Nursing in 2030 with Update

What I Learned

The nurse  has so many different occupations that it can stream into.  The nurse is so flexible and having an understanding on the pulse of technology can be a great advantage.  Technology usually passes through the hands of the medical profession very often.  It is when this technology changes medicine, technique, and quality of care do we adopt en masse.  The nurse is usually the first people who must adapt and educate using the new technology.  It has given me a greater appreciation for what is available today and made me aware that the future will have many changes in store for us.

NUR 701 Journal Entry 7 With Update

I learned that nurses are going to be introduced to so many different emerging technologies that could change  healthcare.  The healthcare environment is changing into a technology environment.  This is the wave of the future and the way we treat patients are going to change drastically.

Siu Bong Wan

Module 5 Nur 701

“The Impact of Emerging Technology on Nursing Care”

Huston, C.

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Huston, C. (2013). The Impact of Emerging Technology on Nursing Care: Warp Speed Ahead. Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing, 18(2), 1. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No02Man01

Why was this article, blog, post, or multimedia chosen?

              This article was chosen because it represents the seven top technologies affecting nursing care today.  The healthcare world is changing and so is the nursing profession.  The advances of technology help the nursing world emerge into different pathways to treat individuals and their conditions.

What makes it interesting, appropriate, or reputable?

             This article is interesting because it contemporary healthcare is changing is at such a fast pace.  This article examines seven technologies that create challenges for nurses and how to appropriately use them to progress the healthcare field.

Is it an opinion? Case study? Research study? Product review?

            The article is an opinion that backs each mention of technology with how it will affect the of healthcare. 

What was the need, problem, issue or trend addressed in the article, blog, post, or multimedia?

            The trend addressed in this article examines the challenges nurses face when trying to implement new technologies.  The nursing workforce has to be the forefront in establishing technologies and utilize its effectiveness for patient care.  Huston describes it as the nurse in taking the technology and making it change the practice of healthcare.  Nurses will be the forefront of expanding roles and mastering the new technologies.

What was the solution for which technology had an answer?

            The solutions are being able to utilize 3-D printing, social networks, and even human genomics.  The emerging technology can create cheaper devices for use, social networks for information, and disease/cancer markers for early intervention.

What implications might this have in healthcare delivery?

            This could change the face of healthcare to be even more preventative.  Diagnoses’ can be administered preventatively.  Nurses are named to be the forefront of technology and become leaders in utilizing the emerging technology.

What did you learn from it that might have application for your practice?

            I learned that as a nurse with such a flexible position, we could become leaders in establishing new technologies for the emerging healthcare atmosphere.  The environment is changing and the importance of planning and preparing can help nurses assume a more direct role in managing healthcare.  This is the thought process behind the article and the future of the nursing profession.  The nursing role is changing and it is taking a more collaborative role.  The nurses are going to be the new masters of technology.

NUR 701 Journal Entry 6 with Update

I learned that the world of IT is still new and the emergence of different roles is something that nurses must fit into.  The world of healthcare is changing and the power of nurses must be utilized in different environments and its format different.  The function is still the same, to help the patient, but it must be transformed into different pathways especially in the care of community.

Siu Bong Wan

Module 5 Nur 701

“Not Just For Geeks”

Carlisle, D.

Nursing Standard

Carlisle, D. (2013). 'Not just for geeks'. Nursing Standard, 27(30), 18-19.

Why was this article, blog, post, or multimedia chosen?

            This article focuses on the role of IT in the healthcare workplace and how nurses are entering these new roles.  I also hope that this article is also one of our classmates Fiona and the last name is just a typo. 

What makes it interesting, appropriate, or reputable?

             I found this article interesting because it concentrates on the emergence of IT, the community health nurse, and other healthcare professionals all rolled into one.  It is the merging of different worlds to help deliver care in a wider arrangement that thought possible.

Is it an opinion? Case study? Research study? Product review?

            It is an opinion.  It is actually an interview with Fiona Stephens and they ask her a multitude of questions about nurses and how they fit into the new roles.  Her opinion is expressed throughout.

What was the need, problem, issue or trend addressed in the article, blog, post, or multimedia?

            The issue being addressed is “What roles are being produced from the convergence of healthcare and technology?”  Another question is “Are these the right personnel for the roles offered?”  This article also concentrates on the ability to train and provide the necessary resources to get a community healthcare practice underway.

What was the solution for which technology had an answer?

            The technology provided a cost saving incentive to keep patients connected to the health of themselves and the medical providers.  This is important to help establish a rapport with the patient and keep the patient experience engaging when adjusting to new lifestyle changes.

What implications might this have in healthcare delivery?

            This kind of community healthcare is a focus on how nursing knowledge, practice, and education can change in format but still be effective.  It shows that as the world of healthcare is changing so can the roles of the people who work within it.

What did you learn from it that might have application for your practice?

            This article has helped me learn about the importance of informatics in the future of healthcare and how the community can benefit from the services offered on a different size and scale.  This is all-important in the end when healthcare might change to less acute facilities and more preventative operations.

NUR 701 Journal Entry 5 With Update

Siu Bong Wan

Module 5 Nur 701

Community Health Workers and Mobile Technology: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Rebecca Braun, Caricia Catalani, Julian Wimbush, Dennis Israelski

Public Health Nursing

Braun, R., Catalani, C., Wimbush, J., & Israelski, D. (2013). Community Health Workers and Mobile Technology: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Plos ONE, 8(6), 1-6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065772

Why was this article, blog, post, or multimedia chosen?

            This article was chosen because it represented a purpose of explaining how community health workers (CHWs) affect healthcare as a whole and what their purpose is in the development of health systems in the community.  This article presents the CHWs with technology and how it is used in the community to effectively treat individuals.

What makes it interesting, appropriate, or reputable?

            The article is interesting because it reflects on the ability of technology as a health care tool to aid those in need and help healthcare workers become more accessible to their clients.  This is due to the reduced time of travel, reduced expense of travel, and providing that bridge to individuals who feel discriminated or too poor to seek healthcare.  The article is also appropriate because it explains some reasons why mobile technology is changing the healthcare landscape, which is only going to increase in the near future.

Is it an opinion? Case study? Research study? Product review?

             This is a research study of literature.  This article examines 25 different articles that reports on 28 studies.  These articles are global and expand throughout rural and urban areas.  There is a significantly broad range of health issues addressed.

What was the need, problem, issue or trend addressed in the article, blog, post, or multimedia?

             The trend being addressed is how effective can mobile technology is in the environment of community health care.  The problem is how to get access to medical care to people who are so poor or far from others that it proves nearly impossible for medical personnel to access them and medical facilities to be established.  Mobile technology is the tool communities are using to gain access to these communities and provide them with basic or advanced medical care.

What was the solution for which technology had an answer?

             The solution is to assess effectiveness, gain insight, and record program that are used in the community that the literature collected.  This is important to understand that studies are being performed everyday on how mobile technology is changing the healthcare landscape.

What implications might this have in healthcare delivery?

             Healthcare delivery will be expanded into communities in need.  This is made possible by healthcare workers that may be less trained than professional hospital staff, but have access to medical resources and personnel through mobile technology.  This is important to realize that community health care is meant to assess, treat, and record effectiveness of feasible medical care.  Surgeries, or several diagnostic imaging studies will not be available but basic human health like medications, education, and physical therapy may be available to the communities that are unable to access adequate medical care.

What did you learn from it that might have application for your practice?

             This article has enlightened me to the reasons why CHWs are so vital in the future.  This has also explained the reasoning behind why these workers are not as professionally trained and may not be paid as much to provide the care they do.  This is all designed to give communities the access they need to treat specific conditions and still have some resonance of medical care in the community.

What I Learned

             I learned that CHWs are workers that are utilized to provide care to communities that medical establishments choose not to or unable to build facilities near.  This leads me to believe that CHWs are positions that enable medical care to the citizens unable to access it.  Medical corporations have millions of dollars to open a medical facility but do not see the actual people who need it.  The need to give medical care to millions of individuals does not seem appropriate enough to establish a medical fund to build facilities.  People need eye doctors, dentists, medical doctors, and imaging studies.  CHWs will not be enough in the coming future unless strides in medical treatment are made in diagnosis, treatment, and access by even lesser expensive means.

NUR 701 WA 7 Journal Entry 4 with Update

What I Learned

      I learned that public health nursing is currently being reworked and analyzed for its greater focus in the near future.  The state of current services, interventions, outcomes, and evaluation are sub par and require improvements to be fully realized.  This is a system that must be standardized for improved patient care and documentation.  Public health nursing may take a greater stage soon and its preparedness is imperative to its success.

Siu Bong Wan

Module 4 Nur 701

A Systematic Method to Document Population-Level Nursing Interventions in an Electronic Health System

Mary Jo Baisch

Public Health Nursing

Baisch, M. (2012). A Systematic Method to Document Population-Level Nursing Interventions in an Electronic Health System. Public Health Nursing, 29(4), 352-360. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01008.x

Why was this article, blog, post, or multimedia chosen?

             I chose this article because its focus on examining public health nursing and how it can be improved.  The documentation currently in place for public health nuring is insufficient and requires more examination and analysis of effective interventions to truly be viable in the healthcare initiative.

What makes it interesting, appropriate, or reputable?

             This article is interesting because it examines why public health documentation is currently inadequate in its current state.  This is to be because it is relatively new to the health care field and its presence has had little research to justify the community level services that are required.  Public health nursing is growing larger and its presence will be more focused as the health care initiatives gain traction in the near future.  It is appropriate that research be started sooner than later in determining a list of interventions that could improve practice in public health nursing.

Is it an opinion? Case study? Research study? Product review?

             This is a research study is based on using the Automated Community Health Information System (ACHIS) to record community health nursing interventions.  The research study is critical in providing information about how public health nurses document interventions and how the need for electronic health systems requires significant change to be appreciated in the health arena. 

What was the need, problem, issue or trend addressed in the article, blog, post, or multimedia?

            The problem addressed is the analysis of current public health documentation systems are inadequate for the services offered today.  More research must be provided to ascertain the list of growing interventions that are required in public health nursing and make it so that a systematic method can be produced from the interventions provided.

What was the solution for which technology had an answer?

            The solution is more research of the expanding services required in public health nursing.  The technology is being implemented just as it is now in the health care facilities.  The public health nurses are being outfitted with tablets, laptops, and electronic health documentation.  The analysis of its current state suggests more interventions and outcomes can be recorded for proper processing and evaluation of community health services.

What implications might this have in health care delivery?

             The implications are very large as it is a step in the right direction.  The need for public health nursing will be a larger focus in the coming years and it needs to be ready for the public.  There are still deficits in the system with adapting to new data systems and interventions to help record outcomes for patient care.  The health care system is slowly changing and analysis of public health nursing now can help provide changes necessary for public health professionals.

What did you learn from it that might have application for your practice?

            I learned that the public health nurse has more to offer than just education.  It is about teaching a community how to live healthy.  That may require building of gardens, providing housing assistance, and community outreach.  It is taking what is known about home health and applying it to a community of individuals who vary in all their stages of health.  The research being done can help improve the data systems for new and improved public health interventions and the outcomes can be recorded to facilitate better evaluation of nursing standards and procedures.