Devry NR512 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 JUNE

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 1 Discussion

Integration
of Nursing Informatics Skills and Competencies

Reflect on
your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is
your primary area where you would use informatics? From completing the
Pre-TANIC TIGER assessment for this week, what do you plan to achieve in this
course? How did you feel your competency level was compared to the assessment?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 2 Discussion

Wisdom
Versus Judgment

How does
the concept of wisdom in nursing informatics compare to the concept of
professional nursing judgment? What is DIKW and how do you “use” it
in your practice?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 3 Discussion

Virtual Learning
Environments

Online
learning is considered a virtual learning environment (VLE); however there are
other types of VLE that you may have used or heard about. Please discuss one of
the following VLE’s and your experience with using it:

Virtual
simulation

Edutainment

Three
dimensional virtual environment or world

Augmented-reality
games (ARGs)

Virtual
Reality devices

Then
discuss how you, as the advanced practice nurse, would use this in your
practice.

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 4 Discussion

Informatics
Skills

How do the
informatics skills you are now developing/expanding upon and validating help
you meet current informatics skills levels? How did the TANIC self-assessment
change your impression of your current informatics skill levels?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 5 Discussion

Knowledge
Generation Through Nursing Informatics

In one of
the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN)
roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major
elements of NI, but new to most nurses. What type of application does this have
for your practice?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 6 Discussion

HealthIT
Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice

What was
the HealthIT Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select
it? How will this impact your practice?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 7 Discussion

Safeguarding
Health Information and Systems

A new
concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices
known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the
security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address
these issues? How is this issue addressed in your practice setting?

NR512 Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics

Week 8 Discussion

Reflection
on Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Specialty

Discuss how
Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in
this course. What changes did you note in your post-TANIC TIGER assessment from
when you started this course in week 1?