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Week 1
AACN Essentials Informatics Self-Assessment
Discussion Question
Download and open the AACN Essentials Self-AssessmentLinks to an external site.. Complete the self-assessment of your current comfort levels and total your score. If you are willing, please share your results with your classmates in your discussion post. (Remember, this is the starting point for our course and the start of the knowledge we will learn over 8 weeks).
As you reflect on your score, identify areas where your knowledge could use improvement. Whether you are a new graduate or a seasoned nurse, it is important to keep in mind that all professional nurses are knowledge workers. Utilizing the readings from your textbook, describe your current knowledge base in informatics and how you can improve your knowledge as they relate to nursing informatics and AACN essential. What additional questions do you have as they relate to nursing informatics and the AACN essentials?
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Week 2
Experiences with Healthcare Information Systems
Discussion Question
Share your experiences with healthcare information systems, past or present. Has it been an easy transition or difficult? Why do you believe your experience has been positive or negative? If you are currently not working in a healthcare setting, how has the medical record exposure in nursing school impacted your current knowledge?
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Week 3
Standardized Terminology and Language in Informatics
Discussion Question
Standardized Terminology and Language in Informatics is an important part of healthcare. Nurses and healthcare workers need to understand and be able to communicate clearly.
Please select one of the following options and discuss your understanding of the role in healthcare and its potential impact on your practice.
Usability
Integration
Interface
Interoperability
Meaningful Use (Meaningful Use terminology has largely been replaced by the phrase ‘Promoting Interoperability’ or ‘PI’)
Reimbursement from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payment
NANDA
NIC/NOC
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Week 4
your patient has a Personal Health Record...Now what?
Discussion Question
Case Study: A 65-year-old woman was just been diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was informed of this diagnosis in her primary care physician's office. She leaves her physician's office and goes home to review all of her tests and lab results with her family. She goes home and logs into her PHR. She is only able to pull up a portion of her test results. She calls her physician's office with this concern. The office staff discussed that she had part of her lab work completed at a lab not connected to the organization, part was completed at the emergency room, and part was completed in the lab that is part of the doctor's office organization.
The above scenario might be a scenario that you have commonly worked with in clinical practice. For many reasons, patients often receive healthcare from multiple organizations that might have different systems.
As you review this scenario, reflect and answer these questions for this discussion.
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 the way that a patient obtains Personal Health Records (PHRs)?
What are challenges for patients that do not have access to all of the PHRs? Remember, only portions of the EHRs are typically included in the PHRs.
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Week 5 Trends in Informatics
Discussion Question
This is the week to really see where technology and healthcare are connecting. 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? (Everyone attempt to choose a different topic so that we will learn about the many advancements in technology).
Nanotechnology
Consumer health informatics (CHI)
Social media healthcare applications
Health-focused wearable technology
eHealth
Artificial Intelligence
Simulation
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)
Creative measures in healthcare for use with 3D printers
Smart Pumps
Smart Rooms
Robotics in healthcare
Mobile technology in outpatient care
Web-based tools and software technology
Risk Management tools
Chatbots or Bots in healthcare
Telenursing
Telemedicine
Telepharmacy
Telerehabilitation
Teleconsultation
Telehospice
Technology advancement from your clinical practice
Palm Vein Technology
Microchip use in healthcare
Optical head-mounted computer glasses (Google Glass)
Smart hospital beds
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Week 6
Distractors in our Environments
Discussion Question
Distractions are everywhere. They may include cellphones, multiple alarms sounding, overhead paging, monitors beeping, and various interruptions that disrupt your clinical practice.
Give an example of an ethical or legal issue that may arise if a patient has a poor outcome or sentinel event because of a distraction such as alarm fatigue. What does evidence reveal about alarm fatigue and distractions in healthcare when it comes to patient safety?
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Week 7
Use of Personal Communication Devices in Patient Care Settings
Discussion Question
A nurse colleague uses his personal cell phone to take a photo of a patient’s wound and then sends a message with the photo to the primary care provider via a text. Please consider the following in your discussion post:
What principles of patient confidentiality might be an issue? Consider legal and ethical.
How might this nurse use a communication device to support safe patient practices?
What would your organization’s policy on 'personal communication device use in a patient care setting' reveal related to this case? (If your organization does not have a written policy, or you are not currently working in an organization, what do you think should be included in such a policy and why?)
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Week 8
Reflection on AACN Essentials Informatics Self-Assessment
Discussion Reflection Question
Prior to posting your answer, complete the Week 8 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment linked here. Compare your scores from Week 1 to Week 8. Reflect on the following:
How far have you come?
How will you apply this information to continue to improve your informatics knowledge in nursing practice?
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Week 2
Course Project Milestone 1
Preparing the Assignment
Select ONE of the Health Conditions or Health Behaviors for the focus of your assignment through the Healthy People 2030 link below:
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectivesLinks to an external site.
Note: It is important to choose your Health Condition or Health Behavior first, then develop a short, but detailed patient scenario (See the video tutorial, assignment directions, and rubric for details about the scenario.) Then explore a mobile health app (mHealth app) that fits the patient and the topic.
Note: You will use the same scenario you develop and same mHealth app you identify here in future assignments (Week 4 and 6).
Requirements and Guidelines
Download the required Milestone 1 TemplateLinks to an external site.. Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR361 Milestone 1.docx.
Write your own patient scenario using the Required Assignment Topic.
Make sure to include a Healthy People 2030 Health Condition or Health Behavior in the scenario for a patient with a desire to maintain or achieve good health and prevent illness and who could benefit from an already developed and reliable mHealth app from the internet.
Choose a scholarly peer-reviewed journal article published within the last 5 years and related to the health condition or health behavior in your scenario. This required article citation MUST appear in the Patient Scenario section of the paper and support your chosen health topic. You may use other citations/references in your paper however, these would be optional. The Chamberlain Library is your best place to obtain this article. Cite this in APA 7th edition format in this section of the assignment.
Describe in detail the plan for teaching this patient in the scenario.
Include the nurse's assessment of learning needs and readiness to learn.
Identify a mHealth app that could benefit the patient, considering the teaching/learning needs you identified.
Tips for your internet search for an appropriate mHealth app:
The iPhone App store and Google Marketplace let you search for apps based on key words such as “health” or more specific topics such as “weight loss,” “stress,” and “diabetes”. Look through the descriptions of apps that come up in your results. Does the app address the health concern you have identified? Does it do what you’re looking for with this specific patient? For example, if you’re interested in having your patient track their sleep habits, does the app do this? Please reach out to your instructor if you have questions about a particular mHealth app for this assignment.
Describe the app including the mHealth app name, purpose, intended audience, mobile device(s) upon which it will operate, and where to download or obtain it. Add any other information you believe would be pertinent to this situation.
Include a working link if it is to be downloaded from a website in the area indicated on the template.
Make sure to add a citation for this mHealth app in APA format. The directions and example of how to cite a mobile app are located on page 340 of the APA Manual, 7th edition.
At the end of the Milestone 1 Template there is a References page where you will list your 2 references. One will be the mHealth app reference (also on page 340, APA Manual) and the other will be your scholarly article reference.
You are required to complete the Milestone 1 Template using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".docx" format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu Links to an external site.
Carefully review the grading rubric criteria for Milestone 1 and type directly on your saved Milestone 1 Template. Be sure to delete the directions under the headings before submitting. The assignment paper should be approximately 2-3 pages, not counting the title page or References page.
The instructor will score Milestone 1 and provide feedback and a clear statement regarding the required assignment topic:
Accepted,
Accepted with revisions needed, OR
Not accepted.
If the Milestone 1 assignment needs revisions or is not accepted, the instructor will indicate if the student should communicate further revisions to the instructor. No additional points will be earned for revisions to Milestone 1, but these revisions will greatly enhance success on later milestones. Milestone 1 must be submitted or re-submitted per instructor feedback before Milestone 2 will be accepted for grading and credit.
The entire project is worth 600 points. Milestone 1 is worth 150 points of this total.
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Week 4
Course Project Milestone 2
Assignment
Note: You will use the same scenario you developed and same mHealth app you identified in Week 2.
Requirements and Guidelines
Download the required Milestone 2 TemplateLinks to an external site.. Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR361 Milestone 2.docx.
Briefly state the patient scenario from the Milestone 1 assignment.
Include revisions, if required by Milestone 1 faculty feedback.
Identify (3) teaching areas to improve patient outcomes.
Information to be taught to the patient should include information about the mHealth app, safety guidelines, and how to interpret and act on the information that is provided. Remember to cite the mHealth app when appropriate in the Teaching Area (See template).
Use bullet points
Describe 3 ways you would determine and evaluate the success of the patient’s use of the mHealth app.
Use bullet points
mHealth app citation and reference in APA format. See placement of these on the template.
You are required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".docx" format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu
Carefully review the grading rubric criteria for Milestone 2 and type directly on your saved Milestone 2 Template.
Use instructor feedback from Milestone 1 to improve your statements regarding the patient scenario in Milestone 2. Milestone 2 will not be accepted for grading and credit if Milestone 1 is not submitted or not re-submitted per instructor feedback. Milestone projects build on one another and Milestone 1 must be submitted before moving on to submit Milestone 2.
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Week 6
Course Project Milestone 3
Preparing the Assignment
Required Assignment Topic
Note: You will use the same scenario you developed and same mHealth app you identified in Week 2.
Directions
Select a Microsoft PowerPoint OR a Poster presentation for this assignment. See the Guidelines below for each of the options.
You are required to complete this assignment using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".pptx" format. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.eduLinks to an external site.
PowerPoint Assignment Guidelines
You are required to cite your source(s) as it relates to your application slide. Other citations are permitted, but this is not a requirement for the assignment.
Title slide (first slide): Include a title slide with your name and the title of the presentation.
Scenario Slide (one slide): This slide should include the approved patient scenario from Milestone 1 and 2. You will use the approved patient scenario and include a disease process, diagnosis, OR identify a patient with a desire to maintain good health and prevent illness and who would benefit from an already developed and reliable mHealth app. Include the nurse's assessment of learning needs and readiness to learn.
mHealth application slide (one slide): Identify a developed and reliable mHealth app that could benefit the patient. Describe the app, including the following.
Name of app
Purpose of app
Intended audience
Mobile device(s) upon which the app will operate
Where to download or obtain it (include a working link if it is to be downloaded from a website)
Any other information you believe would be pertinent to this situation
Be sure to cite all sources you use.
Teaching slide(s) (one to three slides): Prepare slides that contain important points about the app that you want to teach to the patient, such as how to use the app safely and effectively (including how to interpret and act on the information that is provided).
Evaluation slide(s) (one to three slides): Describe how you would determine the success of the patient's use of this app. For example, include ways to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching plan that are a good fit for the type of app and focus on specific ways that this app benefits the patient's health and wellness.
References (last slide): List any references for sources that were used and cited in the presentation.
Number of PowerPoint slides: 6-10 slides total
Writing and design: There should be no spelling or grammatical errors. Writing is concise and clear. Avoid words that the patient may not understand. Slides are visually appealing, incorporating graphics, photographs, colors, and themes.
Best Practices in Preparing PowerPoint Slideshows
Be creative but realistic.
Incorporate graphics, color, themes, or photographs to increase interest.
Make each slide easy to read with short bullet points and large font. You may use speaker notes for full sentences.
