Nursing Questions

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This week’s lesson and graded assignment are opportunities for you to evaluate your own competencies in order to better understand nursing informatics and enhance your knowledge and skills. Competency assessment is an on-going process. You might be quick to assume that your competencies will always increase. Be mindful of barriers and challenges as you reflect on this topic. As you progress in this course, in the program, and beyond, how might you expect your competencies to evolve? Provide a brief response (100 words or less) 

Information literacy is critically important for all nurses, especially APNs. APNs must be able to determine what information is needed, find the information, critique the information, provide care based on this information, and evaluate the outcomes of the process. Sound challenging? Continue to reflect upon strategies to facilitate this process. Provide a brief response (100 words or less) 

For the healthcare professional to be an effective patient advocate, he or she must understand how information technology affects the patient and the subsequent delivery of care. Continue to reflect upon what does this statement means to you and your responsibilities as a future APN. Provide a brief response (100 words or less) 

NI knowledge, skills, and competencies are so pervasive in the modern technology-rich healthcare environment it is difficult to imagine one without the other. This course provided foundational and introductory knowledge regarding informatics with an emphasis on developing an understanding of concepts of nursing informatics (NI) and becoming knowledgeable about the application of informatics in advanced practice. Reflect upon one NI competency relevant to APNs which you learned in this course. Provide a brief summary (100 words or less) 

Please answer all 4 questions. If reference is used, please make sure it’s within the last 5 years and APA format

discussion 1:

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Articles in the scientific literature  over the past several years have implied that computed tomography (CT) may cause cancer and that physicians and patients must exercise caution in its use. What is your opinion regarding this subject. Please research and give your input abut the topic.

Safe prescribing medications and 3 prescribing barriers for APRNs.

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Discuss the role of advanced practice nursing in safe prescribing medications and 3  prescribing barriers for APRNs.

1. You need 1 initial post, and 2 replies to 2 different students.

2. A minimum of 2 paragraphs is required for all posts (initials and replies).

3. Support all posts with at least 2 cited peer review references within 5 years of publication (references cannot be older than 5 years).

4. All posts are to be written in APA 6th edition format as required by the university.

PLEASE READ IMPORTANT LINKS BEFORE YOU WRITE

Important Links:

https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2016/html/1424

http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-19-2014/No2-May-2014/Barriers-to-NP-Practice.html

https://floridasnursing.gov/new-legislation-impacting-your-profession/

https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/advocacy-resource/position-statements/nurse-practitioner-prescriptive-privilege

Comm Culture Project Required And Sample Blow

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Citations of Readings That Can Be Used For This Assignment:

It was in the back of your syllabus but here these are again:

Samovar, L. A., & Porter, R. E. (1995). Culture: Our invisible teacher (Chapter 3). 
In L. A. Porter, & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Communication between cultures (pp. 44-76). Belmont: Wadsworth. 

Hofstede, G. (1998). I, we, and they. In J.N. Martin, T.K. Nakayama, L.A. Flores (Eds.), Readings in cultural contexts (pp.345-356). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Chen, L. (1998). Chinese and North Americans: An epistemological exploration of intercultural communication. In J.N. Martin, T.K. Nakayama, L.A. Flores (Eds.), Readings in cultural contexts (pp. 357-369). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield. 

Daniel, J. L., & Smitherman, G. (1990). How I got over: Communication dynamics in the Black community. In D. Carbaugh (Ed.), Cultural communication and intercultural contact (pp. 27-40). Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum. 

Halualani, R.T. (2006). This Is The Way Things Are!: Making Sense of Gender Roles in Cultures. In M.K. Lustig & J. Koester (Eds.), Among us: Essays on identity, belonging, and intercultural Competence (Second Edition) (pp. 104-108). Longman Publishing