MODULE 5 - THE END

Okay, I saved this module for the last, but I enjoyed the readings - I think we all have biases and the more we practice, the more biases' we have, but not only the amount of time in practice, but also the settings that we practice in. The articles highlighted this fact for me, I do tend to have biases' but I also believe that they are of value as long as the patient is being treated with quality clinical care. Nursing quality data needs to support decisions made in the clinical setting. Decision support systems is the ability to support these good quality decisions and the input of quality nursing data is essential. We must as nurse practitioners continue to ensure this. Sorry, this is weak but...it's done.

MODULE 7 - Question 4

The content of infomatics has been interesting to me, I was very excited at the beginning of the course, but then again, it seemed that it was difficult to remain intent on learning as time went on with the big lag in time of the modules. I do think that at some time I would like to do more with infomatics. I have learned more about EMS and EHR and how the systems work and what works with ours and what does not. Overall, it has been a good course and will influence my professional life. Thanks.

MODULE 7 - Question 3

So this question just got deleted, but the short answer is learning theories, I will not use them daily in practice and hope someday I will be able to review their value.

MODULE 7 - Question 2

On question one, I also wanted to say that I found infomatics in general a very interesting topic, though it seems that the modules would have been better if they would have been evenly spaced and now it's just a matter of trying to finish them up.
Again, I plan on looking more closely on what areas I can use in clinical support systems to enhance what I do in the clinical setting. I was looking forward to have more information on the use of PDA's but will have to research this for myself. The ethical issues that I might be confronted with are how updated the information is and not relying on this information solely for my clinical practice. Updating the information regularly will help with this as well as searching other sites for the information.

MODULE 7

The content/area that I found most interesting was the clinical support decision systems, though I have a new Vista computer and they were not compatible with my PDA. And I did not learn this until I went through the entire process of downloading the PDA installation. Nevertheless, I found the many different uses of these clinical support systems to be valuable, thank goodness my old laptop is still up and running. I have a few systems on my PDA such Epocrates, ABX Guide and Peds Omni, but look forward to using the other systems as wel.