NR 512 Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies

NR 512 Week 1 Discussion Integration of
Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies
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NR 512 Week 1 Discussion Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills
and Competencies
Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies
Reflect on your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your
practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics?
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NR 512 Week 2 Discussion Wisdom Versus
Judgment

NR 512 Week 2 Discussion Wisdom Versus Judgment
Wisdom Versus Judgment
How does the concept of wisdom in nursing informatics compare to
the concept of professional nursing judgment? What is DIKW and
how do you “use” it in your practice?
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NR 512 Week 3 Discussion Reflections on
Second Life Experiences
NR 512 Week 3 Discussion Reflections on Second Life Experiences
Reflections on Second Life Experiences
You are working in Second Life now completing a number of
activities. What do you see as a benefit to augmenting course
assignments through the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE)?

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NR 512 Week 4 Discussion Informatics Skills
NR 512 Week 4 Discussion Informatics Skills
Informatics Skills
How do the informatics skills you are now developing/expanding
upon and validating help you meet current informatics skills levels?
Did the TANIC self-assessment change your impression of your
current informatics skill levels?
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NR 512 Week 4 Scavenger Hunt

NR 512 Week 4 Scavenger Hunt
W4_NR512 Second Life (SL) Scavenger Hunt Work Sheet
Student Name: Dorinda Ezell Avatar Name: Dvezellnr512
INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions:
1. As you complete the Scavenger Hunt, please write your answers to
the questions on this worksheet.
2. Save it as a MS Word document in the following format:
YourName_NR512_ScavengerHunt
3. Upload the worksheet to the Drop Box in your course page by the
end on Week 4 on Sunday at 11:59 pm MT.
Remember if you need assistance when you are in Second Life,
please contact the Support Specialist
in-world or email.com”>vle@whitemouseproductions.com
Support Assistance in Second Life
4:00 am – 12:00 pm eastern time, Monday-Friday

10:00 am – 2:00 pm eastern time, Saturday-Sunday
Phone Support:1-855-623-7013
9:00 am – 1:00 pm eastern Monday-Friday
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm eastern Monday-Friday
STATION 1 — Points Possible = 20
Find the ANA Code of Ethics book in the Medical Library; click and get
the web link towww.nursingworld.org. Select from Provision 1, 2, or
3. Bring content from the Provision you selected – discuss and report
on the Provision you selected here. Reference the Provision you will
discuss here; cite in proper APA format.
ANSWER:
As per the Code (ANA 2015) all registered nurses have a set of
obligations and ethics that they have to follow. There are 9 prime
responsibilities of the nurses with statements explaining the how
these provisions are guided hereafter.
These provisions came by in a scenario of Mrs. Williams who was
severely ill but her condition had not been spoken of to their family
members as well. Two nurses taking care of this patient Keisha and
Kyle broke the patient confidentiality clause and spoke about the
condition of Mrs. William in an elevator openly while her daughter
who was unaware of the condition heard about her mother and
broke down.
“PROVISION 1: The nurse practices with compassion and respect for
the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person”
(Lachman, 2014 ).

“Respect for human dignity.”In this case we have two nurses who
despite being compassionate and maintaining a good relationship
with the patient they disrespected her privacy and did not pay heed
to the need for confidentiality.
“Relationships with patients” The nurses were friendly in nature but
not individuals to help build relationshipas they spoke
indiscriminately about the patient in the elevator while the patients
daughter heard upon them. This led to the relative getting anxious
about the patient.
“Nature of health.”In retrospect the nurses prior to being off from
duty should have ensured that the reports were delivered to the
patients relatives. At the same time they should have made sure that
the Doctor in charge and the surgeon had delivered the news of
impending surgery and the worsening condition of Mrs. Williams to
the family.
“The right to self-determination.”It was crucial after the results were
out to ensure that the discussion regarding the surgery and
thereafter about what best next step was possible for the patient
and all pros and cons should have been well discussed.
American Nurses Association (ANA). (2015). Code of ethics for nurses
with interpretive statements. Silver Spring, MD: Author.
Lachman, V. D., Swanson, E. O. C., &Winland-Brown, J. (2014). The
New ‘Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive
Statements’ (2015): Practical Clinical Application, Part
I.nursingworld.or/”>http://www.nursingworld.org
STATION 2 – Points Possible = 30

Go to the City Government building and locate the mayor. Click on
him to get information about aabout a federal hurricane disaster
plan disaster plan. Answer these 3 questions: Where will this plan be
used? Who will oversee the plan?Where was it used most recently in
2013?Place your answers below and then continue to the next page
of the worksheet to complete Station 2.
ANSWER:
Good morning sir, I am Dorinda looking for a few answers regarding
your disaster management program for a school scavenger hunt
1. Where will this plan be used? Post Hurricane
2. And who will oversee the plan? FEMA
3. Can you tell me where has it been used in the past? Hurricane
Sandy in 2013 is the most successful illustration for this program.
STATION 2 – continued
Take picture/”selfie” with the mayor. To take a picture:choose your
snapshot camera icon from your left toolbar. Then click on Save to
Disk. Then from the highlighted green dropdown barchoose 320 x
240and then click SAVE. Remember to save the photograph to your
desktop to easily locate it. Copy and paste your photo in the box on
the next page.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
STATION 2 – copy and paste your picture in this box

Find the board room in the Hospital Administration Building. Click on
the CEO to receive information on a new cardiac wing. Answer these
two questions: Who is the donor and what are the two next steps for
hospital board project? Place your answers below.
ANSWER:
Greetings Sir, My Name is Dorinda and for a school project I need to
gather data regarding the Cardiac wings put in place by your
institution?
1. May I ask who is the Donor? The cardiac wing was created through
anonymous donor.
2. What are the next two steps for hospital board project? We hope
to target next the opening of the Cardiac Wing as the completion of
the wing is due Jan 2017.
Locate the Smartroom in the Hospital/Urgent Care building. Find the
patient sitting on the exam table; complete hand washing prior to
interacting with the patient.
You are now going to assess the patient for newly diagnosed pre-
hypertension. Your patient has just had his blood pressure taken.
Click on the blood pressure cuff to get his blood pressure. What is
your patient’s BP? Now click on your patient to get answers to the
following questions: What is your diet? How many times a week do
you exercise? Document your answers to ALL questions below.
ANSWER:
BP: 130/90

Hello, I am Dorinda your nurse, I shall begin with checking your blood
pressure followed by a couple of questions in regards to your diet
and exercise so as to help you get it under control will that be fine
with you?
1. What is your diet? Due to pressure issues my diet is that of low
sodium consumption.
2. How many times a week do you exercise? Currently I work out
three times a week which is relatively higher than my regular
schedule.
Go to the patient room on the first floor of the Hospital/Urgent Care
building. Observe the patient in bed hooked up to an EKG.Click on
EKGmachine and determine whether the EKG findings is a normal or
abnormal reading. If abnormal readingwho and whatwould you do
next? Place your answer below.
ANSWER: Greetings, how are you today, I am your nurse Dorinda. I
am going to go through your vital signs today.
HR-111, BP 156/97, SPO2 89
First readjust the pulse ox and once again check for blood pressure, if
reading remains the same than put the patient on oxygen cannula to
help them breathe as the oxygen level in body is low(2LNC, at this
time is what I would put it on), while this takes place would call in my
tech to run the EKG and apply IV. Draw blood and get labs and check
electrolytes and cardiac enzymes, stat, (along with cultures,). This
will be done keeping in mind the policy of the hospital. I shall
continue conversing with the patient find out issues regarding pain,

cardiac history and other chronic problems. To ask them regarding
their previous visit to their local doctor and medications that they
have been prescribed, and medications presently being taken. Lastly
would contact their Dr. In chargeand discuss if patient will be
admitted to hospital.
Go to City Government Building. Find theinfectious disease
department inPublic Health Office.
Find the representative who most likely would be in charge of any
Zika virus outbreak in the community.
Click on the representative to get the web link to the CDC office
providing oversight for Zika.
Identify the correct type of mosquito and list three symptoms
indicating infection. What test is required for diagnosis and what are
the vaccine options? Place your answers below.
ANSWER: Hi, I am Dorinda, I need some information regarding Zika
virus.
I would like to know if there is a web link which talks about this virus
in detail? Yes there is follow the link
below.cdc.gov/zika/index.html%20?”>http://www.cdc.gov/zika/inde
x.html ?
1.What is the type of mosquito that carries the Zika virus? Zika is
spread through the bite of infected Aedes species mosquito (Ae.
aegypti and Ae. albopictus).

2.What are the three symptoms indicating infection? Red Rashes,
high fever combined with Joint pain.
3.What test is required for diagnosis? The Zika virus can be
confirmed through the blood or urine test.
4.What are the vaccine options? Currently there are no specific
options available.
Go to the Education classroom in the Hospital Administration
Building; Take photo standing beside title slide only of PowerPoint
presentation; Copy and paste your photo in the worksheet.Choose
your snapshot camera icon from your left toolbar. Then click on Save
to Disk. Then from the highlighted green dropdown barchoose 320 x
240and then click SAVE. Remember to save the photograph to your
desktop to easily locate it. Copy and paste your photo in the box on
the next page.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
STATION 7 – copy and paste your photo below
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE = 200
Remember to: Save this worksheet as a MS Word document in the
following format:
YourName_NR512_ScavengerHunt

Place it in the Scavenger Hunt folder in the Drop Box in your course
page by the end on Week 4 on Sunday at 11:59 pm MT.
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NR 512 Week 5 Discussion Knowledge
Generation Through Nursing Informatics
NR 512 Week 5 Discussion Knowledge Generation Through Nursing
Informatics
Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Informatics
In one of the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance
nurse practitioner (APN) roles and the application of project
management concepts, one of the major elements of NI, but new to
most nurses. Does this have an application to your practice? Why or
why not?

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NR 512 Week 5 Health IT Hot Topic of the
Week Assignment
NR 512 Week 5 Health IT Hot Topic of the Week Assignment
NR512
HealthIT Topic of Week Assignment
Guidelineswith Scoring Rubric
Purpose
This assignment is designed to help students
Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge
required in practice settings.Students will select a “hot” or popular
topic of particular interest to their practice to discuss. The topic will
be selected from the website using the link provided in the course
Assignments section.
Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following
ability.
(CO 6) Describe health information systems within healthcare setting
and the profession of nursing in all practice domains and settings
including electronic health records (EHR), their management and
patient-care information technology (IT). (PO 4)
(CO 7)
ExploretrendsandissuesinNIandtheirimpactonnursingpracticeinall
domains.(POs9,11)
Due Date:Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5.
Total Points Possible: 125
Requirements
Students will login to FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT using the link
provided in the course Assignments and select a “current/popular”
topic of the week that may impact their practice. Students, in a
professionally developed paper, will discuss the rationale for choosing
the topic, how it will impact practice in a positive or negative manner,
citing pros and cons. Include a discussion of how informatics skills
and knowledge were used in the process relevance to developing the
assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the
future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT Topic paper for Wk. 5 to
dropbox by end of Week 5.
Preparing the paper
1. TheFierceEMR and FierceHealthITCurrent/Popular Topic of the
Week assignmentmustbe a professional, scholarly prepared paper. See
the guidelines for writing a professional, scholarly paper in the Course
Resources. The professional paper will have an introduction, body of
paper to explain what you are doing, summary/conclusion, and at
least three scholarly references.

2. Required texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three
sources must be from outside of course readings.
3. All aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the
6th edition.
4. The paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference
page) is 4-6 pages in length.
5. Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited
correctly.
6. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with
formal academic writing
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NR 512 Week 6 Discussion Health IT Hot
Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice
NR 512 Week 6 Discussion Health IT Hot Topic of the Week and
Impact on Practice

HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice
What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your
specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice?
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NR 512 Week 6 Narrated PowerPoint
Presentation Assignment
NR 512 Week 6 Narrated PowerPoint Presentation Assignment
PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) Assignment
Guidelineswith Scoring Rubric
Purpose
This assignment is designed to help students

Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge
required in practice settings.Students selected a popular topic of
particular interest to their practice to discuss in week 5. This week
student will develop a narrated slide PowerPoint (PPT) presentation
of 8-10 slides summarizing the assignment.
Refer to the PowerPoint sample template in Course Resources.
Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following
ability.
(CO 6) Describe health information systems within healthcare setting
and the profession of nursing in all practice domains and settings
including electronic health records (EHR), their management and
patient-care information technology (IT). (PO 4)
(CO 7)
ExploretrendsandissuesinNIandtheirimpactonnursingpracticeinall
domains.(POs9,11)
Due Date:Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.
Total Points Possible: 150
Requirements
The FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT topics of the week assignment
for week 5 will be summarized in 8-10 narratedslides for week 6.
Studentswillsummarize the rationale for choosing the topic, how it
will impact practice in a positive or negative manner, including pros
and cons. Include discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge
were applied in the process relevance to developing the assignment.
In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the future. Submit
completed FierceHealthIT Hot Topic narrated PPTassignment to
dropbox by end of Week 6.

Preparing the Presentation
1.TheFierceEMR and FierceHealthIT Topic of the Week is a recap of
the assignment from Wk.5 andmust be a professional, scholarly
prepared PowerPoint narrated presentation of 8-10 Including at least
three scholarly references.
2.You should have at least 8-10 slides. It is important to note that if
you could not give your presentation and someone would have to
stand in for you, he or she would need to know what you were going
to say. Use the speaker-notes section so that someone may step in for
you and not miss a beat.
3.Maintain the 6x6x6 rule for a professional PowerPoint presentation.
No more than 6 lines per slide, 6 words per line, and 6 slides without
a graphic.
4.All aspects of the presentation must be in APA format as expressed
in the 6th edition.
5. Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited
correctly.
6. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with
formal academic writing.
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NR 512 Week 7 Discussion Safeguarding
Health Information and Systems

NR 512 Week 7 Discussion Safeguarding Health Information and
Systems
Safeguarding Health Information and Systems
A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in
their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at
work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if
this were allowed? How would you address these issues?
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NR 512 Week 8 Discussion Reflection on
Second Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics
Skills and Impact on Speciality

NR 512 Week 8 Discussion Reflection on Second Life Experiences,
Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Speciality
Reflection on Second Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics Skills
and Impact on Speciality
Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the
activities you have completed in this course.
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