Current Issues in Nursing Flashcards

1
Q

Current Nursing Issues

A
  • Organ donations/transplant: voluntary or compulsory http://www.signezdon.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?accueil-sansjs-en
  • Privatization of some aspects of Health Care: who is the patient (more info- Privatizing health care is not the answer: lessons from the United States, Marcia Angell MD, 2008, in CMAJ)
  • Technology and Nursing: Quality care?

Loss of personalized care?

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Nursing Informatics

A

Antithesis

  • —Refers to ideas presented in the literature that purport that the use of computers and other information technologies in health care is a threat:
  • In fact it is the antithesis or opposite of providing compassionate, caring and client–centered nursing care.

Artifact

  • Refers to the notion that technology of all kinds, including the contemporary inclusion of information technologies in nursing is an inherent, almost seamless cultural phenomenon, one that is long-standing and can be taken for granted as part of nursing evolution

Utility

  • —Refers to the notion that technology of all kinds, including the contemporary inclusion of information technologies in nursing is an inherent, almost seamless cultural phenomenon, one that is long-standing and can be taken for granted as part of nursing evolution.

Technique

  • —The concept of technique focuses on the application of information technologies in nursing aimed to boost productivity and efficiency, promote best practices and evidenced-based practice, and concretely record nursing activities electronically.

Agency

  • —Agency incorporates actor-network theory, technological agency in its’ own right, and how nurses interact with information and communication technologies (ICTs) in an interactive and intense, almost reciprocal way.

Power

  • —Power will be investigated from a disciplinary perspective, including the consequences of prestige, influence, legitimacy, governmental and social access.

Networks

  • —The notion of networks entails an examination of the application of information technologies in a collaborative way: in interactions with other people, such as colleagues, interdisciplinary team members, clients, and communities of practice and inquiry, sometimes on a global scale.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Electronic Health Records Pros and Cons

A

Pros

  • Record keeping: more efficient
  • paperless, seamless information processing
  • uninterrupted patient record
  • time, resource and cost savings
  • permanent record
  • compilation of latest findings, tests
  • accessible and transferable between variety of health professionals
  • current, portable, instant documentation
  • interfaces with main data bank
  • accessible by numerous departments (with controlled access): nurses, MD, physio, pharmacy
  • Quality (safety) patient care:

Essential demographics

Allergies, reactions

Photo ID (and #)

Current medications

Family Hx, contact #

Living will info, organ donation

  • educational aspect: all need same level
  • period of double documentation
  • How many of hospital personnel be affected? And Who?
  • eliminate patient error
  • eliminate medication error
  • wireless data entry
  • remote health monitoring via wifi: bp, cbgm, pacemaker status ect

Cons

  • Patient privacy
  • Laws governing IT?
  • Controlled access?
  • Stolen data, who benefits?
  • Hacker resistant
  • Legally who has power over patient information
  • System break down
  • Electrical failure
  • Disaster situation
  • Network breakdown policy
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

High Tech Nursing

A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly