ESSENTIAL V
Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.
(AACN, 2011, p. 5)
EXEMPLARS
Healthcare technology is a strength as I have not learned healthcare in any other way than with an electronic EHR and charting system. I need growth in integrating and educating the patient on how to access their EHR using technology, and taking the time to educate the patient on how to do this, and plan to take the time to learn about this process for my own practice.
This project discusses current technological trends in healthcare. This essential was met by providing examples of how healthcare-related mobile applications are impacting everyday healthcare in America. This is important to know when treating patients and providing resources as a large number of patients have access to technology that they did not have before.
This project discussed LGBTQ sexual health in America. This is a culture that health care providers are not always aware of treating. I met this essential by creating an infographic that utilized technology and is a helpful way to relay information that is easy to read and identify key areas that should be discussed with healthcare providers.
This group project discussed the importance of health education among 1st and 2nd-year college students. This met this essential as we created a website that allowed easy access for young students to learn topics essential to everyday care as well as resources for acute mental health crisis and therapists for chronic mental health management.
This essential was also met by creating this website. This website required knowledge and use of technology to organize and create an appealing, easy to navigate, and informative website that lists all of the ways I have met essentials, how I have been prepared to practice at an advanced level, to give links to pdf documents that provide written examples of my best work. The link above shows my original template for this project. The difference between the original template and this website demonstrates the growth of technological knowledge that I have gained during this program.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2011, March 21). The essentials of master's education in nursing. Retrieved from http://www.aacnnursing.org/portals/42/pubications/mastersessentials//.pdf