UNIT XI Flashcards
NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE NURSE ENTREPRENEUR
They fill the gaps in the current health care delivery system by supporting the development of targeted products and services, enhanced technology, software, and safety systems.
Nurse entrepreneurs
They have been defined as “a proprietor of a business that offers nursing services of a direct care, educational, research, administrative, or consultative nature
Nurse entrepreneurs
unitbased technology support user is also know as:
“super-user”
What do nurses acquire for them to be legally permitted to practice in their state of residence
licensure
3 Some components of accepted competencies/categories under Roles/ Competencies:
- Computer Skills
- Informatics Knowledge
- Informatics Skills
What Roles/ Competencies is when:
contain computerized searches and retrieving patient demographics data, the use of telecommunication devices, the documentation of patient care, the use of information technologies for improving nursing care, and the use of networks and computer technology safely.
Computer Skills
What Roles/ Competencies is when:
the recognition of the use or importance of nursing data for improving practice, and the recognition of the fact that the computer can only facilitate nursing care and that there are human functions that cannot be performed by computers
Informatics Knowledge
Other Competencies include:
- Interpersonal Skills
- Confidentiality
- Process Flow
What Roles/ Competencies is when:
s includes the interpretation of information flow within the organization, the preparation of process information flow charts for all aspects of clinical systems, the development of standards and database structures to facilitate clinical care, education, administration or research.
Informatics Skills
What Roles/ Competencies is when:
It also includes the development of innovative and analytic techniques for scientific inquiry in nursing informatics and new data organizing methods and research designs
Informatics Skills
What Roles/ Competencies is when: (others)
The nurse informatics should have excellent interpersonal and communications skills. This individual is often required to explain clinical issues to technical staff such as computer programmers or data analysts, educate clinical staff about technical issues such as data management and sit on a number of multidisciplinary committees
Interpersonal Skills
What Roles/ Competencies is when: (others)
A nurse informatics must feel a strong obligation to protect the privacy of each patient. Nurse informaticists, by virtue of their training and the role they play in their institutions, often have much more access to confidential information than staff nurses or even physicians.
Confidentiality
What Roles/ Competencies is when: (others)
What Roles/ Competencies is when: (others)
