Health care Technology and Nursing Informatics

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credible website criteria:

-authenticity- (.gov, .org) -objectivity- (bias, 1˚ & 2˚ info) -currency- up to date -usability- crashing or accessible

verification process:

-barcode and scanning -equipment lets nurse know of abnormal levels or amounts

Health Care Technologies:

-biomechatronics- pacemaker -SMART equipment- IV pumps, beds -POE- doctor enters orders from everywhere -Bar Coding-scan for labs and medicine -Robotic Surgery Automated Dispensing- type name, need, and given meds

benefits of telehealth:

-cost down -readmission rates drop -increase availability of help and access to health care -lead to early detection of issues

Genetic Engineering-

-designing in petri dishes -developing cures, treatment, and replace genes

issues with nursing informatics and technology?:

-expensive equipment and maintenance -alarms are constant -surgery equipment is $2,000 per person -patients find non credible info of conditions -cause moral distress/anxiety when equipment fails

simulation allows:

-mimic a patient and provide care to patient -safe place to provide care and practice skills

benefits of technology:

-scanning armbands and medicines to ensure patient identity -improve patient safety -GPS of nurse badge on floor

types of telehealth:

-use conferencing with interpreter -teleconferencing with a patient at home -store and forward (vitals at home)

Pharmacogenetics-

alter and design drugs to cure, control a response, or reduce side effects

Internet causes __ from searching medical information

anxiety

the Berlin Heart-

artificial heart pump for awaiting transplant

EHR is used to safeguard ___ and ___ and to improve ___ of patient (by catching it ___) and ensure ___ of patient

caregiver; patient; health; earlier; privacy

Nursing informatics write ___ programs to show how new programs are ___. These are usually ___ systems and ___.

computer; used; coding; research

It is hard to share ___ while using ___ systems

EHR; different

internet causes worry about ___

death

EMR/EHR=

electronic medical record electronic health record

Costs of EHR is very ___

expensive

training needed for nursing informatics includes a ___ program degree and certification of __ __

masters; electronic sciences

interoperability/compatibility of EHR-

many hospitals use different EHR's from different companies -EPIC

Nursing Informatics is a speciality that a person integrates ___ science with ___ sciences

nursing; electronic

telehealth can improve the __ of life for patients being __ of the hospital

quality; out

Internet give access to nurses' ___ for anyone to see

records

debriefing-

reflection and feedback of simulation session and helps you to learn

clinical decisional support=

safeguards in equipment -beeping or alarm to alert nurse

simulaiton steps:

safety education training practice debriefing

The Human Genome Project-

study for the goal to identify up to 25,000 genes in human DNA to help prevent disorders

telehealth-

use of technology to deliver health care info

Stem Cells-

used to treat cancer patients


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