Question

Discuss the opportunities and challenges for nursing in using computers in their professional practice pertaining to nursing informatics.

Answer 1

Opportunities of nurses using computer

• Today the technology also enables to nurses to seek the medical references online
• In some organizations, there is widespread use of computers as an important tool for all members of the
  health-care team. In other organizations, computers are just being introduced
• The use of computers for health-care organizations is increasing rapidly to support the use of an
  electronic health record and other related technological innovations.

• Computer technology also enables nurses to create records that doctors use to update patient
• Nurses can get information such as y laboratory test and x-ray results and health reports from other health-care team members using computer easily
• Record on the electronic health record personal health-care story, the treatments they carried out
• Obtain information about past and ongoing treatments and medications of the patient to ensure the best care using computer
• Review data about patient current and past health situation and plan of care on the electronic health record
• Access clinical knowledge such as drug information, nursing assessments, articles and nursing best in online medical reference
• Nurses use computers similar to those use at work. They use software programs specifically designed to support the work of nurses to ease the transformation of details
• Nurses widely use computer in various departments in hospital such as xray, lab, microbiology, scanning room, nurses station etc so the nurse get wide opportunity to use computers

Challenges

• The main challenge of nurses using computer are less knowledge of the nurse about how to utilise computer
• The use of computers for health-care organizations is increasing but in some organisations it is not invented properly
• Spend more time to seek the solution from medical online references it makes less time provide effective patient care
• Less time to utilise the technology or computer after patient care
• Usually every organisation they assist one person to use computer and manage it so remaining staff will not get oppertunity to use informatics
• Health issues such as vision problem,migraine etc are pull back the nurses from the use of computer