This document provides instructions for a module assignment on clinical decision support systems. It asks students to search the internet for resources on a nursing diagnosis, summarize three sites based on their content, reliability, and links. It also asks students to locate three cancer screening tools that could be included in an electronic health record and explain how clinical decision support systems could improve cancer outcomes for patients and the benefits of including reminders for providers and patients. The assignment will be graded based on a rubric.

1. Module Assignment: Clinical Decision Support
SystemsLearning Outcomes:
Identify trends in nursing that impact the use of Informatics.
Explore the use of informatics in nursing research and how
clinical decision support systems impact nursing care.
Analyze leadership and collaborative practice strategies that
foster mutual respect and shared decision making.
Questions:
Part 1) Think if a nursing diagnosis that interests you. Then,
conduct an internet search using your chosen nursing diagnosis
as the search topic. Locate at least three internet resources that
pertain to your topic, then review the sites and write a three or
four sentence summary of each that includes the following:
Appropriateness of content
Reliability of content (sources cited within site, anecdotal vs.
evidence-based practice)
Links included within the website.
Part 2) Locate three internet-based Cancer screening tools that
could be included in an HER, such as EPIC or Connect Care
In your own words, how will clinical decision support systems

2. improve outcomes for a patient diagnosed with cancer?
What would be the benefits of including reminders for cancer
screening for healthcare providers and to patients (such as the
sepsis screening tool that pops up in EPIC or Connect Care)
Rubric
See attached below for instructions detail and Assignment
Grading Rubric