Assessment 1 Instructions: Nursing Informatics in Health Care

Perla,

Thank you for your work on this assessment. Your description of nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist was comprehensive. There are areas not referenced and the minimum number of references are not used to support his paper. In addition the strategies to protect information are missing. Please review my comments in the scoring guide and within the paper. You must have a score of Basic or above on each criterion in order to pass the course. Thank you for allowing me to evaluate the assessment. I look forward to working with you throughout the course. When you resubmit, please HIGHLIGHT the revisions.

 Keep up the hard work! 

Dr. Weeks

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COMPETENCY 1

Describe nurses' and the interdisciplinary team's role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.

CRITERION

Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.

Your result: Distinguished

Distinguished

Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist. References current data, evidence, or standards to support and refine definition.

Proficient

Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.

Basic

Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist, but the description lacks detail or is missing important information.

Non-Performance

Does not define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.

Faculty Comments:

Good definition of nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist. You showed many different aspects of the role - nicely done.

CRITERION

Explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.

Your result: Distinguished

Distinguished

Explains how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care. Makes explicit reference to scholarly or professional resources to support explanation.

Proficient

Explains how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.

Basic

Identifies but does not explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.

Non-Performance

Does not explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.

Faculty Comments:

You did a very good job explaining how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to improve the quality of patient care.  

CRITERION

Justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.

Your result: Proficient

Distinguished

Justifies the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization and references relevant and timely scholarly or professional resources to support the justification.

Proficient

Justifies the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.

Basic

Proposes but does not justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.

Non-Performance

Does not justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.

Faculty Comments:

Good start with your justification for a nurse informaticist in this health care organization. For a distinguished score, citation of multiple authors from the literature is needed. Did you consider Meaningful Use?

COMPETENCY 2

Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.

CRITERION

Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients� protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).

Your result: Non-Performance

Distinguished

Explains evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients� protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality), with reference to specific data, evidence, or standards to support the explanation.

Proficient

Explains evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients� protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).

Basic

Describes but does not explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients� protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).

Non-Performance

Does not explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients� protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).

Faculty Comments:

I did not see this area of the scoring guide addressed in the assessment. In order to improve your designation in this criterion please refer to the assessment rubric so that all of the criteria are addressed. What does the nurse and the NI do to protect information?

COMPETENCY 3

Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.

CRITERION

Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Your result: Distinguished

Distinguished

Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references with flawless precision and accuracy.

Proficient

Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Basic

Partially follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Non-Performance

Does not follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Faculty Comments:

Your application of APA formatting was very good. You used paraphrased appropriately. Thank you!

CRITERION

Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Your result: Non-Performance

Distinguished

Creates a clear, comprehensive, well-organized, and professional proposal that is error-free in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Proficient

Creates a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Basic

Creates a proposal that lacks clarity and/or has errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Non-Performance

Does not create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Faculty Comments:

The proposal does not meet the minimum reference requirement.