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NURS601B APRN Bridge course

Week 1 Discussion

Please respond to the discussion prompt.

Read the following article Informatics Competencies for Nursing and Healthcare Leaders and discuss the different informatics competencies needed for nurses entering into practice, experienced nurses, informatics nurses, and nurse specialists. Next, discuss how the use of health information (HI) technology has influenced your current nursing practice.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

In all posts referencing personal experiences, please be sure to respect and maintain patient and colleague confidentiality.

 

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Week 2 Discussion

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Read the article, "Increasing the Capacity of Primary Care Through Enabling Technologies" and discuss the different types of technologies that could improve access and the care provided in the primary care setting.

Discuss the challenges to achieving improved technology and logistical issues for the primary care setting.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas. All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

In all posts referencing personal experiences, please be sure to respect and maintain patient and colleague confidentiality.

 

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Week 3 Discussion

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As an APRN, you have an interest in telehealth and feel that current healthcare delivery is influenced by technology, and you expect that to continue in the future. What specifics associated with telehealth care can support your plans to work in a rural clinic as a healthcare provider meeting the needs of a potentially underserved population?

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

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Week 4 Discussion

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Discuss the increased use of technology to gather, store, and access healthcare information and the importance of preventing data security breaches and the implication of such breaches on nurses professionally. Describe a specific and current example of a health data breach (at least one, big or small).

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

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Week 5 Discussion

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Discuss the benefits, barriers, and challenges of adopting electronic medical records (EMRs) specifically related to H&P documentation. For an advanced practice registered nurse, what are the medical and legal considerations of documentation?

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

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Week 6 Discussion     

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Discuss the differences and similarities between the adult and pediatric preventative care visits. What are the goals of patient education and counseling related to preventive care? Give examples.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

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Week 7 Discussion

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In the primary care setting, discuss how a problem list may be used and discuss the rationale for maintaining a medication list. Discuss the challenges and benefits of advanced practice registered nurses using social medial sites for professional purpose.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

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Week 8 Discussion

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Discuss the elements of a prescription and the ways an APRN can protect his or her DEA number. Identify some of the most common prescription-writing errors and offer suggestions on how to prevent them.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. This is required. In addition, you may also provide an example case, either from personal experience or from the media, which illustrates and supports your ideas.  All sources must be referenced and cited using correct APA (including a link to the source).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Week 4 Assignment  

Meaningful Use for Nurses Paper

You will select (2) Core objectives to enable EHRs to support healthcare from Stage 1. You will select (2) Menu objectives that provide flexibility for providers to choose from Stage 1 or Stage 2.

Table 17-1 (Sewell text, chapter 17-1, p. 274).

To earn full credit, your paper must include the following components:

A. Introduction and overview of the Meaningful Use Program - provide an overview of the Meaningful Use Program. Describe its significance to advanced practice registered nursing and the impact it has on the nursing profession.

What is it?

When did it originate? Why is it needed?

What are the relationships between EMR, EHR, and ePHR to clinical information systems?

What is the significance to the nursing profession, especially to the PCP?

B. Discussion and analysis of the Meaningful Use Program (MUP) - describe and analyze the goals and objectives of meaningful use as well as its implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of meaningful use core criteria.

Review the goals and objectives and discuss them. Is this something you see or deal with in your workplace?

Discuss the implications – is the program effective? Is it affordable? Does it work? Does it really improve quality and efficiency of care?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of MUP?

Support your ideas with evidence-based practice.

C. Core Requirements of the Meaningful Use Program - analyze how the core requirements are beneficial for advanced nurses, nursing, monitoring population health, setting national health policies, and/or improvements in patient outcomes or population health.

Patients – discuss impact of MUP on the use of patient reminders, ePrescribing, electronic access, etc.

Providers – does MUP assist providers in making more informed decisions, deliver better care, and create greater efficiencies?

Nursing – does MUP help to prevent duplicative testing, eliminate adverse drug reactions, and enhance provider collaboration?

Population health – does MUP encourage providers to send data to immunization registries and public health agencies?

D. Challenges and recommendations - discuss current challenges with meaningful use seen in practice today and provide recommendations using evidence-based rationale.

Challenges – lack of clear plan, cost, lack of oversight, privacy risks, concerns about sustainability

Recommendations – realistic, scalable, and flexible starting point for adopting EHR, allow reasonable time for robust EHR use, ensure adequate training, better communication with physicians and providers

E. Conclusion - summarize your findings and conclude by providing insights gained from your analysis.

Do not introduce new concepts

Summarize the highlights of your findings

Offer your insights

A minimum of 2 scholarly resources are required not including your texts.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages.

Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. Include a title page and a reference page listing the sources you used.