Healthcare Organization

Throughout history, technological advancements have appeared for one purpose before finding applications elsewhere that lead to spikes in its usage and development. The internet, for example, was originally developed to share research before becoming a staple of work and entertainment. But technology—new and repurposed—will undoubtedly continue to be a driver of healthcare information. Informaticists often stay tuned to trends to monitor what the next new technology will be or how the next new idea for applying existing technology can benefit outcomes.

In this Discussion, you will reflect on your healthcare organization’s use of technology and offer a technology trend you observe in your environment.

To Prepare:

  • Reflect on the Resources related to digital information tools and technologies.
  • Consider your healthcare organization’s use of healthcare technologies to manage and distribute information.
  • Reflect on current and potential future trends, such as use of social media and mobile applications/telehealth, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled asset tracking, or expert systems/artificial intelligence, and how they may impact nursing practice and healthcare delivery. 

Post a brief description of general healthcare technology trends, particularly related to data/information you have observed in use in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Describe any potential challenges or risks that may be inherent in the technologies associated with these trends you described. Then, describe at least one potential benefit and one potential risk associated with data safety, legislation, and patient care for the technologies you described. Next, explain which healthcare technology trends you believe are most promising for impacting healthcare technology in nursing practice and explain why. Describe whether this promise will contribute to improvements in patient care outcomes, efficiencies, or data management. Be specific and provide examples.

References:

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

  • Chapter 14, “The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics” (pp. 267–287)
  • Chapter 15, “Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes” (pp. 293–317)
  • Chapter 16, “Patient Engagement and Connected Health” (pp. 323–338)
  • Chapter 17, “Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health” (pp. 341–355)
  • Chapter 18, “Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth” (pp. 359–388)

Rao-Gupta, S., Kruger, D. Leak, L. D., Tieman, L. A., & Manworren, R. C. B. (2018). Leveraging interactive patient care technology to Improve pain management engagement. Pain Management Nursing, 19(3), 212–221. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.002

Skiba, D. (2017). Evaluation tools to appraise social media and mobile applications. Informatics, 4(3), 32–40. doi:10.3390/informatics4030032

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The purpose of this project is to analyze a loss you have experienced by using concepts you have learned in this course.

Background: We are all survivors of some type of loss.  Everyone in this class has experienced some type of loss and accompanying grief.  Besides death of a significant other, there are many other types of losses that produce grief.  The purpose of this project is to analyze a loss you have experienced by using concepts you have learned in this course.       Listed below are examples of losses that you may write about:      
  1. The death of someone important to you: –   A parent, child, sibling, spouse, or other relative –   A close friend or someone you were romantically involved with. –   Someone famous that meant a lot to you.  
  2. The loss of a relationship through: –   betrayal, divorce, separation, or desertion –   kidnapping, murder, or disappearance –   mental illness –   substance abuse  
  3. The loss of a job (yours or someone you depended on for support)
  4. Moving away from home, becoming homeless, becoming a refugee.
  5. Loss of physical capacity or ability through illness, accident, the aging process.
  6. The loss of a pet (through death, ran away, was stolen, etc.)
  7. Loss of something valuable to you (home/property destroyed by fire, flood, natural disaster)
  8. Loss of or denial of membership in a group that was important to you.
  9. Loss of respect for, or sense of betrayal by a person, organization, or group that you had previously held in high esteem.  Loss of your reputation.
  10. Loss of trust in others, or loss of self-esteem due to physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.   Directions: Please Use These Sub-Headers   Part 1: Description of the loss event.  2-3 pages in length.  Write this from the 3rd person point of view to describe the events.   Part 2: The Reactions to the Loss:Again, write this from the 3rd person point of view.  Use concepts from the text and your class notes to describe the reaction to the loss.  Do this in 2-3 pages, double-spaced.  Use the APA format to cite specific concepts from the text.   Questions to consider when writing Part 2:
 
  1. When he/she experienced this loss, what emotions, feelings, thought, and physical symptoms did the person experience?
  2. How did this loss affect the person mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, socially?  
  3. Did the person’s reactions to this loss mirror any of the theories of grief in the text?
  If yes, describe the similarities.  If not, describe the differences.       Part 3: The Current Status. 2-3 pages.  Switch to 1st person for this section.  Describe how you feel now.  How have your feelings, thoughts, reactions changed over time? How has your life changed due to the loss?  What did you learn from this?   Be sure to use concepts from chapters 9, 10, and 11 of the text, a website, class notes, magazine article, other book.  Use APA format.       Formatting Instructions:  
  1. Title page with your name, class name, class number, assignment name, and date.
  2. Double-spaced. 1” margins on all sides.  12-point font size.  Number pages in top right hand corner.
  3. Make sure you have three separate sections: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3.
  4. Sections 2 & 3 must include connections to concepts found in chapters 9, 10, and 11, a web site that talks about grief/bereavement, or magazine articles, or other book. You should have a minimum of four references, or two for each of sections 2 and 3.
  5. Use APA style to cite the text or other sources that you use.
  6. Include a reference page that lists the sources that you have cited in the text.
 
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