Can informatics be used to gain wisdom?

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To prepare:

 

  • Review the information in Figure 6-2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
  • Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
  • Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
  • Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
    • Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
    • Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
    • Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
    • How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

To complete:

 

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:

 

  • Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.
    • Identify the databases and search words you would use.
    • Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.
  • Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.

 

Your paper must also include a title page, an introduction, a summary, and a reference page

Describe an experience in your clinical practice in which you used nursing clinical judgment based on the holistic model. How did you use the nursing process in that example?

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Holistic Model of Nursing

Question 1

Using the South University Online Library, research the holistic model within the nursing profession.

Based on your research, complete the following tasks:

  • Describe an experience in your clinical practice in which you used nursing clinical judgment based on the holistic model. How did you use the nursing process in that example?

Question 2

Using the South University Online Library, choose two cultures other than your own. Research how illness is viewed in those cultures. Based on your research, respond to the following:

  • How would you go about providing care to patients of these cultures? Make a checklist of points to be kept in mind when caring for patients from these cultures
  • Describe an experience in your clinical practice in which you used nursing clinical judgment based on the holistic model. How did you use the nursing process in that example?

Personal Leadership in nursing

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Personal Leadership in nursing
Paper details 

ASSIGNMENT

In this written assignment, you will clarify your current beliefs about leadership in nursing and you will critically analyze the fit between your current beliefs and the literature. The 1st part is about your own values and beliefs, so it is very personal but then you need to situate it within the literature to demonstrate how you fit or do not fit with the literature.

The 2nd part is much broader and is about your ideal vision related to leadership in nursing as a profession.

The 3rd part is about what you think you yourself should be doing in order to live out your values/beliefs about leadership within the context of your vision for nursing. For example, as an educator who believes in the importance of facilitating a student’s growth might also talk a little about how the current systems constrain me from meeting my goals.

Remember to relate all of your reflections to the literature, even though you will be writing about your personal beliefs and so on. It is expected that you use the literature from course materials, but additional new material should also be sought.

Your personal paper about leadership should be no more than 5 typed pages double-spaced (excluding cover sheet and references) and must follow APA format, including a cover page and judicious use of headings. Please become familiar with the APA materials that I have posted on Moodle and use them to ensure you follow correct APA style. The APA folder within the Introduction folder even contains an example cover page and first page that you could use as the template for how to format your assignment. The references within this course are in APA
format and I recommend you use them as your template for references. I prefer that you single space your references, similar to the format in this course outline, as it saves space and pages.

Depth of analysis is essential, so be careful to explore each area. Your grade will reflect the extent to which you meet the following criteria:

Level of critical reflection in how you describe your values and beliefs related to leadership in nursing, i.e., what is important to you when nursing with persons you are leading, and relate to the literature
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Level of critical reflection in how you describe your vision related to leadership in nursing,i.e., what you envision the practice of leadership in nursing should be, and relate to the literature.

Level of critical reflection in how you describe your mandate as a nurse in the context of leading, i.e., your personal policy or course of action in providing and promoting nursing leadership, and relate to the literature.

Coherence, flow, and clarity of paper; relevant and accurate use of headings; accurate citation of references according to APA; follows APA format, e.g., running head, spacing
between sentences, etc.

include reference page and one of the article you use to write this paper

How can you apply one of the theories of professional nursing studied this week to your nursing care?

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Using Nursing Knowledge to Apply Nursing Theory to Practice

Nurses are increasingly considered knowledge workers. We are valued for what we know and how we think rather than what we do. Select one of the nursing theories from your readings this week (or another nursing theory from your textbook). How can you apply your selected theory of professional nursing to your nursing care? Provide specifics using terminology from the theory you selected to explain your use.

Theory to Practice  

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Nursing theory guides nursing practice for the professional nurse. Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring considers body, mind, and spirit of the person as recipient of nursing care and thus keeps caring as a central component to nursing practice (Hood, 2014). Erci, Sayan, Tortumluoglu, Kilic, Sahin, and Gungormus (2003) studied the effect of Watson’s theory on quality of life and blood pressure readings in patients with hypertension. These researchers concluded that caring nursing practice improved quality of life and decreased blood pressure. By being intentionally caring in their nursing practice, nurses were able to improve patient outcomes. Erci et al. (2003) noted that the Watson “model considers persons holistically together with their physical, psychological and social environment” (p. 137).

How can you apply one of the theories of professional nursing studied this week to your nursing care?