This document discusses innovations in nursing. It begins by defining innovation as creating new resources, processes or values to improve existing ones. The presenter then lists the objectives and need for innovations in nursing, such as maintaining quality healthcare and addressing workforce shortages. The document classifies innovations into nursing practice, education, care, and management. It provides examples of innovations within each category, such as wireless technology, simulation, and electronic medical records. Finally, it discusses reasons for failure of innovations like poor leadership and communication, and presents research findings on nurses' adoption of innovative practices.

1. INNOVATIONS IN
NURSING
PRESENTED BY,
CHRISTY VARGHESE
1ST YEAR Msc NURSING
YENEPOYA NURSING COLLEGE

2. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the class the student will be able to
 Define innovations in nursing
 Enumerate components of innovation in nursing
 Enlist need for innovations in nursing
 Describe innovations indifferent aspects

3. DEFINITION- INNOVATION
 Innovation is anything that creates new resources , processes ,
or values , or improves a company’s existing resources ,
processes , or values .” - Christiansen et al.
 A dynamic, systematic process that envisions new approaches
to nursing education.
 Innovation refers to developing and adopting new approaches,
technologies, products and ways of functioning.
 In nursing, it means finding new information and better ways
of promoting health, preventing disease and better patient care.

4. NEED FOR INNOVATIONS IN NURSING
 Maintenance of quality health services.
 Meeting the increasing demands of health care field.
 Compete the global work force shortage.
 Increasing advance in the health care field.
 Emerging clinical / nursing specialties

5. CLASSIFICATION OF INNOVATIONS IN
NURSING
 Innovation in nursing practice
 Innovations In Nursing Education
 Innovations In Nursing Care
 Innovations In Nursing Management

6. INNOVATIONS IN NURSING
PRACTICE

7.  Computer assistance
 Wireless technology
 Evidence based practice
 Procedure manual
 Emergency medical services
 Job description
 Management and leadership
 Infection control
 Triage
 Ethics

8. Continues..
 Forensic nursing specialty
 Community based nursing role
 Nurse educator
 Tele nursing
 Nurse anesthetist

9. INNOVATIONS IN NURSING
EDUCATION

10.  Hand held computers in nursing education
 Video conferencing and web based conferencing
 E-Learning
 Service learning
 High fidelity patient simulator
 Tele teaching
 Micro teaching

11. INNOVATIONS IN NURSING CARE

12.  Primary care
 Community health care
 Home based management

13. INNOVATIONS IN
ADMINISTRATION AND
MANAGEMENT

14.  Use of computer
 Electronic Medical Records
 Leadership for change

15. REASON FOR FAILURE OF INNOVATIONS
 Poor leadership
 Poor communication
 Poor knowledge management
 Poor participation in team
 Poor access to information
 Poor organization
 Poor empowerment
 Poor goal definition
 Poor monitoring of results

17. RESEARCH FINDINGS
 A Study was conducted by Coyle A in Boston on
innovation adoption behavior among nurses.
 The study examined extent of adoption by clinical nurses
of 14 research based nursing practices and explored
characteristics of nurses which may have influenced their
use of innovations.
 Result showed that nurse adoption on innovative practices
and their perception of organizational support in the form
of hospital policy is considered as good.

18. REFERENCES
 Basavanthappa B.T. text book of nursing education,1st ed.
New delhi: Jaypee publishers; 2004.p. 234- 238
 Kaur N, Rawat H.C. Innovations in nursing. Text book of
advanced nursing practice. 1st ed. New delhi: jaypee
publishers; 2015. p. 543- 548
 http://www.slideshare.net (Innovations in nursing practice)
 Coyle L A. Innovation adoption behavior among nurses.
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