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Firstly, your discussion post was a wealth of information and gave me a great amount of
opportunity to look into your topic in more depth. You mentioned how would we feel being put
in a vulnerable situation by someone perusing through our medical records. It brings to the
forefront that as nurses our responsibility has increased beyond the caregiving and lifesaving
measures. Maintaining and guarding a person’s health information is vital and necessary and now
is a new definition of what nursing practices encompasses. Information literacy takes our
patient’s information, understanding where the information comes from and exactly what part of
the information is needed for use in the patient’s care. This type of literacy develops a means of
keeping vital and sensitive information private and safe (Nelson & Staggers, 2018).
Information literacy is a continuous and fluid part of nursing informatics. Healthcare is in
constant motion therefore nursing informatics is in constant flux to remain relevant and up to
date (Bergren & Maughan, 2020). Because of the ever-changing environment of nursing
informatics, it is vital that nurses remain current which brings about a development to research
and question any new topics that can come with new technology. Nursing schools have
incorporated this newer field into the education of new nurses. I became a nurse well before
electronic health records, so it has been very important that I learn the new technology and pass
this on to my patients. When nurses become tech savvy, they are able to pass on their knowledge
to their patients and care of the whole patient is obtained more easily (Karnoe et al., 2018).
Again, great discussion post!
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Bergren, M., & Maughan, E. D. (2020). Data and information literacy: A fundamental nursing
competency. NASN School Nurse, 35(3), 140–142. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/10.1177/1942602X20913249
Karnoe, A., Furstrand, D., Christensen, K., Norgaard, O., & Kayser, L. (2018). Assessing
competencies needed to engage with digital health services: Development of the ehealth
literacy assessment toolkit. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(5), e178.
https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8347
Nelson, R., & Staggers, N. (2018). Health informatics: An interprofessional approach (2nd ed.).
Mosby.
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