NSG 376 UOPX Wk 1 Information Technology Safety and Patient Outcomes Presentation

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HSN/376: Health Information Technology For Nursing

Wk 1 - Information Technology, Safety, and Patient Outcomes

Assignment Content

  1. Information and technology skills are essential for all nurses to have, but especially for nurse informaticists. This assignment requires you to consider how information and technology connect to patient care outcomes and a safe care environment.

  2. Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.
  3. Identify your role as baccalaureate prepared nurse's (BSN) for the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes. What will you as the BSN prepared nurse do differently?Provide at least three examples of how nurses use technology to make patient and health care-related decisions.
  4. Analyze relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care. Give an example of “good” data.

  5. Format your assignment as one of the following:·
  6. 5- to 10-slide powerpoint presentation with speaker notes or narration·
  7. 875-word paper
  8. infographic
  9. concept map
  10. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, and develop an APA-formatted reference page.

  11. *I would prefer the 5-10 slide powerpoint with speaker notes or the 875 word paper.


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University of Phoenix Assignment Grading Rubric HSN 376 Week 1: Information Technology, Safety and Patient Outcomes Points possible Content: 80 points possible Explains why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care 20 Identifies the baccalaureate nurse’s role in championing the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes 20 Provides at least 3 examples of how nurses use technology to make health care-related decisions 20 Analyzes the relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care 20 Points possible Format: 20 points possible Includes a minimum of three peerreviewed sources 10 Follows a structure and style that is clear and concise, free of errors in grammar, syntax, and mechanics, 5 Follows correct APA formatting 5 Total Comments: 100 Points earned Comments
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Information Technology, Safety, and Patient
Outcomes
By
Student Name

Why information and technology skills
are essential for safe patient care
Improving Documentation


Increased automation in data collection has increased data
collection.



Data collection has also become comprehensive and more detailed.



Nurses are able to easily collect data timely for patient assessment.



Skilled nurses in information technology tools are the most
preferred in modern healthcare (Darvish et al., 2014).



It is easier to follow on the patient progress to improve care.

Why information and technology skills
are essential for safe patient care
Reducing Medical Errors

Patient care errors such as misdiagnosis, falls, and
medical errors are common in patient care.
 Informatics provide important data that can prevent these
errors.
 Errors increase patient complaints.
 Some of the errors can lead to malpractice lawsuits.
 The errors have been reducing due to increased filling in
recent years.


Explain why information and technology
skills are essential for safe patient care
Improving Coordinated Care


Coordinated care relies information from physicians, nurses, and
therapists.



This information is timely transferred to coordination manager.



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