Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.
- Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.
- Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.
- Explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.
- Justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.
- Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.
- Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients’ protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
- Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.
- Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
- Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
1. American culture has different health implications than Latino culture, but what about Latin American culture?
1. American culture has different health implications than Latino culture, but what about Latin American culture?
1. How do we approach when someone’s beliefs indicate that they subscribe to one culture, but their behaviors reflect the values of another?
1. Then, how do we apply that approach on a wider scale, in the face of an increasingly ambiguous yet common cultural identity?
1. By focusing on the commonalities of the humans within the culture, and their specific humanity, rather than the differences in their cultures.
What sort of advice would you give to the student?
- What sort of advice would you give to the student?
- Explain why your advice represents the best course of action for the student to follow.
a. What are some of the prepubescent changes school-age children experience that the nurse can share with Kris?
a. What are some of the prepubescent changes school-age children experience that the nurse can share with Kris?
b. What are some of the issues regarding body image that the nurse can teach Kris about?
c. What can the nurse teach Kris regarding self-esteem in school-age children to address her concerns?
2. Don is a 10-year-old boy who is being seen by the school nurse today for a fall he experienced on the school’s playground. Don’s mother, Kandis, has arrived and expresses some concern regarding Don’s recent behavior. She explains that he has engaged in more risk-taking behavior and has had more injuries lately. Kandis then asks the nurse what Don’s weight is and asks her if she thinks Don is overweight. Don is 5’1” and weighs 130 lbs. His body mass index (BMI) is 24.5. (Learning Objectives 4, 5, and 6)
a. What can the nurse teach Kandis about promoting a safe lifestyle for Don?
b. What can the nurse teach Kandis regarding Don’s weight and corresponding BMI?
c. What can the nurse teach Kandis regarding Don’s nutritional needs, promoting nutritional healthy intake, and preventing overweight/obesity?
Explain the benefits of value-based care for patients and populations.
a. Describe the elements of a value-based healthcare framework. b. Explain the benefits of value-based care for patients and populations. c. Describe the rationale for implementing value-based care in a healthcare organization.
2. Identify (suggested length 1–2 slides) a nursing role, using the “WGU Nursing Programs Conceptual Model” web link as a guide.
a. Describe how the advanced professional nurse could facilitate the implementation of value-based care within the role identified.
3. Summarize (suggested length of 5–6 slides) evidence relevant to the topic of value-based healthcare from five peer-reviewed scholarly sources published within the past five years. 4. Describe (suggested length of 2–3 slides) two strategies to implement value-based healthcare, or if the organization has already implemented it, describe two strategies that were used.
a. Identify key stakeholders for each strategy. b. Describe the role of each stakeholder for each strategy. c. Identify specific methods to measure the effectiveness of each strategy.
5. Using the “Value-Based Nursing Care Readiness Assessment” completed in your CPE (see the attached document), discuss (suggested length of 4–7 slides) the organization’s readiness for change by doing the following:
a. Summarize each assessment area in the readiness assessment: • defined need • readiness for change • leadership and management support • time, resources, and personnel • sustainment of the change
b. Discuss two organizational strengths. c. Discuss two organizational opportunities for improvement. d. Analyze your organization’s level of readiness to implement value-based care based on its readiness score.
e. Provide the completed “Value-Based Nursing Care Readiness Assessment” from your CPE.
• list of five strategies that nurses can use to support a culture of value-based care (VBC
• completed “Value-Based Nursing Care Organizational Readiness Assessment” with an interpretation and recommendations for five action items that must occur prior to implementing VBC