Abstract Information is the main to operative decision making and vital to excellence nursing practice. Considerably what nurses do encompasses information such as caring for patients and also having effective communication skills with patients, patient families and also other health care professionals. The goal of nursing informatics is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information, management and communication. This includes the use of information
administration and credible nursing textbooks, which all discuss the importance of the EHR and the impact that the adoption of the electronic charting system has on nursing and health care. As a nursing student who attends clinical at Jackson Memorial, a community based hospital that just switched to an electronic charting system; I have heard the daily complaints about electronic health records and its effect on the ability of the nurse to provide timely and efficient patient care. This paper examines the pressure
Metastructures: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom The central aims of nursing informatics are to organize and manage data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. Nurses all over the world struggle with phone call interruptions during critical times of the day. Medication preparation and administration requires the nurse to be 100% concentrated on the task. Workflow shows that nurses face several challenges when administering medications and the errors rise with each interruption. Information
Annotated Bibliography Since healthcare organizations throughout the country strive for positive patient outcomes and patient satisfaction, preventing falls among patients in healthcare settings remains a nursing staff priority. Unfortunately, fall prevention is not a new problem. Nurses face the challenge of recognizing patients who may be at high risk for falls and intervening to prevent falls on a daily basis. To identify areas for improvement in fall prevention, a thorough review of the organizational
can help illustrate the functional domains of nursing leadership: Innovation, Change Management and Systems Thinking, Communication and Emotional Intelligence; Conflict Resolution; Policy and Advocacy; Decision Making; Organizational Climate and Culture; Influence Vs Power & Leadership and Management; Fiscal Responsibility; Retention and Succession Planning; Quality and Safety; Professional Membership and Professional Development. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize these spheres into relevant