Informatics enable an organization to be dynamic rather than static. They provide a constant source of data for measuring outcomes and initiating and revising practices and policies to further improve those outcomes. Stepping back to comprehensively review initiatives and share the results provide the evidence-based practice examples that continue to drive positive outcomes.
Instructions
• Provide a general overview of the informatics project. Identify:
• The safety issue involved.
• The stakeholders involved in this practice.
• The intended goals of the initiative.
• The actual outcomes of the initiative.
• Analyze the initiative using the following categories:
• Safe Practice.
• Ethical considerations.
• Regulatory considerations.
• Standards of practice.
• Analyze this example of safe practice within the framework of an informatics model.
• Competency 1: Apply theoretical frameworks and models of nursing informatics to professional nursing practice.
• Analyze the practice example using an informatics model.
• Competency 2: Apply standards of practice in nursing informatics to address gaps in practice in a health care organization, practice setting, or community.
• Apply standards of practice to a specific example within the context of safe practice.
• Competency 3: Analyze how regulatory bodies, rules, regulations, and requirements impact the use of health information technology in nursing practice and organizational operations.
• Assess the impacts of regulatory constraints with a specific practice example within the context of applying safe practice.
• Competency 4: Integrate ethical and legal practices into delivering quality health care using technology in various environments.
• Critique the structure for ethical and legal practices when using the science of informatics.
• Competency 5: Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate and efficient transmission of data, information, and plans.
• Demonstrate accurate and efficient transmission of data, information, and plans to key stakeholders.
• Competency 6: Communicate as a practitioner-scholar, consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.
• Communication is HIPAA compliant and professional, clearly stated, and free of grammar and spelling errors.