Using Information Technology to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Nursing Care 

For this Application Assignment, you are to write a 4- to 5-page paper on the issues of data quality, patient safety, and access to health care. Reflect on your own practices and review your readings and the media programs about how information technology improves patient safety and quality of care.

Conduct additional research using the Walden Library. Then, addressing the following:

• Describe strategies that are used to ensure the accuracy and safety of data entered into information systems used in nursing practice.
• Explain the importance of data integrity for health care institutions.
• Summarize how information technology contributes to patient safety and to access to health care.

 

 

 

Using Information Technology to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Nursing Care – due by Day 7 of Week 5

 

 

 

For this Application Assignment, write a 3-4 page paper reflecting on what you have learned about the issues of data quality, patient safety, and access to health care in relation to information technology. Use the headings below for each section. Use a minimum of five references from the professional nursing literature in the assigned course readings and other references in the Walden Library. If they are relevant, you may use one or two professional web sites in addition to the literature references.

 

Begin this paper with a brief paragraph that provides an overview of the assignment and its purpose. There is no separate heading for this paragraph; the heading for this paragraph is the same as the title of the paper. This paragraph will be about 2-3 sentences. The last sentence in this paragraph is a sentence that begins “The purpose of this paper is to ¨. This paragraph is worth 20 points.

 

 

 

Data accuracy and safety – 60 points

 

 

 

Describe at least two strategies that are used to ensure the accuracy and safety of data entered into information systems used in nursing practice. This section is 2 paragraphs.

 

 

 

Data integrity – 40 points

 

 

 

Explain the importance of data integrity to healthcare institutions. This section is 1- 2 paragraphs.

 

 

 

Contributions of information technology – 60 points

 

 

 

Describe at least two ways in which information technology contributes to patient safety and to access to health care. This section is 2 paragraphs.

 

Summary – 20 points

 

End the paper with a one-paragraph summary of the main points of the paper.

 

Format/style

 

Proofread the paper as described in the tips for success in this course and correct any typos, grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, or APA format errors before submitting your paper in the Dropbox. Up to 40 points can be deducted from the grade for this assignment for these types of errors, or for not using at least the minimum number of required references.

Course Reflection Global Health IssuesAssignment Information Reflection is regarded as imperative in nursing and nursing education. Reflective writing is a strategy to enhance reflection; it improves self-awareness, problem solving, and critical thinking. In this assignment, you will reflect on what you have learned and present a summary of your experiences in the class.Your reflection should be thorough, complete, and thoughtful so as to indicate that you have read and examined, and are able to apply, the concepts in the readings. Your reflection will be guided by the course outcomes. Assignment Guidelines 1.      List each course outcome. 2. Under each outcome, state in your own words how you were able to meet it by completing the class assignments, readings, and discussions. Give examples.2 pages needed Course outcomes

• Discuss the importance of historical events and initiatives and their influence on global health issues in order to understand current and anticipate future health care trends based on changing demographic trends, emerging technologies, and disease burdens.
• Design a plan for providing culturally appropriate nursing care that includes health promotion, and disease and injury prevention interventions to improve health outcomes for diverse global populations.
• Examine the impact of cultural and environmental barriers on major communicable and non-communicable diseases on various global populations to identify current and future health care needs for a defined population.
• Analyze diverse health care systems to evaluate their impacts on the health of populations
• Apply the nursing process to coordinate the care for victims of biological outbreaks, emergencies, and disasters.
• Rubric Name: Assignment #3: Course Reflection

Criteria Level 33 points Level 22 points Level 11 point Relevance Demonstrates thoughtful reflection and effort, statement is relevant to the course objective. Reflection shows some thought and effort, some attempt is made at relevance to the course objective Reflection shows poor thought and effort. Irrelevant to the course objective. Content Analysis Able to describe how the information obtained in the course enhanced the students learning experience and contributed to professional development Makes some attempts at describing how the information obtained in the course will enhance the students learning experience and contributes to professional development. Does not describe how the information obtained in the course enhanced the student’s learning experience or contributed to professional development Clarity, spelling, grammar and organization Easy to read, no errors in grammar and spelling Mostly easy to read, some errors in spelling and grammar Difficult to read, many errors in spelling and grammar. Overall Score Level 37 or more Level 24 or more Level 10 or more