(SOLVED)DISCUSSION NR361 Week 1 Collaboration Café AACN Essentials Self-Assessment

 

Purpose

The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on a self-assessment of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) informatics competencies.

Course Outcomes

This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

  • CO 1: Discuss the theoretical foundations, competencies, professional organizations, and roles related to nursing informatics. (POs 1, 5, 7)
  • CO 5: Apply ethical, legal, regulatory, and professional standards to the use of information systems and communication technologies. (POs 2, 6)

Due Date

Graded Collaboration Cafés in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded Collaboration Cafés, the Collaboration Café will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 Collaboration Café requirements must be met by this deadline.

Total Points Possible: 50 points

Preparing the Collaboration Café

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Abide by Chamberlain University’s academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Directions

Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge

Step 1: Consider your current experience level with each of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) informatics competencies. Drag and drop each competency to the box that corresponds with your level of knowledge, skill, and experience.

Step 1 Transcript

Step 2: Answer all questions/criteria below with explanations and details. No scholarly sources are required.

  • Paragraph one: Discuss why it is important for nursing professionals to perform a self-assessment in nursing informatics. How does a self-assessment in nursing informatics support your ability to stay current with evolving technologies and best practices to enhance client care and outcomes?
  • Paragraph two: Discuss two competencies that you identify as strengths. How do these strengths in informatics contribute to your ability to provide quality client care in your future role as a bachelor-prepared nurse?
  • Paragraph three: Discuss two competencies that you identify as growth opportunities. Growth in nursing informatics is a continuous process. What two strategies can you use to enhance your nursing informatics knowledge?

Posts should meet the following criteria:

  1. Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
    1. Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
    2. Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
    3. Add depth to the Collaboration Café.
  2. Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
    1. Communicate clearly and concisely.
    2. Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
    3. Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
  • Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
    1. Post in the Collaboration Café at least two times.
    2. Post in the Collaboration Café on two different days.

 

SOLUTION:

Nursing professionals must engage in self-assessment in nursing informatics because it helps to explore their strengths and weaknesses, recognize their competency level to use technology, and identify different opportunities for professional growth and development. In addition, self-assessment allows nurses to identify areas where they lack skills and knowledge, highlight areas of improvement, and encourage continuous learning. This is important for staying current with evolving technologies and practices, enabling us to effectively use tools that enhance patient care.

Two competencies that I identify as strengths are the use of communication and technology to gather data, create information, and generate knowledge and support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels. These strengths allow me to assess patients, identify problems, initiate care plans, implement both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, evaluate the effectiveness, and effectively communicate analyzed data with the healthcare team to deliver safe, high-quality patient care promptly. For instance, utilizing technology such as Electronic health records (EHR) enables me to access patient information in real-time. EHR streamlines documentation decreases errors, and enhances communication between team members. I rely on EHR to document my nursing assessment information promptly, gather information regarding patient medical history, and use secure chat to communicate with all team members, as well as to send educational materials to patients regarding their medical conditions. This emphasizes patient-centered care. As a bachelor-prepared nurse, I am committed to using my knowledge and skills to improve care and promote patient safety….. …………...KINDLY CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT FOR $12