RNSG 1209 Introduction To Nursing
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Essential knowledge, skills and attitudes that an advanced registered nurse should possess to competently promote the use of healthcare data and information to improve care in a clinical settings and help to implement Quality Improvement and Safety in care.
In order to improve care in a clinical setting though the usage of information technology and healthcare data, several important skills, knowledge and attitudes should be possessed by advanced registered nurses, which include:
Skills:
Technical skills in the operation of computers, searching database, sending emails, generating reports, conducting research, analyzing clinical and research data and performing risk assessments are important skills that can promote the use of healthcare data and information technology (Button et al., 2014).
Knowledge:
Knowledge on information technologies, healthcare, best practice guidelines and policies can be useful to support the usage of information technology and healthcare data and improve the quality of care in clinical setting (Westra et al., 2015).
Attitudes:
It is also important that the advanced registered nurse is ready to acquire new technical skills as healthcare technology evolves constantly and should have a positive attitude towards the utility of information technology (Lee & Clarke, 2015).
Two ways by which information and technology can improve clinical practice, administration, education and research.
Supporting Evidence Based Practice:
Through Information technology, it is possible to conduct research on studies that provides the best clinical evidences and thereby help to promote the usage of best practices in a healthcare setup. Evidence based practice also helps to support better clinical education, research and administration, apart from improving the quality of care (White et al., 2016).
Efficient maintenance and sharing of healthcare records:
Information technology can help to manage the management of healthcare data and records more efficient and secure. Storing healthcare data on centralized data servers can be useful to ensure the security of data and its authorized access. Such an aspect can be useful for clinical practice as it helps to maintain the standards on data privacy and security as well as making the administration of the data more convenient (Piscotty et al., 2015).
References:
Button, D., Harrington, A., & Belan, I. (2014). E-learning & information communication technology (ICT) in nursing education: A review of the literature. Nurse education today, 34(10), 1311-1323.
Lee, J. J., & Clarke, C. L. (2015). Nursing students’ attitudes towards information and communication technology: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of advanced nursing, 71(5), 1181-1193.
Piscotty, R. J., Kalisch, B., & Gracey?Thomas, A. (2015). Impact of healthcare information technology on nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287-293.
Westra, B. L., Clancy, T. R., Sensmeier, J., Warren, J. J., Weaver, C., & Delaney, C. W. (2015). Nursing knowledge: big data science—implications for nurse leaders. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 39(4), 304-310.
White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (Eds.). (2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care. Springer Publishing Company.
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