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Question 1: Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.

Question 2: Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

Include one slide that visually represents the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

Your PowerPoint should Include the hypothetical scenario you originally shared in the Discussion Forum.

Include your examination of the data you could use, how the data might be accessed/collected, and what knowledge might be derived from that data.

Be sure to incorporate feedback received from your colleagues' responses.

A scenario that will depend on informatics in the healthcare sector takes into account patient care management. The scenario concerns a patient who is undergoing a diagnosis for a prostate-specific antigen test to determine his cancer status in a certain health facility. After an interview with the patient, the doctor notes that he had undergone the same test in a different hospital. As a result, the doctor is prompted to seek information about previous tests done in the other hospital as this will help him in the current screening. The data required takes into account PSA results as well as underlying circumstances that may have had an effect on the results. In this case, the doctor accesses data concerning the patient from previous hospital health records which include lab tests and other clinical information. Practically, the doctor can receive a fax message containing patient data such as blood tests, weight, and sugar levels. The fax may also consist of the previous medical status of the patient and this will guide the current doctor to carry out various screenings, and treatments. Furthermore, the doctor will be able to know some of the policies and procedures employed by the previous hospital to reach diagnostic as well as treatment processes.

A nurse leader, in this case, will depend on clinical reasoning, as well as, judgment through clinical sense as well as judgment through a careful collection and processing of information concerning the condition of a patient prior to the implementation of any treatment strategy. At the managerial stage, interpreting and modifying information for better decisions to be made within the information system is of great essence. As a matter of fact, virtual health services are now on a global stage. because of these efforts, the patient in this scenario will have access to the correct diagnosis as well as treatment and will get health outcomes that are evidence-based practices.