NURS 6051 Interaction Between Nurse Informaticists and Other Specialists
NURS 6051 Interaction Between Nurse Informaticists and Other Specialists
Informatics in nursing has been a very interesting topic for a while. The field is constantly evolving just like our healthcare system is. Nurse informatics (NI) has evolved beyond the definition of data management but is still considered by many as the primary and only skill of a nursing informatic. Today, the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) expanded definition on NI suggests that “Nursing Informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice (Sipes, 2016). Nursing informatics supports not only nurses but also consumers, patients, and other members of healthcare in decision making to provide quality care to their patients.
Up to date information is vital when it comes to caring of a patient. Informatics is a key factor that provides healthcare and consumers the updated information that could optimize and satisfy patients and their health. In a hospital setting we use medical administration record (MAR) that provides us with all the information we need regarding the patient and the care that is being provided for them. It lists their diagnosis, assessments, notes from healthcare providers, vitals, medications, and other valuable information. Having a MAR helps nurse informatics gather data on patients so they could evaluate how the patient are doing and what treatments are working. This helps NI in guiding them to treatments that are not improving patient’s outcome by addressing the issue to appropriate party so they could investigate what is causing the treatment to fail. One article that I came across mentioned about medication safety could be improved. Medication safety is the reasonability of all members of the healthcare team. It is evident from several studies that medication error is one of the leading causes of death in hospitalized patients. The BCMA and e-Mar system would effectively reduce the number of errors with efficient technology. With appropriate training and support, the healthcare team would be able to adhere to a high standard using technological advancement in health care and reduce the number of reported errors (Naidu & Alicia, 2019). IN play an important role in providing the appropriate training when new technology is in cooperated into healthcare field and this helps healthcare providers to provide care effectively and lower unintended harm to the patient’s wellbeing.
MAR could be useful in many ways but sometimes depending on the type of MAR it could lead to system failure. Not having a MAR that functions well and up to speed could impact negatively for nurses and nurse informatics. NI won’t receive consistent data if the system fails to document medication administration and other valuable information. This interaction could be improved by updating the services on our computer and MAR. Training healthcare professionals on other ways to document the data that is valuable and address the problem as soon as it occurs and figure out what could be done to prevent it from occurring again.
I believe that continue evolution of nursing informatics as a specialty and the continued emergence of new technologies might have a positive impact on professional interactions. This is due to how healthcare is integrated with collaborating providers. Doctors need to communicate with nurses so appropriate care could be given and the same goes with other healthcare personal. Having new technologies being incorporated will make the communication a lot easier. On the MAR there are different forms where healthcare members could be reached if something needs to be informed and these speeds up the process of delivering the care on time. One article that I came across mentioned how electric health records helps health professionals coordinate patient care on an informed basis at any time and in any place but only allows asynchronous patient record use. The comprehensive patient file affords joint clinical decision-making based on share data, but specialty and discipline specific user interfaces constrain mutual understanding of that data (Vos et al., 2020). It is easier and quickly to communicate with the MAR when time is limited, and care is needed right away. In upcoming years, I am sure technology will improve even more and this will hopefully improve patient care.
