Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students will select a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice to discuss. The topic will be selected from the website using the link provided in the course Assignments section.
 
Course Outcomes
 
CO 6: Describe health information systems within healthcare setting and the profession of nursing in all practice domains and settings including electronic health records (EHR), their management and patient-care information technology (IT). (PO 3)
 
CO 7: Explore trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all domains, including cultural humility and person-centered care. (PO 1, 3)
 
Requirements
 
Students will login to FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT using the link provided in the reading assignment module for Week 5 and select a   “current/popular” topic of the week that may impact their practice. Students, in a professionally developed paper, will discuss the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will impact practice in a positive or negative manner, citing pros and cons. Include a discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were used in the process relevance to developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT   Topic paper for Wk. 5 to dropbox by end of Week 5.
 
Preparing the paper
 
The FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT Current/Popular Topic of the Week assignment must be a professional, scholarly prepared paper. See the guidelines for writing a professional, scholarly paper. The professional paper will have an introduction, body of paper to explain what you are doing, summary/conclusion, and at least three scholarly references.
 
Required texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three sources must be from outside of course readings.
 
All aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the current edition.
 
The paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference page) is 4-6 pages in length.
 
Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
 
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.