Assignment: Information and technology skills

Assignment: Information and technology skills

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.

1) Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.
2) Identify the baccalaureate nurse’s role in championing the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes.
3) Provide examples of how nurses use technology to make 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.

Format your assignment as one of the following:
18- to 20-slide presentation w/detailed speaker notes

Reference materials
Resources
Chapter one ?Hebda, T. L., Czar, P., & Hunter, K. (2018). Handbook of informatics for nurses & healthcare professionals, 6/e (6th ed.). Pearson Education.?
2. McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Sipes, C., & Hebda, T. (2014). Why nurses need to understand nursing informatics: Everyday informatics. AORN Journal, 100(3), 324-327. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2014.06.012

3 Sensmeier, Joyce, MS, RN-BC & CPHIMS, FHIMSS. (2011). Transforming nursing practice through technology and informatics. Nursing Management, 42, 20-23. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000406572.04085.e8

4 Bowles, K. H., Dykes, P., & Demiris, G. (2015). The use of health information technology to improve care and outcomes for older adults. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 8(1), 5-10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20121222-01

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