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In 1-2 paragraphs reply to this classmates post:
According to my AACN essentials self-assessment score, I had many of my “X’s” in the “Very Good” section part of the assessment. This makes me feel very comfortable with my level of competency of understanding the Essential’s statement. The Essentials basically provides a framework for preparing individuals as members of the discipline of nursing, reflecting expectations across the trajectory or nursing education and applied experience (AACN, 2021). Areas where my knowledge could be improved is the use of standardized terminology in a care environment that reflects nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes. Using standardized nursing terminology encodes nursing care, interventions, or outcomes that link nursing diagnosis with evidence-based interventions and outcomes (Fennelly 2021).
My current knowledge base in informatics is that “it’s an interdisciplinary field draw from computer science, decision science, information science, management science, cognitive science, and organizational theory (Hebda & Czar 2018).” When doing my assigned reading, I discovered that nursing informatics uses a DIKW theory (data, information, knowledge, and wisdom). According to Hebda & Czar (2018) states that, “this theory provides a general approach that can be applied to connect different disciplines and create a shared theoretical framework to guide nursing-informatics practice and research.” This theory has been widely accepted throughout the nursing community and ANA. I can improve my knowledge related to nursing informatics and AACN essential by understanding how nursing informatics plays an essential role in healthcare.
References:
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2021. The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education. Retrieved from: The Essentials: Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (aacnnursing.org)Links to an external site.
Orna Fennelly, Loretto Grogan, Angela Reed, Nicholas R. Hardiker. Use of standardized terminologies in clinical practice: A scoping review, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Volume 149,2021,1044315056. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104431.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386505621000575)Links to an external site.
Hebda, T., Hunter, K., Czar, P. (2018). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals, 6th Edition.