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Week 3 (Unit 6)- Assignment- Nursing as Knowledge Workers Powerpoint Presentation
Take a look at how you or your work area uses data to make decisions about patient care. Consider a specific situation in which access to data could facilitate better problem-solving and new knowledge. Describe the data that can be used and how the data can be collected. What knowledge might be derived from this data?Example:you can collectdata from theEHRs of patients who have had hip and knee arthroplasty during a specific period and discover the number of patients who have developed infections within the timeframe.
a. Review the first chapters of your text about the concepts of nurse leaders and knowledge workers.
b. Define what nursing informatics and the role of the nurse in obtaining and using knowledge gained from technology use.
c. Reflect on the role of a nurse as a knowledge worker in the scenario you created.
d. How would the nurse assess and collect data? And what knowledge does the nurse gain from the data is formed?
e. Create a short (no more than 10 slides) powerpoint presentation to express these concepts and to share the hypothetical scenario. Include the points from above in the presentation. Add graphics to create visual stimuli. Ensure you add citations in text as necessary and create a title page and reference page.**An example is located in the course documents to stimulate your thinking.
*Locate the Presentation grading rubric for more general guidelines that are expected Nursing Informatics
and the Knowledge
Worker
Student Name
Course Name/
Number
Instructor Name
Date
The Knowledge
Worker
A knowledge worker is one whos work is primarily
focused on gathering and interpreting information
or uses knowledge in a systematic way (varc, 2015)
Nursing informatics is a discipline of nursing that
combines nursing with information sciences. This
specialist collects and communicates data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom. These are then are used to
promote the health of patients, development of the
practice of nursing, and systems (American Nurses
Association & R2 Library (Online service), 2015, pp. 12).
Nursing Informatics
Wisdo
m
Knowledg
e
Information
Data
Observed
phenomenon
Interpreted
data
Synthesis of
information
Application of
knowledge
based on
experience
A Nurses Role as a
Knowledge
Worker
Nurses inspire others through their proficiency as a
knowledge worker. As knowledge workers, nurses
solve problems by gathering, analyzing, synthesizing,
and applying knowledge. The use of nursing
informatics allows nurses to systematically reach
informed conclusions and address deficiencies in a
situation or system (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018, pp.
117119)
Example
Scenario
A large university system hospital is struggling with
prolonged discharge times. These discharge times
result in long admission waiting times, intrahospital
transfer delays, canceled procedures, and lower
patient satisfaction scores. The consequences of
prolonged discharge times are detrimental to patient
outcomes. The nurse leader using nursing informatics
find solutions to the problem of delayed discharges
and improve patient outcomes.
Application of
Nursing
Informatics in
Problem Solving
Use of the Electronic Health record to collect information
on time from written discharge order and patient
departure. Data collection regarding delays and testing
scheduling issues. The medical record is an essential
area for data collection (Bowles et al., 2015).
Interdisciplinary meetings are a means to examine the
perspective of different knowledge workers. Differing
views on solutions and concerns can be gathered and
analyzed. Other disciplines’ information on the
discharge process can lessen the problem of delayed
discharge times (Pinelli et al., 2017).
Develop a questionnaire for patients and their families.
The results are studied for trends to identify problem
areas. Patient feedback through the use of surveys offers
insight into patient experiences with the discharge
process (Wallace et al., 2016).
Conclusion
Knowledge workers focus on gathering,
interpreting, and systematically using knowledge.
Nurses inspire through their work as informaticists,
knowledge workers, and practice.
Nursing Informatics combines nursing and a
hierarchal system, including data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom.
The application of these concepts improve patient
outcomes, enrich nursing practice, and improve
systems.
References
American Nurses Association & R2 Library (Online service). (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). American Nurses Association.
Bowles, K., Skinner, E., Mitchell, D., Haas, R., Ho, M., Salter, K., May, K., Markham, D., OBrien, L., Plumb, S., Haines, T., & Sarkies, M. (2015). Data collection methods in health
services research. Applied Clinical Informatics, 06(01), 96109. https://doi.org/10.4338/aci-2014-10-ra-0097
Gosse, A.-M. (2020, June 6). The electronic medical Health record allows the admission nurse to write information on whether the patient leaves alone or with [Online forum post].
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2018). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Pinelli, V., Stuckey, H. L., & Gonzalo, J. D. (2017). Exploring challenges in the patients discharge process from the internal medicine service: A qualitative study of patients
and providers perceptions. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 31(5), 566574. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2017.1322562
varc, J. (2015). The knowledge worker is dead: What about professions?. Current Sociology, 64(3), 392410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392115591611
Wallace, A. S., Perkhounkova, Y., Bohr, N. L., & Chung, S. J. (2016). Readiness for hospital discharge, health literacy, and social living status. Clinical Nursing Research, 25(5),
494511. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773815624380
