Week 3 PowerPoint NIASU

Nursing Informatics and the Knowledge

Worker

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The Knowledge Worker

A knowledge worker is one who’s work is primarily

focused on gathering and interpreting information

or uses knowledge in a systematic way (Švarc, 2015)

Nursing informatics is a discipline of nursing that combines nursing with information sciences. This specialist collects and communicates data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. These are then are used to promote the health of patients, development of the practice of nursing, and systems (American Nurses Association & R2 Library (Online service), 2015, pp. 1–2).

Nursing Informatics Wisdo

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Knowledg e

Information

Data Observed

phenomenon

Interpreted data

Synthesis of information

Application of knowledge based on

experience

A Nurse’s Role as a Knowledge

Worker

Nurses inspire others through their proficiency as a

knowledge worker. As knowledge workers, nurses

solve problems by gathering, analyzing, synthesizing,

and applying knowledge. The use of nursing

informatics allows nurses to systematically reach

informed conclusions and address deficiencies in a

situation or system (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018, pp.

117–119)

Example Scenario

A large university system hospital is struggling with

prolonged discharge times. These discharge times

result in long admission waiting times, intrahospital

transfer delays, canceled procedures, and lower

patient satisfaction scores. The consequences of

prolonged discharge times are detrimental to patient

outcomes. The nurse leader using nursing informatics

find solutions to the problem of delayed discharges

and improve patient outcomes.

Application of Nursing

Informatics in Problem Solving

Use of the Electronic Health record to collect information on time from written discharge order and patient departure. Data collection regarding delays and testing scheduling issues. The medical record is an essential area for data collection (Bowles et al., 2015).

Interdisciplinary meetings are a means to examine the perspective of different knowledge workers. Differing views on solutions and concerns can be gathered and analyzed. Other disciplines' information on the discharge process can lessen the problem of delayed discharge times (Pinelli et al., 2017).

Develop a questionnaire for patients and their families. The results are studied for trends to identify problem areas. Patient feedback through the use of surveys offers insight into patient experiences with the discharge process (Wallace et al., 2016).

Conclusion

▪ Knowledge workers focus on gathering, interpreting, and systematically using knowledge.

▪ Nurses inspire through their work as informaticists, knowledge workers, and practice.

▪ Nursing Informatics combines nursing and a hierarchal system, including data, information,

knowledge, and wisdom.

▪ The application of these concepts improve patient outcomes, enrich nursing practice, and improve

systems.

References

American Nurses Association & R2 Library (Online service). (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). American Nurses Association.

Bowles, K., Skinner, E., Mitchell, D., Haas, R., Ho, M., Salter, K., May, K., Markham, D., O’Brien, L., Plumb, S., Haines, T., & Sarkies, M. (2015). Data collection methods in health

services research. Applied Clinical Informatics, 06(01), 96–109. https://doi.org/10.4338/aci-2014-10-ra-0097

Gosse, A.-M. (2020, June 6). The electronic medical Health record allows the admission nurse to write information on whether the patient leaves alone or with [Online forum post].

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2018). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Pinelli, V., Stuckey, H. L., & Gonzalo, J. D. (2017). Exploring challenges in the patient’s discharge process from the internal medicine service: A qualitative study of patients’

and providers’ perceptions. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 31(5), 566–574. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2017.1322562

Švarc, J. (2015). The knowledge worker is dead: What about professions?. Current Sociology, 64(3), 392–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392115591611

Wallace, A. S., Perkhounkova, Y., Bohr, N. L., & Chung, S. J. (2016). Readiness for hospital discharge, health literacy, and social living status. Clinical Nursing Research, 25(5),

494–511. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773815624380