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REVIEW OF CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the…

Module 4, Week 6 Discussion:  Healthcare Information Technology Trends  Description of healthcare technology trends A healthcare technology trend that has become more available and useful since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic is telehealth.  Telehealth includes real-time video visits, telephone visits, interactive technologies to provide health advice, transmitting clinical data and transmitting medical images (McGonigle &…

Potential benefit of Big Data   The nursing industry continues to advance with the proper use of research and data. By advancing patient care, we can improve patient outcomes by reviewing and analyzing statistical data. Numerous data in ample information necessitate careful analysis due to their frequently complex content. Thanks to big data, nurses can review…

To Prepare: Review the Resources and reflect on the evolution of nursing informatics from a science to a nursing specialty. Consider your experiences with nurse Informaticists or technology specialists within your healthcare organization. BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 3 Post a description of experiences or observations about how nurse informaticists and/or data or technology specialists interact…

The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker Knowledge Worker  Knowledge worker are highly-skilled and knowledgeable professions. Nurses as knowledge work agents. The nurse leader as knowledge worker. Recent years have witnessed a significant rise in nursing knowledge work. Nurse knowledge workers operate in complex healthcare systems. Initially coined by Peter Drucker, the term ‘knowledge worker’ has…

THE APPLICATION OF DATA TO PROBLEM-SOLVING Healthcare providers can only provide optimal treatment with access to patient medical records. The topic of vaccines interests the writer. She was a primary healthcare nurse in a sizable African neighborhood. The challenge of that work comes from the fact that families often need to take their immunization records…

To Prepare: Review the Resources and reflect on the various strategies presented throughout the course that may be helpful in disseminating effective and widely cited EBP. This may include: unit-level or organizational-level presentations, poster presentations, and podium presentations at organizational, local, regional, state, and national levels, as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals. Reflect on…

Main Post: Discussion – Week 4 COLLAPSE Searching Databases The PICO(T) format is often used to construct a question, when performing research on a given subject. This format allows a person to effectively search within academic databases. For this course, I have chosen diabetes mellitus as my clinical area of interest. Through research and clinical…

Assignment: The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker NURS 5051: Transforming Nursing and Healthcare Through Technology Knowledge Worker Concept Knowledge work involves data analysis and use of critical reasoning and reflection to resolve problems Knowledge workers apply critical thinking skills attained through theory and experiential experiences to resolve routine problems…

Assessing Diabetes mellitus Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Assignment To Prepare: Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources. Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you. Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program…