Nursing Informatics is important to the nursing profession since nurses’ work in information-intensive environment. The advanced technology available in recent years allows nurses to collect data from patents, share the information with other nurses and healthcare providers to provide better care and knowledge that can be gather from the information. Information can be used in clinical care, teaching environments, billing and other environments, with regards to privacy policies. The advancement in technology is allowing nurses to spend more time caring for their patients rather that spending time documenting incidents. New devices and applications are allowing patents and other healthcare providers to provide better care by allowing them to …show more content…
Prior to this class I was able to understand how technology reduced paperwork but this class allowed me to understand that technology is more than just reducing paperwork. It is helping healthcare providers share patient information with other healthcare providers to provide better care for patients (subject to privacy), track their patient’s records (electronic medical records(EMR), and computer based patient records (CPR)), use monitoring devices to record measurements direct into EMR, allows automatic supply orders and billing based on inputs from the documentations and so much more. These advanced technologies are also helping nurses track and create a better care plan and better documentation to ensure the utmost quality …show more content…
Though this class I was able to see that being a nurse without being able to use different technologies is becoming less desirable, since many hospitals have computerized most of the processes to save money and reduce the time spent on documentation. Unless you are able to use or learn these different technologies, which could be hard without basic technical knowledge, it could be hard to navigate through to do the
A bachelor’s degree is required for this role, however, a master’s degree is recommended. The NI assumes both the technical roles which closely involve the design of information systems, and the less technical positions, such as project manager for the adoption of a new application or trainer of the users. They bring institutional knowledge and experience to the table when applications are designed to meet the needs of the users (AMIA, 2015). Overall, the application of nursing informatics knowledge is empowering and NP, NE, and NA require it in achieving patient centered
McBride, S., Delaney, J., & Tietze, M. (2012). Health Information Technology and Nursing. American Journal of Nursing, 112(8). Retrieved from http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/pdf?AID=1402619&an=00152258-201301000-00010&Journal_ID=&Issue_ID=
According to the author, nursing practice needs to stay current with technological advances while keeping its identity as a patient focused profession. Nurses use technology to improve care from a patient?s perspective, both in quality of care and cost. At the same time, nurses must learn to balance technological knowledge with personal skills, thus providing optimum clinical care while maintaining a person-focused relationship with the patient.
As technology continues to evolve so does the need for healthcare facilities to continually maintain a higher level of competence that runs parallel to electronic and scientific advancement. Comparatively, the structure of hi-tech facilities, such as medical centers and clinics prepared with new amenities has enhanced the industry scale of communities by working in the healthcare arena. Likewise, technological innovations which help diagnose a variety of infections and disorders has helped in assisting patients in receiving increased quality care. As a result, patient care as a whole has positively been affected within the last decade. Furthermore, it only make sense that more personalized and precise problem-solving methods and procedures will be devised in the future. Accordingly, the following paragraphs will analyze the significance of the Meaningful Use program for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of the programs core criteria.
Working as a professional registered nurse in the hospital, I realized how nurses struggle to find balance between devoting the time charting on the computer and spending time taking care of the patients. Moreover, I’ve seen nurses where they get discouraged trying to find this balance between patients and charting. As a bedside nurse, I would love nothing, but to tend to the needs of my patients. The length of time consume on electronic charting all day, take the very essence of bedside nursing away from nurses, which is caring. Reducing the time of nurses being occupied on charting by eliminating redundant tasks while conforming to their standard, are the changes I would like to make. These are a few of the reasons why I wanted to pursue a degree in informatics. I would advocate for nurses everywhere and to become an instrument in providing them a better electronic health system to work on. Pursuing the degree in nursing informatics will benefit me in
Nurses are fundamental to the process of implementation of certain systems used in the workplace. Nurses should be allowed to have input and suggestions regarding what works and what doesn’t when it comes to those systems, whether it is the EMR, healthcare organization systems, or even the use of point of care systems (Mitchell, 2011). This allows for open collaboration between the nurses and information technology to come up with solutions and user friendly applications when needed. The technology world is ever changing and with that comes new ways to monitor and take care of our patients.
Nursing Informatics is a nursing field that involves record keeping and focuses on finding ways to improve information management and communications in nursing to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance the quality of patient care. This field is primarily administrative but plays a part in patient care and quality of health care. There are other types of nurses, but many people focus on the nurses who perform the medical treatments with the doctors. This is evident in many films, TV shows, and in other popular media outlets. However, many people do not know what nursing informatics is nor pay attention to that side of nursing which involves the documentation of records and other miscellaneous items, use of advances in technology to improve
Having only been a nurse for about 3 months, the only technological advancement I have experienced was as a student nurse. In some clinical sites paper charts for documentation were being used and in others Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR).
In my artifact for Program Student Learning Outcomes, I incorporated the use of information system and technology by applying knowledge of using technology to help me to be able to migrate errors and communicate. With the use of technology as a nurse it helps decreases the risks of a lot of error that are common. Like the electronic mar has decrease medical errors and helps the nurse to be more organized and effective in patients care. With decreases error, lead to less cost, and good quality care, and nurses can perform their jobs better, as well as technology helping with time management.
Advances in technology have influences our society at home, work and in our health care. It all started with online banking, atm cards, and availability of children’s grades online, and buying tickets for social outings. There was nothing electronic about going the doctor’s office. Health care cost has been rising and medical errors resulting in loss of life cried for change. As technologies advanced, the process to reduce medical errors and protect important health care information was evolving. In January 2004, President Bush announced in the State of the Union address the plan to launch an electronic health record (EHR) within the next ten years (American Healthtech, 2012).
To effectively use the Electronic Health Record, the nurse needs to have knowledge of technology in addition to clinical competency (Linder, e.tal, 2007). This is a common barrier of implementing the Electronic Health Record. Initially, the conversion from paper charting to electronic charting is frustrating, this is particularly an issue for veteran nurses. Veteran nurses are use to a routine, documenting in pen and paper is the only method of documenting they have ever experienced. Nurses are trained and educated with a protocol-based and systematic methods of caring. The implementation of the Electronic Health Record presents a change in the way nurses care for patients (HIT, 2015). Veteran nurses that have worked in the healthcare system for over 30 years and have always used paper charts, now have to re-learn how to chart with the Electronic Health Record (Anders & Daly, 2010). Understanding the nursing related barriers of implementation of the Electronic Health Record is
Technology is stated as the scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective. To go one step further, nursing technology is using a tool to advance nursing practice. “The Institute of medicine identified that technology as a viable method of enhancing patient care delivery and improving staff productivity” Sensmeier, Horowitz (2003 page). Because inadequate nursing staff causes shortcuts to be taken, there are mistakes made that could have possibly been prevented. Errors by nursing staff were variously reported as being responsible for between 44,000 and 98,000 hospital deaths per year. Sensmeier, Horowitz (2003). Technology can have a large impact on nursing. In the past 5 to 10 years, computerized patient records have increased less than 10%. This number shows us that we are still not embracing technology to its full potential. Today in most hospital systems computerized electronic charting is being used. Many hospitals have many different systems for...
William Goossen’s theory can be applied in nursing practice to develop nursing informatics skills and knowledge, as well as develop technological system competencies among nurses to collect, process, retrieve and communicate pertinent information across health care organizations (Goossen, 2000). This theory is highly applicable in addressing matters related to electronic health records, which are currently characterized with issues of privacy and confidentiality in relation to storage, retrieval and reproduction of patient health information. The model also provides broad applicability in guiding research at any clinical setting and contributes to the discipline of nursing by simplifying and enhancing documentation and storage of patient’s health information and by allowing better utilization of nursing resources (Elkind, 2009).
The medical field is vital to society and is will always be in need of a medical staff. Nurses are a crucial part of the medical team and are the ones responsible for the care and safety of patients. Nursing requires great communication skills, responsibility, patience, and dedication. Many nurses are social and like to care for others, enjoy thinking on their feet and problem solving, and excel at collaborating with others. These skills help a nurses work efficiently and are often the best skills suited for this profession. Nurses are health educators and advocates for patients, families and communities. "They have a unique scope of practice and can practice independently, although they also collaborate with all members of the health care
The nursing profession that has a workforce of over three million registered nurses is the backbone of the United States of America’s healthcare system that efficiently responds to the nations’ health needs. However, the nursing fraternity faces a number of challenges that make it strenuous for it to meet the present and future needs of the health care sector. Shortage in the number of nurses, a fewer number of experienced nurses in terms of advancing education as well as technological change pose a great danger for the future of nursing and the healthcare sector as a whole. Thus, these challenges have to be solved so as to ensure a reliable, stable and competent nursing workforce functioning at all levels of health