As COVID-19 impacted all of our lives so has this amazing course impacted my perspective of nursing and the exciting future ahead of us through and in emerging trends in informatics. In this spirit, the global pandemic has highlighted for me a major shortfall – succession planning. Many of us have seen a recent pollContinue reading “Nursing Informatics Reflection”
It’s almost hard to believe but a focus on the genetic composition of a patient in terms of their treatment and recovery is not as far away as we think. In 2014 the American Nurses Association actually added the concept genetics/genomics to their Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standard of Practice (McCormick & Calzone, 2016). TheseContinue reading “Genetics: A ‘Refocus’ on Client Care”
As social media and health apps have become ubiquitous and almost indispensable part ofdaily life among nurses, there has been confusion regarding the ethical, professional and legal implications of their online behaviour (Zhu et al., 2021). As much has changed in the information technology and health landscape since 2002, the year the College of Nurses (CNO) last updated their ProfessionalContinue reading “Professional Standards – 2021 Reboot”
The unfortunate case of a Kansas based and final year nursing student name Doyle Byrnes provides a sober snapshot of the paramount importance of professionalism when working in a highly interconnected, social media driven world. In short, this case proves the terrifying reality that one picture shared online can significantly impact someone’s life and career.Continue reading “Professionalism”
Nursing informatics is a specialty within the nursing industry that is picking up more traction as the profession continues to grow and change, but what is it?
Social media has had a profound effect on the world for better and for worse. Never before did we have such quick access to global news, trending headlines and be able to share information about our lives in an instant. This new found way of connecting with the world can also negatively affect lives when […]
Photo credit: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjU_oG0mJfiAhUsneAKHaq9ACAQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findlay.edu%2Fblog%2Finformatics-nurse&psig=AOvVaw3910INcN2dkSBazQimP0km&ust=1557791661639157 Initial thoughts on “informatics”… In all honesty, when initially coming across the word “informatics” in the current course called Nursing Informatics, I simply associated this to the use of information in some way or another, with of course the focus being related to nursing. Specifically, the notion of informatics in nursing meant … Continue reading “Informatics” What is it really? →
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