COMPETENCIES
738.3.1 : Explain Health Data
The learner explains how data factors into decision-making to promote high-quality patient healthcare.
738.3.2 : Identify Barriers to Informatics Use
The learner identifies barriers to the use of informatics to improve patient outcomes and advance health
literacy.
738.3.3 : Differentiate Among Health Information Systems and Technologies
The learner differentiates among health information systems and technologies that support decision-making.
738.3.4 : Evaluate Health Information Technology Data
The learner evaluates health information technology data in nursing practice to monitor and improve patient
outcomes.
738.3.5 : Describe Legal and Ethical Implications
The learner describes the legal and ethical implications related to informatics in the healthcare environment.
INTRODUCTION
Information Technology in Nursing Practice provides a basic overview of information technology as it relates
to the baccalaureate-prepared nurse. It is a foundational overview of nursing informatics with an emphasis
on developing basic competency.
In this task, you will discuss how data factor into promoting high-quality patient care and the impact of
barriers on patient healthcare in a selected healthcare setting. You will also identify legal and ethical
implications and a nurse’s role in the use of data while ensuring high-quality patient care.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used
as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
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specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted
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A. Identify a healthcare setting and an electronic health record system (EHRS) that could be used in this
setting.
- Describe the purpose of the EHRS used in the identified healthcare setting.
- Using a specific example, explain how this EHRS is used to make decisions promoting high-quality
patient care in this healthcare setting. - Identify a barrier/challenge (e.g., privacy, costs, usability, accessibility, terminology, accuracy, etc.) to
using this EHRS in this healthcare setting. - Describe the role of the nurse in maintaining data integrity while overcoming this barrier/challenge.
- Explain how overcoming this barrier/challenge will improve patient outcomes.
- Explain how overcoming this barrier/challenge will advance health literacy.
B. Identify one health information system and one technology to use in the healthcare setting identified in
part A. - Discuss how the health information system supports decision-making in patient care.
- Discuss how the technology supports decision-making in patient care.
- Explain the importance of evaluating data from health information systems (e.g., reliability, quality,
consistency, security).
C. Describe how relevant laws and policies guide the use of health information systems and safeguard
healthcare information by doing the following: - Using a specific example from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
code of ethics, explain the nurse’s ethical responsibility regarding the use of protected healthcare
information. - Using a specific example from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
legislation, explain the nurse’s legal responsibility regarding the use of protected healthcare
information.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Note: For best results, please focus on the specific correctness errors identified by Grammarly for Education
to help guide your revisions. If you need additional assistance preparing your submission, please contact your
instructor
