Discussion Post for Nursing Informatics course

Informatics Discussion Post 1

Create a 2 paragraph Discussion Post, that will be used as a continuation for the next assignment due. It is very important that you review the reference material I have provided, and you will consider a scenario that would benefit from access to data and how such access could facilitate both problem-solving and knowledge formation. The paper instruction provided were the following:

In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and sale of property. In these and other cases, data not only helps solve problems, but adds to the practitioner’s and the discipline’s body of knowledge.

Of course, the nursing profession also relies heavily on data. The field of nursing informatics aims to make sure nurses have access to the appropriate date to solve healthcare problems, make decisions in the interest of patients, and add to knowledge.

In this Discussion, you will consider a scenario that would benefit from access to data and how such access could facilitate both problem-solving and knowledge formation.

 

To Prepare:

  • Reflect on the concepts of informatics and knowledge work as presented in the Resources.
  • Consider a hypothetical scenario based on your own healthcare practice or organization that would require or benefit from the access/collection and application of data. Your scenario may involve a patient, staff, or management problem or gap.

Post a description of the focus of your scenario. Describe the data that could be used and how the data might be collected and accessed. What knowledge might be derived from that data? How would a nurse leader use clinical reasoning and judgment in the formation of knowledge from this experience?

 

I am including a APA Reference list and will also separately email you a video that is relevant to this discussion post and that was provided to me as material needed for this discussion post.  There is a lot of references, and the discussion post only needs to cite 3 references, but it must be at least 3. If you use anything outside of the list, please provide the APAP reference. Also I am uploading a PDF file of the textbook that is in the reference list and the relevant material for this paper.

 

 

References

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022a). Introduction to information, information science, and information systems. In Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed., pp. 21–32). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022b). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. In Computer science and the foundation of knowledge model (5th ed., pp. 35–64). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022c). Nursing science and concepts of knowledge. In Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed., pp. 7–17) [E-book]. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Nagle, L., Sermeus, W., & Junger, A. (2017). Evolving role of the nursing informatics specialist. Forecasting Informatics Competencies for Nurses in the Future of Connected Health, 212–221. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-738-2-212

Public Health Informatics Institute. (2017, July 1). Public health informatics: “Translating” knowledge for health [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/fLUygA8Hpfo

Sweeney, J. (2017). Healthcare informatics. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 21(1). https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=rzh&AN=128848047&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s6527200

Walden University, LLC. (2018). Health informatics and population health: Trends in population health [Video]. Video File.