Blog: How Has Nursing Informatics and Technology Impacted Your Practice? For this Discussion, you will explore the impact of digital technology on

Blog: How Has Nursing Informatics and Technology Impacted Your Practice?

For this Discussion, you will explore the impact of digital technology on nursing practice. Consider the influence these technologies may have on nursing practice, and what skills you might need to hone in on in order to address these needs.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 


WEEKLY RESOURCES

Learning Resources

Required Readings

· Sipes, C. (2025). 
Project management for the advanced practice nurse (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.

· Chapter 4, “Planning: Project Management—Phase 2” (pp. 85–130) 

· American Nurses Association. (2015). 

Nursing informaticsLinks to an external site.

: Scope and standards of practice  (2nd ed.).

· “Evolution of Nursing Informatics Competencies” (pp. 37–41)

· “The Future of Nursing Informatics” (pp. 52–62)

· “Standard 3: Outcomes Identification” (p. 71)

· “Standard 4: Planning” (p. 72)

· American Hospital Association. (n.d.).
 

Innovative models of care delivery: Addressing transitions across the care continuumLinks to an external site.
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· Guest in VSee. (2020). 

7 ways technology is transforming the nursing field Links to an external site.
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· The Medical Futurist. (2020). 

10 ways technology is changing healthcare Links to an external site.
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Required Media

· Schade, M. (2016, January 11). 

How to do a GAP Analysis Links to an external site.
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· Project Manager. (2014, June 2). 

What is a work breakdown structureLinks to an external site.

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· Project Manager. (2016, March 11). 

Gantt Charts, Simplified – The Project Management TrainingLinks to an external site.

. [Video]. YouTube. 

Optional Resources

· Rew, L., Cauvin, S., Cengiz, A., Pretorius, K., & Johnson, K. (2020). 
Application of project management tools and techniques to support nursing intervention researchLinks to an external site.
Nursing Outlook, 68 (4), 396–405.

 

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To Prepare

· Consider your nursing background and professional interests as you view the video.

· What potential skills, knowledge, or competencies to ensure quality of care and safety improvements, might you need to develop for your healthcare organization or nursing practice to ensure continued quality care and safety?

By Day 3 of Week 3

Post a blog to address the following:

· Explore the pivotal role of informatics competencies in enhancing the quality of care and safety in your nursing practice. 

By Day 6 of Week 3

Read a selection of your colleagues’ blog posts and 
respond to 
at least two of your colleagues on 
two different days by expanding upon their responses or sharing additional or alternative perspectives.

RESPOND TO THIS DISCUSSION POST

Lori

Nursing informatics competencies enhance the quality of care and safety within the nursing profession. Nursing informatics competency is to analyze healthcare information communication technology in order to reduce risks and improve care for patients. Nursing informatics and technology have positively impacted the nursing profession. This technology allows nurses to deliver evidence based care to their patients. Within my nursing practice of oncology, we are able to use oncology data and workflows with EHR’s. As stated in Parikh et al., (2022), EHR’s  are the core of  health information technology that stores patient’s data for the primary purpose to support continuing efficient, and quality integrated health care. Nurses are able to maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation which facilitates better communication among healthcare providers and reduces errors. With the use of EHR’s in my oncology practice, there has been a reduction of medication errors and chemotherapy errors. EHR’s may result in improved and more efficient care, better care coordination and patient safety (Harris, et al., 2023). Patient portals is another technology tool that can help within the oncology department as well as all healthcare organizations by helping patients and providers have open communication, requesting refills and making appointments, access health records and lab results. As stated in Gerber et al., (2017), electronic portals provide patients with real time access to their personal patient health records and communication with healthcare providers.  Nursing informatics and other technological methods will continue to help shape the healthcare system into the future.

References:

Gerber, D.E., Beg, M.S., Duncan, T., Gill, M., & Lee S.J.C. (2017). Oncology nursing

            perceptions of patient electronic portal use: a qualitative analysis. 
Oncology Nursing

            Forum 1(44):165-170. Doi:10.1188/17.ONF.165-170.

Harris, R., Machin, J., Deo , J., Sindhu, L., Kambo, N., & Cremer, N. (2023). Electronic

            health records: Qualitative systematic review. 
Canadian Journal of Nursing

            Informatics 18(3).

Parikh, R.B., Basen-Enquist, K., Bradley, C., Estrin, D., Levy, M., Lichtenfeld, J.L., Malin, B.,

            McGraw, D., Meropol, N.J., Oyer, R.A., & Shulman, L.N. (2022). Digital health

            applications in oncology: An opportunity to seize. 
Journal of the National Cancer

            Institute 114(10):1338-1339. Doi:10.1093/jnci/djac108.

           

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