1. Introduction: Hello wonderful ladies and Gent (Mr Black). I am excited for a great summer class! For those of you that don't know me, I am starting my 3rd year.....yes 3rd and I can't believe where the time has gone. I am in the DNP for Women's Health and Midwifery program and I love it!! I have an incredible husband, Josh, and a growing beautiful 7 almost 8 year old son Jacob. They are my life and I couldn't do this without them. I love my cohort and couldn't make it without them either. We are a force to be reckoned with.
- Why do you as a graduate level nurse need to know about information management? In the world of smart boards, smart phones, iPads, and apps it is imperative we as clinician's know how to navigate and use these tools to improve our patient interaction and care. With an EMR, we have the improved experience to be connected with our patients even from home. Although technology is blessing and a curse (can't get away from it), I believe that it is a great tool for good to be used to improve healthcare and a great way to be utilized to partner with patients on their care.
- Describe what is happening related to IT in your clinical or practice setting. I worked on a Nurse Care Line and it was completely run by technology. A patient would call in and have a complaint of some type and we would use programs to rule out/in diagnoses and then create a treatment plan. This was a phenomenal tool to help elevate the MD's time with the things nurses could take care of and helped with timely response to patient care. I really enjoyed that technology and most of the technology that I have worked with in within health care over the last 5 years.
