NR361 Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert Latest 2019 January

NR361 RN Information Systems in Healthcare

Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert

Interview with a Nurse Information Expert Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to

communicate your understanding of the importance of quality information in everyday nursing practice;

discuss the roles and responsibilities of a nursing information expert; and

articulate how the professional nurse uses information and data in everyday practice to improve outcomes.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO1 Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO1)

CO4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers.

CO8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing care. (PO8)

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 225 points.

Due Date

This assignment, Interview With a Nursing Information Expert, is due in Week 6. Post questions to the Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper on time will result in a deduction of points. Be sure to submit your assignment.

Directions

Download the required NR361 Interview Form (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., which will be used to complete this assignment.

You are required to complete the form 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 ".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.)Links to an external site.. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.

Select your interviewee and schedule an interview. This individual must be a Registered Nurse. Job titles of RNs who may be considered include, but are not limited to, nursing clinical information manager, super user, director/manager clinical education, chief information officer, quality assurance or performance improvement nurse, nurse informaticist, telenursing specialist, nurse abstractor, case manager, or compliance nurse. If you have any concerns about whether the RN is suitable for this assignment, contact your instructor before you schedule the interview.

Review all questions (areas of inquiry) on the Interview Form prior to conducting the interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview.

Note that there are five required questions to ask the RN.

Note that there are four optional questions. You need to select only one of these to ask the RN.

Note that there are two follow-up questions you must answer.

Prior to conducting your interview, review two scholarly resources. These resources should guide your understanding of the RN's role and responsibilities or make you more knowledgeable about GIGO, interprofessional communication, or other key concepts in the questions that you may not fully understand. For example, if your interviewee is a telenurse, you would want to review information on this specialty. If you do not know what GIGO means, look it up.

Conduct your interview. The length of your interview will vary but should not exceed 1 hour.

Submit the completed interview form prior to the deadline outlined above.

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment. Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.