Question

1.Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population.

4. Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers.

5. Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice.

7. Examine the use of information systems to document interventions related to achieving nurse-sensitive outcomes.

8. Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in the delivery of nursing care.

Answer 1

(1). Patient care technologies:-  

a. Patient care technology has become increasingly complex,transforming the way nursing care is conceptualized and delivered.

b.Before extensive application of technology,nurses relied heavily on their senses of sight ,touch,smell,and hearting to monitor patient status and to detect images.

c. Technology has been described as both part of the problem and part of the solution for safer health care.

d.Patient care technologies of interest to nurses range from relatively simple devices such as catheters nad syringes to highly complex devices such as barcode medication and other electronics health device.

(4). Decision support tools bring together high quaity evidence about particular conditions so that consumersand their health care provider can discuss the risks and benefits of different treatment options.

There is good evidence usig decision siupport tools such as decision aid can help consumers by improving their knowledge of options,helping clarify what matters most to them,supporting them to participate more actively in decision making.

(5):- Nurse uses personal communication devices including basic and enhanced mobile phones and tablet computers that are owned by user.They also use many different methods of electronics communication in clinical setting to coordinate pateint care these include email,smartphones applications.

(7):- Nursing information systemis aprt of healthcare information system that deals with nursing aspects,particularly maintenance of nursing record.

Several objectives that nursing information system should meet in order to succed its aim,covers the users needs .

As nursing information system is part of healthcare and hospital information system.The implementation and upgrade of nursing information system follow some specific phase these include planning phase,analysis phase,design phase,development phase,impleentation phase and upgrade phase.

(8):-Value of best evidence:-

It enables nurses to evaluate research so they understand risks or effectiveness of diagnostic test or treatments.It is important beacuse it aims to provide most effective care that is available.It is process of collectng ,processing anf implementing research findings to improve clinical practice..EBP is crucial tool for delivering high quality care in numerous nursing specialities.

Following are examples of EBP:-

Infection control,Oxygen use in patient with COPD,Measuring blood pressure,Intravenous catheter size and blood administration.

3 components of EBP:-

a. the best external evidence

b.individual practioiners clinical expertise

c. patient prefernces.