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please provide 2 positive feedbacks for each discussion with one reference . There are 2 discussion
Discussion 1
The collection of data in health care is one critical way of ensuring that patients receive high-quality health care services. Data ensures that the health professionals have all the necessary information that can be used to provide health care services. In this case, it would be prudent for the practitioners to ensure that they collect all the relevant information before making essential healthcare decisions (Mercieca-Bebber et al., 2018). For example, in the emergency department, the collection of patient information can be a challenge. This is because the health practitioner has limited time, often a few minutes before they are required to provide imminent health care services. In this case, the professionals might not have enough time to check on the patient’s medical or health history.
The most important data necessary in the emergency room are past medical history, medication, and allergies. While other information is necessary at the time, it would be prudent for health professionals to ensure that they capture the most critical information. According to McGonigle and Mastrian (2021), the data will be important in determining the medication provided during the time. In some cases, the health professionals could provide given medications thinking that they are saving the patient’s life; however, their allergies could lead to adverse reactions or fatalities. Therefore, health professionals would be required to e vigilant and collect critical data to ensure patients receive the required health care services. In such situations, data should be collected and stored in electronic health records systems. This system will ensure an easier retrieval of the patient’s information. On top of this, the data should be stored such that critical information such as age, allergies, and medical history is provided as a summary of the patient information, as noted by Patterson et al. (2019). this will ensure that the professionals providing health to the patient have all the necessary data during the process. The data will also be easier to retrieve since a few keystrokes would bring all the required information making the health care process effective and efficient.
In the emergency department, clinical reasoning and judgment are valuable skills for nurse leaders. In most instances, the nurses are required to make significant decisions within the shortest time possible without necessarily having time to weigh different options (Berndt & Fischer, 2018). In such cases, the health care professional can take a ‘glance’ at the summary of the patient information recorded in the health record. This will help the nurse reach practical reasoning and judgment that will meet the patient’s needs.
References
Berndt, M., & Fischer, M. R. (2018). The role of electronic health records in clinical reasoning. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1434(1), 109-114.McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2021). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. Jones & BartlettPublishers.
Mercieca-Bebber, R., King, M. T., Calvert, M. J., Stockler, M. R., & Friedlander, M. (2018). The importance of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials and strategies for future optimization. Patient-related outcome measures, 9, 353.
Patterson, B. W., Pulia, M. S., Ravi, S., Hoonakker, P. L., Hundt, A. S., Wiegmann, D., … & Carayon, P. (2019). Scope and influence of electronic health recordintegrated clinical decision support in the emergency department: a systematic review. Annals of emergency medicine, 74(2), 285-296.
Discussion 2
According to McGonigle & Mastrian, “Nursing informatics (NI) has been traditionally defined as a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice” (2022). Throughout the history of nursing, patients’ data have been collected through assessments, observation, recognition, and interpretation and used for nursing diagnosis to assist with the development of interventional care plans. Reflecting on the information in many sources, it is evident that the era of nursing has always relied on obtaining and processing data for problem-solving. However, the adoption of technology has created efficiency, data security, knowledge acquisition, ease of telecommunication, and a whole lot more within the concept of Nursing Informatics.
Post a description of the focus of your scenario
The scenario I want to focus and reflect on involves the testing period during the peak of covid 19 pandemic. Everyone, including professionals, had to adopt and embrace the use of technology to a great extent very quickly. During the time frame from 2020 to 2022, information technology was adopted into everyone’s lives, from the use of QR codes, use of zoom conferences, and virtual classrooms to healthcare tele-visits.
Describe the data that could be used and how the data might be collected and accessed.
The data collected at the covid testing sites were personal identifiable information such as name, date of birth, telephone number, and address. Information was collected at drive-up sites from individuals who were required to provide information that was then tagged and identified utilizing QR code methods. The data obtained and associated with the specimen collected at a pandemic’s height was critical for assessment, diagnosis, contact tracing, etc. The data collection process’s timeliness, accessibility, and reliability provided healthcare workers with information to perform lifesaving interventions efficiently and effectively. Considering the advancement in technology and nursing informatics, the community, and healthcare sector will benefit tremendously by becoming more knowledgeable and informed.
McGonigle & Mastrian states, “healthcare organizations are affected by and rely on the evolution of information science to enhance the recording and processing of routine and intimate information while facilitating human-to-human and human-to-system communication, delivery of healthcare products, dissemination of information, and enhancement of the organizations business transactions” (2022).
What knowledge might be derived from that data?
Because the nursing sector uses data to guide nursing science, obtaining and processing data paved the foundation for advancing the field and overall nursing research.
McGonigle & Mastrian wrote, “the emergence of information science and its impact on information have also influenced how people acquire and use knowledge. Information science has already had a tremendous impact on society and will undoubtedly expand its sphere of influence further as it continues to evolve and innovate human activities at all levels” (2022).
How would a nurse leader use clinical reasoning and judgment in the formation of knowledge from this experience?
Nurse leaders use clinical reasoning and judgment to form knowledge from experience by conducting research, implementing policies and procedures, advancing nursing informatics, providing reliability in data processing, and effectively communicating with other disciplinary teams.
McGonigle & Mastrian mentioned that “the healthcare industry, nursing profession, and patients all benefit as nurses develop nursing intelligence and intellectual capital by gaining insight into nursing science and its enactment in their practice” (2022).
Conclusion
The Covid 19 pandemic and Nursing Informatics combination have enabled the revolutionary adaptation of utilizing technology in all aspects of our daily lives, especially from a medical standpoint. Society was forced to change rapidly, embracing technology that would have otherwise taken many years before utilization. Telehealth includes many virtual examples such as physical therapy, pharmacy prescriptions, doctor visits, application completion, and many more interactive areas of the health sector.
Nagle et al. wrote, “The most common modalities of virtual care are currently in use in telemedicine. Telemedicine has been largely used to conduct remote medical consultations, assessments and diagnosis (e.g., teledermatology, telestroke, telepsychiatry) through the use of computer technology and associated peripheral devices including digital cameras, stethoscopes and opthalmoscopes, and diagnostic imaging. More recently, the tools of telemedicine have been extended to the provision of remote nursing monitoring and assessment particularly for individuals with chronic diseases such as congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The nurses providing these tele-homecare services are not necessarily informatics specialists, but the design and management of the monitoring tools, infrastructure and support services may be provided by them in the future (2017).
In summary, Sweeney states, “health informatics and Nursing Informatics are very relevant in evolving health systems. New technology and initiatives are constantly being developed. These new innovations do not go without implications in the clinical setting, managerial setting, and the policy setting. It is crucial that all participants whether it is the nurse, manager, provider, politician, lobbyist, or President of the United States remain coordinated. Multidisciplinary unity is crucial to ensure public trust in our health systems and to provide safe and effective patient care” (2017).
References
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2021). Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge (5th Edition). Jones & Bartlett Learning. https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9781284234701
Nagle, L., Sermeus, W., & Junger, A. (2017). Evolving Role of the Nursing Informatics Specialist. In J. Murphy, W. Goosen, & P. Weber (Eds.), Forecasting Competencies for Nurses in the Future of Connected Health (212-221). Clifton, VA: IMIA and IOS Press. Retrieved from https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_4A0FEA56B8CB.P001/REF
