NURS 6051 Week 1 Assignment Knowledge Continuum
Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum
As a registered nurse (RN), working in an intensive critical care unit (ICU) is seen as the zenith …
Clinical Question.
Will obtaining the CCRN certificate lead to nurses in the ICU obtaining more critical care knowledge that can lead to wisdom in their role as a nurse?
Data and Information. NURS 6051 Week 1 Assignment – Knowledge Continuum
The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines data as “discrete entities that are described …
CCRN Search
Knowledge on the CCRN
The AANA, the accreditation body, touts many benefits of certification. These include patients …
Transforming CCRN knowledge to Critical Care Wisdom Nursing informatics can transform knowledge into wisdom. By providing the knowledge …
References
NURS 6051 Week 2 Assignment
Adaptive Response and Mind Map
Walden University, NURS 6051: Advanced Pathophysiology
Adaptive Response and Mind Map
The word patho is derived from the Greek word pathos, which means suffering, logos, … Scenario One
The patient presenting in this scenario is a 2-year-old female who according to her … Scenario Two
The patient in this scenario is a 27-year-old who presents with redness and … Scenario Three
In this scenario a patient presents with trouble sleeping, occasionally “racing heartbeat”, Conclusion
NURS 6051 Week 2 Response (Walden)
RESPONSE 1 Week 2
Good day.
Thank you for your interesting discussion post! I can completely relate to you when you mention compliance and integrity are pertinent to patient care. As most of us know, the…
RESPONSE 2, Week 2
Good day.
Thank you for your interesting contribution to our discussion. Reading about how the formerly cumbersome paging system you used became a more efficient tool to communicate made me
NURS 6051 Week 3 Discussion (1) (Walden)
Week 3 Discussion
Pain: Acute, Chronic, and Referred Acute Pain
Chronic Pain Referred Pain
Factors: Gender and Behavior
NURS 6051 Week 3 Discussion (Walden)
Standardized Documentation
When working in the intensive critical care unit (ICU), it is vital to be able to communicate accurately and succinctly. Very often, time is of the essence and nurses need to be as direct as …
NURS 6051 Week 4 Assignment (Walden)
Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum
As a registered nurse (RN), working in an intensive critical care unit (ICU) is seen as the zenith of clinical skills and knowledge. Every day, you are continuously faced with critical decisions
Clinical Question
Will obtaining the CCRN certificate lead to nurses in the ICU obtaining more critical care knowledge that can lead to wisdom in their role as a nurse?
Data and Information CCRN Search
Databases used were CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MEDLINE with Full Text, and Google Scholar. The search words used were: CCRN, Critical Care Registered Nurse, certificate,
certification, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AANA), benefits, ICU, and critical care. NURS 6051 Week 1 Assignment Knowledge Continuum
Knowledge on the CCRN
The AANA, the accreditation body, touts many benefits of certification. These include patients …
Transforming CCRN knowledge to Critical Care Wisdom Nursing informatics can transform knowledge into wisdom. By providing the knowledge offered by the CCRN, hospitals can promote the higher quality of care provided by the nursing …
References
NURS 6051 Week 4 Discussion (Walden)
Innovative Technology Utilized
During my travel nursing career, I came across a broad spectrum of technology being used to enhance nursing. Sometimes the technology actually did the opposite and added to the daily workload. One of the great perks at my current hospital is that we get assigned a smartphone at the start of the day. They are not iPhones or anything like that, but they do enhance communication in many ways.
NURS 6051 Week 5 Discussion (Walden) Analysis of Two Sleep Apnea Studies Study one
The first study is a case report in 2013 by Kumar, Camacho, and Capasso. The question being addressed in the study is a quantitative assessment of an obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patient’s symptoms post tracheostomy. According to Polit and Beck, the strongest design for such a study …
Second Study
Lacedonia et al. performed a quasi-experimental study on the effect of OSA on mitochondrial DNA in 2015. The authors used the nonequivalent control group, posttest-only design. The …
Choosing an Inappropriate Design for a Research Study The entire purpose of research is to be able to gather data to support a hypothesis or inference. …
NURS 6051 Week 6 Assignment (Walden) Preparing Nurses for EHR Implementation Preparing Nurses for EHR Implementation Nurses as Resistant to Change
NURS 6051 Week 7 Discussion (Walden)
Three Workflow Concepts
One of the hospitals I got trained for by my agency company can definitely need some help in analyzing their workflow and IT use. When I trained there for two days, it would often Usability Evaluation
A usability evaluation can highlight how NOT “user-friendly” the current system is at this Benchmarking Benchmarking by this facility would mean evaluating metrics and best practices from the Interview Straightforward and direct, interviews can be utilized to assess how the staff feels about Research Article The article to be covered is The Kaiser Permanente electronic health record: Importance of Monitoring Effect of Technology It is my understanding, the hospital in question implemented the current EHR just to be in …
NURS 6051 Week 8 Assignment (Walden)
A Workflow Process for Call Light Management Walden University
A Workflow Process for Call Light Management Patient survey reports show that my unit struggles with our call light process, as this is a Current Method Our call light system allows for multiple, consecutive calls at a time, and sometimes it can be tough to answer and relay information promptly to the appropriate personnel. Usually, …
Measuring Tool Rules
Improvements Summary
NURS 6051 Week 9 Discussion
Impact of HITECH on My Organization
Overall, the impact of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ACT of 2009 has been very positive at my current facility. The electronic health record …Impact of Incentives and Meaningful Use As listed above, meaningful use incentives are geared towards meeting the goals of … Article of Successful Meaningful Use One of the pivotal goals in meaningful use is decrease in medication errors. Nuckols et al. wrote …
NURS 6051 Week 8 Discussion (Walden)
Practice Issue
The practice issue to be discussed in this paper is the use of needleless systems by nurses in the ICU. As a travel nurse across the south, I saw a significant disparity in different hospitals ….Health IT Supporting Evidence-Based Practice
As mentioned in this week’s reading assignment, gone are the days when nurses were dependent on local libraries and monthly journals. With the advent of the internet and the on-…
NURS 6051 Week 10 Discussion (Walden)
RN PHI Responsibility
According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), protecting a patient’s … PHI and Portable Devices HealthIT.gov recommends NOT using portable storage devices to transport PHI due to the …My Facility and PHI University Hospital is a Magnet hospital, and it prides itself on using the best evidence-based …
NURS 6051 Week 11 Assignment (Walden)
Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum As a registered nurse (RN), working in an intensive critical care unit (ICU) is seen as the zenith of clinical skills and knowledge. Every day, you are continuously faced with critical decisions
Clinical Question
Will obtaining the CCRN certificate lead to nurses in the ICU obtaining more critical care knowledge that can lead to wisdom in their role as a nurse?
Data and Information
The American Nurses Association (ANA) define data as “discrete entities that are described
CCRN Search
Knowledge on the CCRN
Transforming CCRN knowledge to Critical Care Wisdom. NURS 6051 Weekly Discussions and Assignments
NURS 6051 Week 11 Discussion (Walden)
Health Literacy Responsibility
According to the U. S. Department of Health and Services (HSS), all public health care … Patient Resource to Evaluate Information
One of the best online resources for both patients and health care professionals is the … Additional Strategies
According to a 2016 Gallup poll, nurses are once again seen as the most trusted and …
NURS 6051 Week 11 FINAL PAPER (Walden)
A Patient Guide for Clostridium difficile Walden University: Nursing 6051, Section 9 A Patient Guide for Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile has been found to be the main cause of gastrointestinal-related death …
Health Literacy Promotion Among Patients The attached brochure was created for the sake of increasing health literacy and … Conclusion
Since C. diff has the potential to kill or significantly disturb the health of patients, it is ...
