Devry NR361 Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert Latest 2019 April NR361 RN Information Systems in Healthcare Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert
Devry NR361 Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert Latest 2019 April NR361 RN Information Systems in Healthcare Week 6 Interview With a Nurse Information Expert
Purpose
The purpose
of this assignment is to
communicate
your understanding of the importance of quality information in everyday nursing
practice;
discuss the
roles and responsibilities of a nursing information expert; and
articulate
how the professional nurse uses information and data in everyday practice to
improve outcomes.
Course
Outcomes
This
assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.
CO1:
Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse
patient population. (PO1)
CO4:
Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient
care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice
environment for both patients and healthcare workers.
CO8: Discuss
the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery
of nursing care. (PO8)
Points
This
assignment is worth a total of 225 points.
Due Date
This
assignment, Interview With a Nursing Information Expert, is due in Week 6. Post
questions to the Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need
additional assistance. See the Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to
submit your paper on time will result in a deduction of points. Be sure to
submit your assignment.
Directions
Download
the required NR361 Interview Form (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site., which will be used to complete this assignment.
You are
required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by
Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office 2013 (or later version), or
Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in
the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the
productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain
students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at
http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
Select your
interviewee and schedule an interview. This individual must be a Registered
Nurse. Job titles of RNs who may be considered include, but are not limited to,
nursing clinical information manager, super user, director/manager clinical
education, chief information officer, quality assurance or performance
improvement nurse, nurse informaticist, telenursing specialist, nurse
abstractor, case manager, or compliance nurse. If you have any concerns about
whether the RN is suitable for this assignment, contact your instructor before
you schedule the interview.
Review all
questions (areas of inquiry) on the Interview Form prior to conducting the
interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview.
Note that
there are five required questions to ask the RN.
Note that
there are four optional questions. You need to select only one of these to ask
the RN.
Note that
there are two follow-up questions you must answer.
Prior to
conducting your interview, review two scholarly resources. These resources
should guide your understanding of the RN’s role and responsibilities or make
you more knowledgeable about GIGO, interprofessional communication, or other
key concepts in the questions that you may not fully understand. For example,
if your interviewee is a tele nurse, you would want to review information on
this specialty. If you do not know what GIGO means, look it up.
Conduct
your interview. The length of your interview will vary but should not exceed 1
hour.
Submit the completed interview form prior to the deadline outlined above.