- 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 or data in everyday 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. (PO #4)
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 250 points.
Directions
- Download the NR361 Interview Form from Doc Sharing. It is found under the Week 6 Interview link.
- 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 located in Doc Sharing PRIOR to conducting the interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview.
- Note that there are five (5) Required Questions to ask the RN.
- Note that there are four (4) Optional Questions. You need to select only ONE of them to ask the RN.
- Note that there are two (2) 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 form to the Dropbox prior to the deadline outlined above.
Grading Criteria
| Category | Points | % | Description |
| Demographics | 5 | 2% | Initials and job title of interviewee & date of interview provided. |
| Required Question #1(Career Path) | 30 | 12% | Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. |
| Required Question #2(Value of Evidence) | 30 | 12% | Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. |
| Required Question #3(Support Tools) | 30 | 12% | Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said.click here for more information on this paper |
| Required Question #4(Pt. Care Technologies) | 30 | 12% | Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. |
| Required Question #5(Groups & Utilization) | 30 | 12% | Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. |
| Optional Question | 30 | 12% | Type the optional question that you chose to ask. Provide a paraphrased version or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. |
| Follow-Up Question #1(Practice Impact) | 30 | 12% | Summarizes what was learned from interaction with interviewee answers. Describes how nursing practice will change as a result of learning about roles and responsibilities of interviewee. |
| Follow-Up Question #2(Resources Utilized) | 30 | 12% | Names two resources reviewed prior to conducting interview.Describes how each resource helped student prepare for interview. |
| Scholarly Writing | 5 | 2% | Name of student and date of interview appears on Interview Form. Punctuation and sentence structure are correct. Evidence of spell and grammar check. |
| Total | 250 pts. | 100% | A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
