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Homework: Management

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:

I. Competency I: Evaluate how various electronic health record systems are used by nurses across different health care settings.

1. Written policy and guidelines reflect an evaluation of the function of the tool or system related to evidence-based practice.

II. Competency II: Propose health information designs appropriate to health care settings.

1. Written policy and guidelines reflect an analysis of work setting using evidence-based practice.

III. Competency III: Integrate health information system components into strategic planning for health informatics nurses.

1. Written policy and guidelines reflect an analysis of how the tool or system supports the strategic plan for evidence-based information use in the organization or practice setting.

IV. Competency IV: Recommend appropriate workflows to maximize efficiencies for the practice setting.

1. Written policy and guidelines reflect an homework of workflows to maximize efficiency and safe practice within the context of evidence-based practice.

V. Competency V: Recommend strategies to maximize efficiency, safety, and patient satisfaction using electronic health records while providing nursing care to patients.

1. Written policy and guidelines reflect an homework of how the tool or system contributes to inter-professional care and patient satisfaction.

VI. Competency VI: Communicate as a practitioner-scholar, consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.

1. Written communication is error free, employs APA standards and is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.

Overview

Write a 2 to 3 pages paper analyzing the need for specific policies and guidelines related to a chosen EHR tool or system. Write a one-page policy description for the ERH tool. Write one page of guidelines describing usage for the tool.

Introduction

Choose a specific situation in a practice setting related to the use of an EHR tool or system. Write a brief paper analyzing a need for specific policies and guidelines related to the tool or system and place the actual policy and guidelines as appendices to the paper. There are three parts to this homework.

Part I

Establish policy and guidelines for the use of an EHR system or data collection tool to support and apply evidence-based practice. Create a brief 2 to 3 pages paper to address how the policy reflects the following analysis:

1. An evaluation of the function of the tool related to evidence-based practice.

2. An analysis of the work setting using evidence-based practice.

3. An analysis of how the tool/system supports th strategic plan for evidence-based information use in the organization or practice setting.

4. An analysis of how the tool/system contributes to creating efficient workflows and safe practice within the context of evidence-based practice.

5. An homework of how the tool/system contributes to interprofessional care and patient satisfaction.

Part II

Create a one-page policy with references placed as an appendix to the paper.

Part III

Create one page with guidelines on how to use the policy in practice placed as an appendix after the policy.

Review the Health Informatics Systems Planning, Analysis, Design, and Build for Nursing scoring guide prior to submission to ensure you address all required grading criteria.