Hello, out there. Here I am blogging. Honestly, I would not be doing this if it wasn't for my course work. If I am going to do it, I might as well have fun with it and enjoy the new adventure it brings.
I am in the MS-DNP 2012 Cohort at the University of Utah. I will be a BYUtah grad when I complete this program.
Information management has become an essential element of most every profession and job. In nursing, nurses are responsible for multiple patients with varied concerns and questions. No one can know all there is to know. Knowing what I know and knowing how to manage information I don't know will help me better take care of the client. Nursing Informatics (technology in nursing) will help me access and distribute personalized care and information to those in need. As I care for clients, I must be competent and considerate.
IT is slowly gaining ground in the world I experience. In the hospitals, lab and diagnostic information is readily available. Nurse charting is 99% on the computer. MAR's are almost exclusively electronic. Unfortunately,there is a large portion of nurses and doctors who are aging, and with that comes some reluctance to embrace technology for the good it can bring. It is so easy to see the good and the ugly of technology. If technology is something that is a little daunting, then the ugly is worse than the good.
If healthcare providers could correlate the understanding that research, care modalities, and patient safety are where they are today due to technology, maybe technology would be embraced and championed in the areas of orders, MAR's, and notes.
These are generalized statements. I acknowledge that. I am one that has to be forced to embrace technology. I realize that. We can all work harder to be a little better.
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