The Nurses Role in Informatics
What are the nursing informatics competencies?
What is entry level, The experienced nurse, The informatics nurse, The informatics nurse specialist.
A website that can be written and edited by anyone?
What is wikipedia?
What is health literacy?
What is the ability to use health information to make informed decisions regarding care.
What are the pros and cons of E-learning?
What is pros: more flexibility and can continue learning while working. Cons: students can feel isolated and can be irresponsible.
How do personal health records affect nurses?
What is personal health records are managed by the consumer, and not the nurse.
What is an informatics nurse and what do they do?
What is they have advanced knowledge and proficiency in the use of information technology as it applies to nursing practice and the health care field.
Is nursing informatics its own specialty in the field of nursing?
What is Yes.
What is the primary use of informatics in nursing practice?
What is to provide solutions for nurses throughout the healthcare process.
What are the 2 main approaches to the health care informatics system?
What is Nursing Process Approach or the Critical Pathway/Clinical Approach.
What is Nursing Informatics
What is “using technology and information to help support nursing practice through all aspects of the profession, from working at the bedside to administration, research and education.”
As a nurse becomes more proficient with informatics and the informatics systems, they can also help improve their patient in which way?
What is they can also help improve patient involvement in their own care.
What are some opportunities for Informatics education?
What is undergrad, grad, doctoral, and continuing education
What is the difference between data, information, and knowledge?
What is data is characters, facts, or numbers gathered for analysis. Information is interpreted data. Knowledge is synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single concept.
How will more effective education experiences be enabled in the future?
What is increased sophistication, decreased cost of technology, and understanding of different learning styles and learning outcomes.
What does the nursing information systems do for the working nurse?
What is supports nurse’s documentation and management of patient care.
What did the early definitions of nursing informatics primarily focus on?
What is they primarily focused on technology and that it should be used in the nursing profession
What are multimedia sources used for informatics?
What is blogs, podcasts, wikis, youtube, clickers.
What is expected of the novice nurse when it comes to informatics within the health care system?
What is a novice nurse is expected to have a basic understanding of informatics systems and be able to use them effectively.
What is the goal of Information Management now and in the future?
What is the goal is to ensure that the right information is available to the right people at the right time. Healthcare organizations need to adapt to changes in communication through advances in technology.
What are some of the benefits that informatics offers nurses?
What is easier electronic documentation, data for evidence based practice, and improves communication.
What are 2 of the 4 specific nurse’s roles when it comes to informatics that were listed in the PowerPoint lesson?
What is Data gatherer, information user, knowledge use and knowledge builder.
Where can informatics be used in nursing education?
What is in the clinical setting of nursing education and also the academic setting of the nursing education.
How does informatics help develop the nursing profession?
What is by utilizing its teaching and learning venues, access to and development of research, and enhanced interactivity with professional organizations.
What will advances in technology bring about in the future?
What is the need for healthcare organizations to adapt to changes, the ability of healthcare providers to respond to information quickly, and ncreased sharing of patient health information amongst different health organizations and provider
How does informatics improve the quality of care and data?
What is computerized documentation of assessment findings leads to more thorough documentation and assessment because of easier data organization and by reminding the nurse of everything they are assessing for.