HSN/376: Health Information Technology For Nursing

Wk 1 – Information Technology, Safety, and Patient Outcomes

Assignment Content

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   Information and technology skills are essential for all nurses to have, but especially for nurse informaticists. This assignment requires you to consider how information and technology connect to patient care outcomes and a safe care environment.

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3. Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.
4. Identify your role as baccalaureate prepared nurse’s (BSN) for the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes. What will you as the BSN prepared nurse do differently?Provide at least three examples of how nurses use technology to make patient and health care-related decisions.
5. Analyze relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care. Give an example of “good” data.
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7. Format your assignment as one of the following:·
8. 5- to 10-slide powerpoint presentation with speaker notes or narration·
9. 875-word paper
10. infographic
11. concept map
12. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, and develop an APA-formatted reference page.
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14. *I would prefer the 5-10 slide powerpoint with speaker notes or the 875 word paper.
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