NR583NP-68426-Informatics for Advanced Nursing Practice (Questions)
Week 1-Introductions Discussion
Welcome!
In the discussion below, write a few sentences introducing yourself to your colleagues and the course faculty. Tell us a little about your nursing background, why you chose to become a nurse practitioner, your aspirations in this role, and anything else you would like to share!
Week 1 Practicum Validation
Review the resources below, then complete the validation quiz by Sunday, 11:59pm MT this week.
NP Practicum Application Guide
NP Healthcare Compliance Workbook
Week 1 Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Complete the TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC) self-assessment tool
Take a screenshot of the last page of the completed TANIC self-assessment survey using a Snipping Tool or other tools. Save the image as a PDF or JPG. If you are unable to take a screenshot, please notify course faculty.
Include the following sections:
Address the discussion questions below by using your self-appraisal proficiency/competency skill ratings identified on the TANIC survey.
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Discuss how your perceived proficiency level in informatics compared to your TANIC Self-Assessment responses.
Describe two competencies identified as strengths.
Describe two competencies identified as growth opportunities.
Describe at least two strategies to enhance your competencies.
Identify resources to support your selected strategies.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of three different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 2: Collaboration Café Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaboration café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
General Instructions
Electronic health records (EHRs) provide a database for an individual's healthcare data during healthcare encounters and the ability to exchange health information electronically. Consider an EHR with which you have had experience.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Identify one EHR with which you have experience. Provide the name of the system and the practice environment in which it was used.
Describe three key features of the system that supported positive client or organizational outcomes.
Describe one concern with the system specific to the organization. Discuss the impact of the concern and how it can be addressed.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 2 Assignment: Information Systems Evaluation
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help the student develop competency in the analysis and evaluation of health information systems. This assignment supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner practice role.
Due Date
Submit your presentation to the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 2.
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with a penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 190 points.
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Information systems include the hardware and software that process data and information for problem-solving. Health information systems (HIS) provide information within the healthcare setting, which includes collecting, storing, and managing EHRs. Health information systems include both clinical and administrative information systems.
Select either an administrative information system or a clinical information system currently used within your organization. Create a PowerPoint Presentation and address the following requirements:
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create the presentation. Submit the presentation as a .ppt or .pptx file to the Week 2 Dropbox.
Presentation totals 6-8 slides (excluding title and reference slides).
Create slides that are professional in appearance and tone and balanced spatially including words and graphics.
Follow APA rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing.
Include speaker notes for all slides except the title and reference slides. Use complete sentences.
Provide resources from at least two scholarly resources. Include in-text citations in APA format when applicable.
Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy.
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric). In a PowerPoint presentation, address the following topics related to your selected health information system. All slides except the title and reference slides should include speaker’s notes using complete sentences.
Title Slide
Description: Describe the selected information system. Include the name of the product. Identify the system as administrative or clinical. Describe the purpose of the information system.
Workflow and Outcomes: Explain how the selected information system can be used to impact workflow and client outcomes. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Documentation and Communication: Describe how the selected information system supports documentation of client care and communication between healthcare professionals. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Quality, Ethical, Efficient Care: Explain how the selected information system supports the provision of quality, ethical, and efficient client care in your organization. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Client-centered Care: Describe how the selected information system supports the provision of client-centered care within your organization. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Reflection: Reflect on your learning and consider how the knowledge will improve your effectiveness as an advanced practice nurse.
References: Provide complete reference in APA format, may use bullets. Hanging indents are not required.
Week 3 Discussion-mHealth
General Instructions
Mobile health, also known as mHealth, is the secure use of mobile digital wireless technologies to support health. Awareness and skillful use of mHealth applications (apps) are key to advancing health outcomes.
Use the table below to identify the mHealth app for this assignment based on the first letter of your first name. For example, if your first name is Gilda then your assigned app is Medscape.
Use the Google Play Store for Android devices or the Apple iTunes App Store for Apple devices to search for the assigned medical application in the table above.
Download the app to a mobile device (smartphone or tablet). The apps are free and do not require purchase to complete this assignment.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Name of the app: Identify the name of the app.
Author: Describe who created, developed, or maintains the app.
Endorsement: Identify whether the app is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, another government agency, or endorsed by an academic institution or medical professional organization. Discuss the implications (or lack) of endorsement.
Aesthetics: Discuss whether the information is displayed in a way that is easy to navigate. Is it easy to use? Can you use it without instructions? Explain.
Purpose: Describe the intended purpose or use of the app.
Clinical decision-making: Discuss the influence of the app on clinical decision-making.
Safety: Is there potential for client harm? Explain.
Privacy/security: Identify if the app has a privacy statement or setting. Is there a clear privacy policy stating information will be encrypted and not shared with third parties? Does the app share information on social networks? Are users notified in the event of a breach of privacy and health information? Explain.
User: Explain for whom is the app intended (providers, clients, or others).
Credibility: Discuss the credibility of the sources of information and how credibility is verified.
Relevance: Discuss how current the information is in the app. When was the last update? Is the content consistent with evidence-based literature or best practices/standards of care? Explain.
Week 4 Assignment-Clinical Decision Support Teaching Tool
General Instructions
Read the following scenario.
Your facility received the flowing performance data after implementing a clinical decision support system (CDSS). The goal is to have 100% compliance with CDSS use.
CDSS use among providers was 81.4%
76% of providers approved of the newly implemented CDSS
Cited reasons for not using CDSS included mistrust of the system and a fear of potential diagnostic errors
Based on the above performance data and metrics, design an interprofessional educational tool such as PowerPoint, infographic, pamphlet, or another presentation format to mitigate the mistrust of the proposed CDSS and help increase compliance. Address the following requirements.
Use PowerPoint, Word, or an available online creation tool such as Canva to create the educational tool.
Create a tool that is professional in appearance and tone and balanced spatially including words and graphics.
Follow APA rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing.
Provide resources from at least two scholarly resources. Include in-text citations in APA format when applicable.
Abide by Chamberlain University’s academic integrity policy.
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric):
Problem identification: Identify the intended audience. For this scenario, assume the audience is a group of Advanced Practice Nurses working in your intended field of specialty (i.e. FNP, Adult-Gero, Psych-Mental Health, etc.) at a facility. Present the concern using the provided performance data.
Benefits: Discuss at least three benefits of using CDSS. Provide support from at least one scholarly source including statistical data supporting CDSS use.
Risks: Describe at least three risks associated with bypassing the use of alerts in the CDSS. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Strategies: Provide at least three strategies for providers to increase the use of CDSS. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Reflection: Reflect on your learning and consider how the knowledge will improve your effectiveness as an advanced practice nurse. Discuss how you might use this tool in your practice.
Week 4 Collaboration Café: Big Data
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Describe one source of big data that you are likely to use in your future advanced practice nursing role.
Identify the types of information that can be obtained from this source.
Examine three ways data from this source can be used to impact client care.
Discuss the role of the advanced practice nurse in data stewardship.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 5 Discussion-Safety
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Describe a current safety concern in your practice environment.
Explain one HIT that could be applied to address the concern.
Explain how it could be applied to enhance safety.
Identify at least one possible unintended consequence of adopting the HIT.
Discuss at least one strategy for mitigating the unintended consequence.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of three different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 6: Collaboration Café-Extended Reality Technology
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
How might extended reality technologies, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality be utilized in your intended specialty area of advanced nursing practice?
What type of product that is currently available would be best suited for the application you described?
What are potential barriers to the implementation and use of the technology in your future practice area?
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 6 Assignments-Emerging Technologies Paper
General Instructions
Visit the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Healthcare IT News
Links to an external site. homepage.
Select an article published within the past 6 months related to artificial intelligence or precision medicine.
Use Microsoft Word most current version to complete the assignment. Submit as a .doc or .docx file.
Write 1-2 total pages (excluding title and reference pages).
Follow APA current edition rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing.
Include in-text citations and matching references in APA current edition format.
Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy.
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric):
Summarize the article. Identify and define the emerging technology described in the article. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Describe your intended area of practice. Provide an example of how the emerging technology could be used in your future area of nursing practice. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Identify potential legal, ethical, and client safety concerns related to the emerging technology. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Describe strategies to mitigate the identified concerns. Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Identify whether you support the use of the technology in healthcare. Provide a rationale for why or why not. Reflect on how the knowledge will improve your effectiveness as an advanced practice nurse.
Week 7 Discussion Cybersecurity
General Instructions
Use the table below to identify the cybersecurity breach assigned based on the first letter of your first name. For example, if your first name is Gilda then your assigned app is malware. Create a fictional scenario involving the assigned breach.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Identify and define your assigned breach.
Describe the type of organization in which the breach occurred.
Identify who was involved.
Describe how the breach occurred.
Examine how the threat could impact the organization. Discuss what consequences the breach may cause.
* Peer responses should address steps the organization could take to prevent future breaches.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of three different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 8: Collaboration Café-Reflection on Learning
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using these concepts in your future nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse?
Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve Program Outcome 5: Advocates for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (Extraordinary Nursing).
Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the sub-competencies from the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Competency 8.1 Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients, communities, and populations.
8.1g Identify best evidence and practices for the application of information and communication technologies to support care.
8.1h Evaluate the unintended consequences of information and communication technologies on care processes, communications, and information flow across care settings.
8.1i Propose a plan to influence the selection and implementation of new information and communication technologies.
8.1j Explore the fiscal impact of information and communication technologies on health care.
8.1k Identify the impact of information and communication technologies on workflow processes and healthcare outcomes.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the Collaboration Café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 8: ePortfolio-General Instructions
The ePortfolio assignment is embedded in all courses throughout the nurse practitioner program. For Week 8 in each course, you will upload selected assignments to the Course Artifacts section of the portfolio. In your capstone practicum course, you will complete the Introduction section of the ePortfolio.
Course Artifacts should collectively demonstrate growth in critical thinking, new graduate nurse practitioner clinical competence, scholarly writing, and professional development that occurred during the program of study.
If you have not done so already, begin by setting up your ePortfolio. Use the guide
Links to an external site. and view the ePortfolio tutorials in the Student Resource Center
Links to an external site. for further guidance.
Use the "Organize/Manage Pages" feature to add an NR583NP page to the Course Artifacts section of your ePortfolio.
Click "Edit this Page" to name pages and add content using Rich Text Editor
Location: Right side of ePortfolio editing screen
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric):
NR583NP Artifacts:
Submit the following assignments using the File/Image Upload to the NR583NP page. The file should include the submitted assignments.
Week 2: Information Systems Evaluation
Week 4: Clinical Decision Support Teaching Tool
Week 8: Collaboration Café
Provide the ePortfolio link to the Week 8 ePortfolio dropbox by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Set the ePortfolio to Make it Public.