Assignment Nursing Informatics Diabetes Handout

Assignment Nursing Informatics Diabetes Handout

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Assignment: NURS 6051 Nursing Informatics Diabetes Handout

One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.

To prepare:

• Select a health issue of interest to you.
• Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.
• Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.
• Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.

To complete:

• Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected.
  • Include a cover page.
  • Include an introduction that provides:
    • An explanation of your issue and why you selected it
    • A description of the audience you are addressing
  • In the handout itself:
    • Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.
    • Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.).
    • Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.
• How do nurses use informatics?
  Using electronic medical records, devices that collect health information electronically, and other electronic information standards, health informatics nursesare responsible for managing, interpreting, and communicating the data that comes in and out of health care facilities, all with one primary purpose: Improving

  What is informatics in nursing?

  Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice.

  How nursing informatics improve patient care?

  How Nursing Informatics Improves Patient Care

  1. Aligning Nursing Best Practice with Clinical Workflows and Care. …
  2. Improving Clinical Policies, Protocols, Processes, and Procedures. …
  3. Providing Training and Learning Based on Objective Data. …
  4. Selecting and Testing New Medical Devices. …
  5. Reducing Medical Errors and Costs. …
  6. Enhancing End-to-End Treatment and Continuity of Care.