NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
OVERVIEW
In this module, the nursing informatics specialty will be explored, including roles, core competencies, and standards of practice. Nursing and clinical informatics theories, models, and concepts are examined to analyze, predict, and manage nursing informatics-related phenomena. The module will explore the primary goals in nursing informatics and how clinical information technologies are impacting and will impact nursing. The module will also explore the more formalized clinical informatics roles that continue to evolve as technology adoption continues at a record pace in healthcare. Clinical informatics professionals have developed expertise within their respective domains to meet this demand and support the current and future vision to support safe, patient-centered care.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
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TOPICS
Module 2 covers the following topics:
- The definition and profession of nursing informatics
- Nursing informatics metastructures, concepts, and tools
- Roles, competencies, and standards of practice in nursing informatics
- Standardized languages and terminologies in nursing practice
- Clinical knowledge creation from information systems
NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
OBJECTIVES
After successfully completing Module 2, you should be able to:
MO2.1 Define nursing informatics and key terminology.
MO2.2 Describe the evolution of nursing informatics as a specialty.
MO2.3 Examine the nurse as a knowledge worker.
MO2.4 Evaluate the current and evolving roles and competencies of nursing informatics practice.
MO2.5 Explain the need for consistent terminology in nursing and describe the different approaches to terminology development.
MO2.6 Describe how clinical information technologies impact nursing practice and how nurses can create and derive knowledge from information systems.
NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
Course objectives covered in this module include CO1, CO2, CO3, CO6, CO7
STUDY MATERIALS
Textbook Readings
- McGonigle and Mastrian, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
- Chapters 6 and 7
- Case Study from Chapter 6: Casting to the Future
- American Nurses Association, Nursing Informatics
- Pages 18–66
NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
Additional Required Reading and Viewing
- Pritchard, R. (2015, June 7). Nursing informatics [Webinar].
- UMN Nursing. (2015, November 9). What is nursing informatics? [Video].
- McCormick, K., Sensmeier, J., Dykes, P., Grace, E., Matney, S., Schwartz, K., & Weston, M. (2015, June). Exemplars for advancing standardized terminology in nursing to achieve shareable, comparable quality data based upon evidence. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 19(2), 4.
Accessible via CINAHL Complete*.
- Topaz, M. (2013). The hitchhiker’s guide to nursing informatics theory: Using the Data-Knowledge-Information-Wisdom framework to guide informatics research. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics,17(3).
*To access this article, you will need a library card from the NJ State Library, which is free for TESU students. Be sure to apply early in the semester, as it may take several weeks to receive your card.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
ACTIVITIES
Module 2 has two activities. Please consult the Course Calendar for the due dates.
Discussion Forum 2
In Discussion Forum 2, post your response to the following discussion question. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the Course Calendar.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
In this module, we have been discussing the history and development of nursing informatics as a specialty within nursing and integrating the nursing informatics Scope and Standards of Practice. In addition, we have learned how informatics concepts impact nursing practice, including the need to standardize nursing terminologies.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
Review the following materials:
- HIMSS Asia Pacific. (2016, October 25). The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative [Video file].NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
- (n.d.). TIGER Initiative for Technology and Health Informatics Education.
- Association of College and Research Libraries. (2000). Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Chicago, IL.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
- Note the relationship between the information literacy skills at this site and on pages 18–66 of the American Nursing Associationtextbook.
Then, answer the following questions:
- If a healthcare organization is considering hiring a nursing informaticist, one consideration is that such a role does not involve direct patient care. How can this role be justified? Consider your current experience in working with individuals from your nursing informatics department. What types of roles and responsibilities do they perform in your organization? If you do not interact with such a department, utilizing what you have learned so far, what value do you see nursing informatics professionals bringing to your organization?NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
- Consider the need to extract data from the electronic health record (EHR) system for quality reporting or clinical research. How can a single agreed-upon model of terminology use (with linkages to a single terminology such as SNOMED CT or LOINC) help to achieve shareable, comparable, and quality data, based on evidence?
In responding to your classmates’ posts, consider opposing views. Do you agree with their assessments? Why or why not?NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
[MO2.1, MO2.2, MO2.3, MO2.4, MO2.5]
Written Assignment 1
Case Study from Chapter 6: Casting to the Future
Purpose and Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to explore a futuristic depiction of health care, applying theoretical concepts, examining the nurse as a knowledge worker, as well as the role and competency of the nurse informaticist.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
Directions
Develop a 750- to 1500-word paper (3 to 5 pages), following proper APA format, addressing the points below, being mindful of the scope and standards of the nursing informaticist. Using the study materials listed in the module and outside academic research, include at least three scholarly references and in-text citations.NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
- Describe the application of the DIKW paradigm to the case study.
- How might nurses in the scenario act as knowledge workers?
- Imagine you were a nursing informaticist in this scenario. Choose a minimum of two technologies mentioned. Describe the technology, its purpose, and how your role would support these technologies in practice.
NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES.
