Module 6

1.       I really liked module 6 it gave a great refresher on what happens with our computer systems. They can be the greatest help and our worse invention. Using a computer takes a big responsibility, you need to make sure your passwords are secure and that any patient information is kept confidential.   Thanks for a great class.

Module 5

How did the readings influence your perception of your own clinical decision-making?

I make most of my decisions on what our protocols are and how my facility treats the current signs and symptoms. I think the readings only added to the knowledge that data is important  and as practitioners we will be responsible to know the most current data and evidence based practice guidelines.

Module 4

Module 4

1.        At my workplace, we are required to do CBT’s Computer Based Training. Working in a busy ER I seem to learn something new every day. I also take many courses in advanced nursing such as ACLS, PALS, TNCC, ENPC, and three years ago, I became a BLS and ACLS instructor. I recently joined ENA, we get magazines with our memberships that have some very good educational articles. ENA also has many educational conferences.

2.       I do not think any nursing areas do not involve some sort of education. It starts out with student education in the classroom, then clinical both in the practical as well as virtual world. As nurses we should mentor our young and student nurses, because they are the ones who will be taking care of us in the future.

Module 3

While retrieving my information on stroke and cholesterol I found CINAHL and Pub Med the most helpful. Like anything on the Web, there is a lot of information. With both CINAHL and Pub Med these are reliable sources of information and the search can be tailored to what is wanted. When I first started my search I just put in Stroke, this gave me over 13 thousand matches. As I added cholesterol, this made the search narrower. I use Endnote for all my searches that I would like to use in the future.

Module 2

Module 2

Information systems are very important in the work place. Working in the ER we see people in all conditions. It would be important for patient care to have all patients have some sort of Electronic Health Record (HER).

One of the important areas is medications. “Pharmacy Applications and Systems” (Hebda & Czar, 2009, p. 148) gives great ideas of how medications can be ordered, delivered and administered in an error prevention way. Medications come in many names, colors, dosages, and schedules. When we have a patient with multiple medications, this can be very confusing to both healthcare workers and patients. Having standards in place can cause less errors and better care for our patients.

Reference

Hebda, T., & Czar, P. (2009). Healthcare Information Systems. In M. Connor (Ed.), Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals (pp. 135-164). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Julie Levin Alexander.

NURS 6004

This blog is for NURS 6004 a class I am currenly taking for my BSN  to DNP program at the U of U.