Week 2 Patient Guide
Patient Education
Technology
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the skills
of the professional nurse as an educator. You are to prepare a guide that will
serve as a handout to assist a specific patient that you identify. Your guide
or handout should help this patient find and evaluate a reliable mobile health,
or mHealth application (app) that is already developed. This may be related to
his or her disease process or diagnosis, or may be an app that can help a
patient maintain or improve good health, and prevent illness.
You will develop the guide using Microsoft PowerPoint.
PowerPoint is a versatile application that lets you design slideshows and
handouts. For this assignment, you will be using PowerPoint to create a guide
or handout that you may print and give to patients and families. You will be
submitting this PowerPoint file for grading.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
Course Outcome.
CO#1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to
address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO#1)
CO#5: Identify patient care technologies, information
systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice. (PO#5)
Points
This assignment is worth a total of 175 points.
Due Date
The Patient Education Technology Guide to a Mobile Health
Application PowerPoint assignment is due at the end of Week 2. Submit your
completed assignment by Sunday; 11:59 p.m. MT. You may consult the Policies,
under the Instruction & Resources Module, for details regarding late
assignments. Late assignments will result in loss of points. Post questions
about this assignment in the Q & A discussion.
Directions
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create slides, which will be the
basis of the guide or handout. You are required to cite your source(s) as it
relates to your application slide. Other citations are permitted, but this is
not a requirement for the assignment.
Title slide (first slide): Include a title slide with your
name and title of the presentation.
Scenario Slide (one slide): This slide should include a
brief scenario, then identify a patient who is experiencing a specific disease process
or diagnosis who would benefit from an already developed and reliable mHealth
app. Or, identify a person is currently healthy and would like to maintain or
improve health and prevent illness. Be sure to include the nurse’s assessment
of the patient’s learning needs and readiness to learn. Be specific.
Example:
Scenario for Ms. Ellis
Jane Doe (your name here)
Jennifer Ellis, a 62-year-old African American who has been
recently diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD). She has been prescribed several
medications she must take every day.
The nephrologist has stressed the importance of leading a
healthy life style to slow or stop the progression of CKD.
She is interested in ways in which she can better track her
health and make healthier choices.
She is a high school graduate and iPhone user, mostly to
send text messages to family and friends.
She is eager to learn how to use an app that can help her
manager her CKD.
Prepare the following slides as if you are presenting them
to the patient.
mHealth Application Slide (one to three slides): Identify a
developed and reliable mHealth app that could benefit the patient. Describe the
app including its:
Name
Purpose
Intended audience
Mobile device(s) upon which it will operate
Where to download or obtain it. Include a working link if it
is to be downloaded from a website.
And any other information you believe would be pertinent to
this situation.
Sources that are used are cited.
Teaching Slides (one to three slides): Prepare slides that
contain important points about the app that you want to teach to the patient
such as: how to use the app safely and effectively including how to interpret
and act on the information that is provided.
Evaluation Slide (one to three slides): Describe how you
would determine the success of the patient’s use of this app. For example,
include ways to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching plan that are a good
fit for the type of app or focus on specific ways that this app benefits the
patient’s health and wellness.
References (last slide): List any references for sources
that were used or cited in the presentation.
Writing and Design: There should be no spelling or
grammatical errors. Writing is concise and clear. Avoid words that the patient
may not understand. Slides are visually appealing incorporating graphics,
photographs, colors, and themes.
Review the section on Academic Integrity Policy found in the
RNBSN Policies. All work must be original (in your own words) unless properly
cited.
Best Practices in Preparing PowerPoint Slideshows
Be creative, but realistic.
Incorporate graphics, color, themes, or photographs to
increase interest.
Make easy to read with short bullet points and large font.
Review directions thoroughly.
Cite all sources within the slides with (author, year) as
well as on the Reference slide.
Proofread prior to final submission.
Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final
submission.
Abide by the Chamberlain academic integrity policy.
Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a
PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be
helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The Chamberlain Student
Success Strategies (CCSSS) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a
section on PowerPoint. The link to SSP CCSSS may be found in your student
portal.
Week 4: Information
Systems Paper
Information Systems
in Healthcare Paper
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to select a topic related
to information systems in healthcare from the list provided, research and
analyze the topic, and describe how you will apply your newfound knowledge to
your nursing practice.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet one or more of
the following Course Outcomes depending upon the topic selected:
CO#1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to
address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO#1)
CO#2: Analyze data from all relevant sources, including
technology, to inform the delivery of care. (PO#2)
CO#3: Define standardized terminology that reflects
nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes. (PO#3)
CO#4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support
tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support
a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO#4)
CO#5: Identify patient care technologies, information
systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice. (PO#5)
CO#6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional
ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory
requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO#6)
CO#7: Examine the use of information systems to document
interventions related to achieving nurse sensitive outcomes. (PO#7)
CO#8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force
to institute change in delivery of nursing care. (PO#8)
Due Date
Your completed paper is due at the end of Week 4. Submit by
Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Post your questions to the Q & A Forum. Contact
your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies
regarding late assignments and academic integrity. Failure to submit your paper
on time will result in a deduction of points.
Rubric
Click to download the NR361 Information Systems Paper Rubric
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Topics
Select ONE of these topics for the focus of your paper:
Standard terminologies (CO3, CO8)
Decision-making support tools (CO4, CO8)
Patient education technology (CO5, CO8)
Data integrity, legal and ethical implications (CO7, CO8)
Directions
You are to research, analyze, and write an APA-formatted
scholarly paper about the topic that you have selected.
Write an introduction that defines and describes the topic.
Address what purpose the topic serves and how it impacts the delivery of
healthcare in general, and nursing care in particular. Keep in mind that APA
guidelines state you are not to use the heading of “Introduction,”
but you should include it at the beginning of your paper.
Search for scholarly sources and relevant websites. Include
a minimum of two scholarly sources. The course textbook does not qualify as a
scholarly source. Cite all sources in the body of the paper and include them in
the References list following proper APA formatting.
Provide one example of this topic. Describe the main
features or aspects of the example with support from your sources.
Describe an experience where the topic impacted you personally,
either when you were receiving health care, or when you were providing nursing
care. Relate one positive aspect or one negative aspect of this experience and
how it could have been improved.
Write a conclusion that summarizes the topic, purpose and how
your newfound insight will influence your nursing care.
Use Microsoft Word to develop your paper. Use APA
formatting. Refer to the Publication manual of the APA, 6th edition. Review the
various APA documents included in this course and the Chamberlain Care Student
Success Strategies (CCSSS) that can help you with your writing. Take advantage
of the tutoring services that are available to Chamberlain students for free.
The length of the paper should be a maximum of 4-5 pages,
excluding the title page and the reference page. There should only be one small
quote maximum in the paper. Citations should primarily include summary and
restatement.
Week 6: Interview
with a Nurse Information Expert
Interview with a
Nursing Information Expert
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to:
communicate your understanding of the importance of quality
information in everyday nursing practice;
discuss the roles and responsibilities of a Nursing
Information Expert; and
articulate how the professional nurse uses information/data
in every day practice to improve outcomes.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
Course Outcomes.
CO#1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to
address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO#1)
CO#4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support
tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support
a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers.
CO#8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force
to institute change in delivery of nursing care. (PO#8)
Points
This assignment is worth a total of 225 points.
Due Date
This assignment, Interview with a Nursing Information
Expert, is due at the end of Week 6. Submit your completed Interview, using the
Interview Form, by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT. Post questions to the Q & A
Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the
Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper on time will
result in a deduction of points.
Directions
Download the NR361 Interview Form (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site., which will be used to complete this
assignment.
Select your interviewee and schedule an interview. This
individual must be a Registered Nurse. Job titles of RNs who may be considered
include, but are not limited to, Nursing Clinical Information Manager; Super
User, Director/Manger Clinical Education; Chief Information Officer; Quality
Assurance or Performance Improvement Nurse; Nurse Informaticist; Telenursing
Specialist; Nurse Abstractor; Case Manager; Compliance Nurse. If you have any
concerns about whether the RN is suitable for this assignment, contact your
instructor BEFORE you schedule the interview.
Review all questions (areas of inquiry) on the Interview
Form PRIOR to conducting the interview. You may print the form and take it with
you to the interview.
Note there are five required questions to ask the RN.
Note there are four optional questions. You need to select
only one of these to ask the RN.
Note there are two follow-up questions that must be answered
by you.
Prior to conducting your interview, review two scholarly
resources. These resources should guide your understanding of the RN’s role and
responsibilities or make you more knowledgeable about GIGO, Interprofessional
Communication, or other key concepts in the questions that you may not fully
understand. For example, if your interviewee is a telenurse, you would want to
review information on this specialty. If you do not know what GIGO means, look
it up.
Conduct your interview. The length of your interview will
vary but should not exceed one hour.
Submit the completed interview form prior to the deadline
outlined above.





