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?
Post your "HealthIT Topic" narrated PPT presentation here.
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 an 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
Must be a professional, scholarly prepared PowerPoint presentation of 8-10 slides including at least six scholarly references.
You should have at least 8-10 slides, not including the title slide and reference slides.
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.
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.
All aspects of the presentation must be in APA format as expressed in the current edition.
Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
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.
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.
Course Outcomes
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 3)
CO 7: Explore trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all domains, including cultural humility and person-centered care. (PO 1, 3)
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
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. The professional paper will have an introduction, body of paper to explain what you are doing, summary/conclusion, and at least three scholarly references.
Required texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three sources must be from outside of course readings.
All aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the current edition.
The paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference page) is 4-6 pages in length.
Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
All aspects of the presentation must be in APA format as expressed in the current edition.
Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.
Due to the size of the file with narration, please do not include any animation.
Submit your assignment in the default .pptx file format.
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
