages
in length.
5. Ideas
and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
6. Grammar,
spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic
writing.
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 7 Assignment
Narrated
Power Point Presentation
Purpose
This
assignment is designed to help students
• Develop an appreciation for
informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students
selected a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice to
discuss in week 5. This week student will develop a narrated slide PowerPoint
(PPT) presentation of 8-10 slides summarizing the assignment.
Course
Outcomes
Through
this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following ability.
(CO 6)
Describe health information systems within healthcare setting and the
profession of nursing in all practice domains and settings including electronic
health records (EHR), their management and patient-care information technology
(IT). (PO 4)
(CO 7)
Explore trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all
domains. (POs 9, 11)
Due Date:
Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 7.
Total
Points Possible: 150
Requirements
The
FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT current
topics from the Week 5 assignment will be summarized in 8-10 narrated slides
for this Week 7 assignment. Students will
summarize the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will impact practice in
a positive and negative manner, including pros and cons. Include discussion of
how informatics skills and knowledge were applied in the process relevance to
developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the
future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT Hot Topic narrated PPT assignment to
assignment folder by end of Week 7.
Preparing
the Presentation
1. The
FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT Current Topic of the Week is a recap of the
assignment from Wk. 5 and must be a professional, scholarly prepared PowerPoint
narrated presentation of 8-10 slides including at least three scholarly
references.
2. You
should have at least 8-10 slides. It is important to note that if you could not
give your presentation and someone would have to stand in for you, he or she
would need to know what you were going to say. Use the speaker-notes section so
that someone may step in for you and not miss a beat.
3. Maintain
the 6x6x6 rule for a professional PowerPoint presentation. No more than 6 lines
per slide, 6 words per line, and 6 slides without a graphic.
4. All
aspects of the presentation must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th
edition.
5. Ideas
and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
6. Grammar,
spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic
writing.
7. Due to
the size of the file with narration, please do not include any animation.
NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics
Week 2 Quiz
Question 1Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Data?
Processed information which places
relationships in context
Raw fact without meaning in itself
Process which uses information to make
decisions electronically
Unit of memory equal to one keystroke
Question 2Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is an
Electronic Medical Record?
An online record of treatment, typically
limited to one episode, whether that might be an emergency room or clinic visit
or a hospital stay
Longitudinal record of one’s health and
treatment interventions
Using software to sort through data to discover
patterns and establish relationships
Web browser-based login accessible data,
software, and hardware
Question 3Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Knowledge Work?
Process that generates information and
knowledge as a product
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the application and use of information and knowledge in organizations
and the interface between people, organizations, and information systems
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at how the human mind works
Process by which clinical data is used to
help make decisions and develop predictive analytics
Question 4Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is Health
Information Exchange?
An initiative to improve healthcare quality,
efficiency, and effectiveness by making healthcare information available when
and where it is needed through technology, standards, interoperability,
governance, and cooperation
A computer-based program designed to assist
clinicians in making clinical decisions
Process by which clinical data is used to
make decisions
The process of electronic transmission or
sharing of healthcare information or an organization that organizes and oversees
the transmission process
Question
5Choose the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the
question.
What is an
Information System?
Emerging field of study that focuses upon how
information is processed both in the human mind and the computer
. Process that generates information and
knowledge as a product
The people, data, actions, and components
used to create information for a user or organization
Knowledge applied in a practical manner
Question 6Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Knowledge?
Processed information which places
relationships in context
Raw fact without meaning in itself
Using clinical data to make decisions
How information is processed both in the
human mind and the computer
Question 7Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is a
Firewall?
Tool used to protect corporate networks that
examines incoming and outgoing information
Computer program designed to recognize and
neutralize computer viruses
Tool used to recognize individual users based
on one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral attributes
Method using a proxy server to protect the
identify of a corporation’s employees when they are surfing the Internet.
Question 8Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Computer Science?
Foundational science for informatics that looks
at how the human mind works
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the theory underlying information and computation and their
implementation in computer systems
Emerging field of study that focuses upon how
information is processed both in the human mind and the computer
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the application and use of information and knowledge in organizations
and the interface between people, organizations, and information systems
Question 9Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Wisdom?
Using clinical data to make decisions
Planning and enacting a project
Using software to sort through data for use
in the clinical setting
Knowledge applied in a practical manner
Question 10Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Cognitive Science?
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at how the human mind works
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the theory underlying information and computation and their
implementation in computer systems
Emerging field of study that focuses upon how
information is processed both in the human mind and the computer
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the application and use of information and knowledge in organizations
and the interface between people, organizations, and information systems
Question 11Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is an
Electronic Health Record?
An online record of treatment, typically
limited to one episode, whether that might be an emergency room or clinic visit
or a hospital stay
Longitudinal record of one’s health and
treatment interventions
Using software to sort through data to
discover patterns and establish relationships
Web browser-based login accessible data,
software, and hardware
Question 12Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
National Health Information Infrastructure?
An initiative to improve healthcare quality,
efficiency, and effectiveness by making healthcare information available when
and where it is needed through technology, standards, interoperability,
governance, and cooperation
A computer-based program designed to assist
clinicians in making clinical decisions
Process by which clinical data is used to
make decisions
The process of electronic transmission or
sharing of healthcare information or an organization that organizes and oversees
the transmission process
Question 13Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Cognitive Informatics?
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the theory underlying information and computation and their
implementation in computer systems
Use of software, hardware, services, and
supporting infrastructure to manage and deliver information using voice, data,
and voice or use of technologies
Emerging field of study that focuses upon how
information is processed both in the human mind and the computer
Specialized training or certification in
informatics
Question 14Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Information Science?
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at how the human mind works
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the theory underlying information and computation and their
implementation in computer systems
Emerging field of study that focuses upon how
information is processed both in the human mind and the computer
Foundational science for informatics that
looks at the application and use of information and knowledge in organizations
and the interface between people, organizations, and information systems
Question 15Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Artificial Intelligence?
Field or application that attempts to capture
human thought processes and intelligence
Web-based browser login accessible data,
software, and hardware
Process by which clinical data is used to
help make decisions and develop predictive analytics
An avatar
Question 16Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Clinical Decision Support (CDS)?
Process by which clinical data is used to
help make decisions and develop predictive analytics
Using a telephone, videophone, computer or
other technology-based tool to deliver health-related information to patients
or to connect patients with healthcare providers.
A computer-based program designed to assist
clinicians in making clinical decisions by filtering or integrating vast
amounts of information and providing suggestions for clinical intervention
A nursing role that supports immediate access
to up-to-date knowledge anywhere and anytime
Question 17Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Cloud Computing?
Process by which client information is used
to make decisions
Web browser-based login accessible data,
software, and hardware
Processed information which places
relationships in context
Process that generates information and
knowledge as a product
Question 18Choose
the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the question.
What is
Datamining?
Using software to sort through data to
discover patterns and establish relationships
Using technology to connect with patients
Hardware or software used to enter data into
a computer
Software used to locate and display webpages
Question 19
Choose the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the
question.
What is a
Project Manager?
a. A
nursing role that supports immediate access to up-to-date knowledge anywhere
and anytime
b. Process
of using clinical data to help make decisions and develop predictive analytics
c. A
person who plans and enacts an event or project
d. Person
or people, data, actions, and components used to create information for a user
or organization
Question 20
Choose the best definition or example for the informatics key term in the
question.
What is
Telehealth?
Process by which clinical data is used to
help make decisions and develop predictive analytics
Using a telephone, videophone, computer or
other technology-based tool to deliver health-related information to patients
or to connect patients with healthcare providers.
A computer-based program designed to assist
clinicians in making clinical decisions by filtering or integrating vast
amounts of information and providing suggestions for clinical intervention
A nursing role that supports immediate access
to up-to-date knowledge anywhere and anytime
