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Professional Practice - Informatics Flashcards

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Quality Information is defined by the following factors:

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Timeliness, Precision, Accuracy, Measurability, Independently verifiable, and availability

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The Following are important in assuring accuracy:

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Objective reporting, comprehensive, appropriateness, unambiguous, reliability, up to date, and convenience

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Roles of the Informatics Nurse

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Develop, Analyze, Help, Customize, Design, Test, and Teaching

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Assemble what sort of information should be captured on the system and how the data should be analyzed?

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Developing Informatics Theories

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Sort through the large amounts of data collected to determine the best information for the organization?

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Analyzing the information needs of the organization

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Assist in the system requirements, both for now and in the future.

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Helping the organization choose a computer system

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Work with IT to customize the system so that it will be the most useful

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Customizing purchased computer systems

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Conduct robust tests of the system when changes or upgrades are performed

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Testing new or upgraded computer systems

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Set up training and education programs to encourage the most effective use of the system.

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Teaching other people to use the computer system

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Informatics Nurse Responsibilities

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Teaching the policies information systems, effectiveness of the system, systems work as designed, new ways to use technology, compliance in regulations, manage projects, and conduct research

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Enough knowledge to operate the equipment and enter data

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Clinical nurse- user level

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Security and stability of the systems installed at their facility

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Nurse who specializes in nursing informatics

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Key goals of the informatics nurse

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Efficiency and enhanced productivity

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Essential elements within the practice of Nursing Informatics

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Focus on the patient and well-being, keeping up to date on the latest state of the art, working environment (avoid errors and make things efficient), and working with others/ disciplines.

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Standards for the Informatics nurse specialist include:

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Assessment, Problem or issue, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

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Standards for the performance that informatics nurses should attain

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Quality assurance, review performance evaluation methods, ensure practice of Nursing Informatics is effective, create guidelines for research, peer cooperation, allocation of resources, and effective communication.

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Definition of Nursing Informatics (ANA):

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Nursing specialty integrating nursing, computer sciences, and information sciences, which support professionals, and patients in decision - making through information processes and technology.

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Initiatives spurring the switch from paper to electronic health records and sharing of health care information among health care providers:

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Healthcare Reform

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Current research and individual values in practice to establish a plan of care for each individual.

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Evidence - based practice

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Requires a commitment to ongoing research and outcomes evaluation

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Evidence - based practice

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Steps to evidence - based practice

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making a diagnosis, research and analyze results, apply research findings to plan of care, and evaluating outcomes.

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Steps to developing evidence based practice guidelines

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Focus on the topic/ method, evidence review, expert judgment, policy considerations, policy, and review.

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This includes outlining possible interventions/ treatments to review, choosing individual populations and settings, and determining significant outcomes

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Focus on the topic/ methodology

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This includes review of literature, critical analysis of studies, and a summary of results, including pooled meta - analysis.

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Evidence review

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Recommendations based on personal experience from a number of experts may be used, especially if there is inadequate evidence based on review

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Expert Judgment

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This includes cost effective, access to care, insurance coverage, availability of qualified staff, and legal implications

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Policy considerations

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Models of Integration

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Organizational, Functional/ coordinated, and functional/ integrated

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Processes for improvement are identified, and teams of individuals are selected to participate in different areas or departments, reporting to one individual, who monitors progress.

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Organizational - model of integration

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While staff specialties, such as risk management and quality management, are not integrated, they draw from the same resources to determine quality of care and efficiency

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Functional/ coordinated - model of integration

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Cross training among specialties. A case management approach to individual care is used so that one person follows the progress of a patient through the system and coordinates with various specialties, such as infection control and quality management

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Functional/ Integrated - model of integration

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Created by a hospital or health care delivery organization

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Electronic medical record - EMR

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Consists of clinical documentation, orders, medications, treatments, and other clinical decision support, and is a legal record

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EMR

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Owned by the patient and stakeholders, which could include the government, insurance companies, and healthcare providers among others

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Electronic Heath Record (EHR)

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The study of how information is manipulated to solve problems or answer questions

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Computer Science

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Study of business decision - making using various analytical methods

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Management Science

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Elements used in management science to help organizations make practical decisions

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Strategic Planning, morphological analysis, influence diagrams, and problem structuring

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Based on the organization’s goals and mission

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Strategic planning

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Looks at many different possible solutions in an attempt to come up with the most appropriate one

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Morphological Analysis

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Uses mathematical representations and graphs to solve problems

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Influence diagrams

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A method used in management science in soft - operations research

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Problem structuring

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Regarded to be more related to the process of making business decisions that affect more than operations

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Management Science

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