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WEEK 7 DISCUSSION Week 7: 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? How is this issue addressed in your practice setting? Professor and Class, In today’s world of rapid advancing technology, healthcare companies have multiple lines of...

Week 5: 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. What type of application does this have for your practice? According to Sipes (2016, p. 16), the five steps of project management are similar to the five steps of the nursing process when caring for patients using evidence-based c...

NR 512 Week 3 Discussion, Reflections on Second Life Experiences (Two Version) 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)? How do you see the advanced practice nurse using VLE in their practice? Professor and class, The use of technology in the nursing profession has become more prominent over the years and is becoming more prevalent in its incorpo...

Week 1: Discussion 1: Integration of nursing informatics skills and competencies What is nursing informatics? According to American Association of Colleges of Nursing QSEN Consortium, (2012) Nursing informatics (NI) is one of many specialties in nursing that integrates science with analytics and health information management to define, manage, identify, process and communicate health care and computer information data in nursing practice. Nursing informatics is relatively vital in the nursing ...

NR 305 DISCUSSION QUESTION WITH ANSWERS WEEK 1 TO 8

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? The topic that I selected for the HealthIT Hot Topic was the relevance of social media in the healthcare setting. With the emerging popularity of various social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, healthcare facilities need to recognize the importance of embracing this technology and running ...

NR 305 Health Assessment Discussion Topic Week 7 Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System and Pain First, I would stabilize Fred and provide immediate treatment if necessary. Check his vital signs, postural blood pressure, apical HR and finger stick glucose. By looking at his medical history and his current condition, lab tests like CBC, urinalysis, pulse oximetry, electrolytes and EKG should be performed. Risk factors related to medical conditions or medication use maybe reflected in abnorm...

Week 4: Informatics Skills How do the informatics skills you are now developing/expanding upon and validating help you meet current informatics skills levels? How did the TANIC self-assessment change your impression of your current informatics skill levels? Professor and class, Nursing informatics is essential to daily nursing practice and aids in reinforcing decision making. Nursing, as many other fields in medicine, has seen a wave of technology integrated into practice which has made mai...

Week 6- Providing culturally competent nursing care Professor Stewart Hello everyone, For this discussion I have chosen option #3 According to Weber and Kelly in order “to provide high-quality care, nurses must know how to access what is normal or abnormal for all persons who seek care” (Weber & Kelly, 2018, p 182). I remember when we started talking about health/physical assessments and many of us stated the importance of learning about the patient’s culture, values, beliefs...

Week 5: Assessing for Family Violence (graded) 4848 unread replies. replies. This week's graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). • (CO #1) - Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to explain expected client behaviors, while differentiating between normal findings, variations, and abnormalities. (PO #1) • (CO #4) Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO #3) A 10-year-old child named Eliza...