NR 512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics week 8

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NR 512 Week 8 TD Reflection on Second Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Specialty: Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed ... in this course. Nursing Informatics (NI) has become a crucial part of healthcare. From electronic health records (EHR) to health information technology (HIT) to protected health information (PHI), nursing informatics is everywhere. Before this class I knew of NI because of going to the EHR systems however, I did not realize how far it extends as a profession. When the charting systems just came out I remember wondering what the informatics people would do once everyone was trained on the system. How naïve and closed minded that thought was. I was under the impression NI had just come about and would only be around for a certain amount of time. Little did I know NI has been around since the late 1980’s (Ronquillo, Currie, & Rodney, 2016). The use of informatics in practice is beneficial to nurses and patients. When used as it was intended, informatics has a positive effect on patient care by reducing the incidents of adverse events and by increasing the safety, quality, and efficiency in practice (Bembridge, Levett-Jones, & Jeong, 2010 [Show More]

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