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Question 1: Describe how technology and informatics are used to support the interventions used in practice?During bedside shift report, both day and night nurse gives a report on the patient's medical diagnosis and history at the bedside. Technology can help track the staff to ensure they're doing report at the bedside. Some facilities have the ability to track when a nurse goes in and out of a room or every time, they use hand sanitizer.

Question 2: Describe how employing evidence-based practice guidelines improve patient outcomes?
Evidenced-based practice proves that processes work by already being implemented into practice. Utilizing bedside shift reports involves the patient in their care and decreases mistakes. Facts show that the patient has caught mistakes during bedside shift report and nursing has also caught mistakes by during report or checking all lines and drains.

Question 3: What benefits and challenges have you experienced with (the integration of) information technology in your practice?
The benefit we've experienced is a decrease in mistakes made, which is a huge patient safety issue so that helps keep patients safe. This also helps nursing staff set eyes on their patient in case anything is off. Patients enjoy being a part of their care and can request not to have bedside shift report if not. Some challenges we've had are getting the buy-in from nurses.