Teaching Strategies in Nursing: A Case Study on the Use of Electronic Health Record

This case study discusses the use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) in nursing education and its significance in promoting cognitive learning. It also covers the basic knowledge gained by nursing students regarding EHR and its practical application in the classroom.

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Title: Teaching Strategies in Nursing
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Case-study teaching method is a highly adaptable style of teaching that promotes the
development of analytical as well as critical thinking skills. Case-study teaching methods
have gained popularity in recent years around the world and in nursing education it is
extremely significant as well as helpful. It is popular because it promotes the development of
cognitive learning in the classroom (Ferguson, DiGiacomo, Gholizadeh, Ferguson &
Hickman, 2017). Introducing the application of technology in the nursing is crucial but it is
extremely important. Here, a case study will be discussed where the application of a
technology has been introduced in the classroom. The use of Electronic Health Record (EHR)
is gradually becoming essential in the healthcare industry and nurses are more likely to have
knowledge about the use of it. In the final year classroom study of practical teaching the use
of EHR was introduced to all the nursing students. Some practical instruments were required
in this regard and hence all the nurses were allowed to sit in front of a computer system to
have practical experience with the new technology. EHR is basically the digital version of
keeping health records of the patients that contains notes and essential information collected
by the clinicians or other healthcare providers. At the initial stage, the students had a lot of
curiosity and the questions rose at the beginning were as follows.
1. What is a personal health record?
2. What is electronic prescribing?
These questions were solved in the classroom learning as the personal information including
the diagnosis report, medical history and other clinical confidential information of the patient
is recorded for clinical purpose and these are termed as patients’ health record. Also, the
second question raised by the students was also solved as the electronic prescribing refers to a
method where the clinician enters prescription information into a computer device (Atwater
et al., 2016). The classroom learning continued and it created more interest among the
students. All the students were operating on a computer device in order to practically handle

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the EHR software which was installed in the devices. While inputting patients’ health
information again some set of queries came up to the mentor and those are as follows.
1. What is a patient portal?
2. What is telehealth?
The mentor clearly explained that patient portal is a secure online website that ensures 24hour
access to any health information from anywhere with the use of internet. Also, the concept of
telehealth was referred as the use of telecommunication and electronic information to support
long-distance clinical healthcare (Blumenthal & Squires, 2015). The students gained a basic
and brief knowledge regarding the use of EHR. However, at the end, the students asked a
couple of questions for the final discussion and those are stated below.
1. Is EHR secure?
2. Is EHR cost effective?
The use of EHR is secure, however, data breaching is also possible by the hackers. However,
effective and new technologies are being implemented in order to ensure the high security of
confidential data (Atwater et al., 2016). Also, implementing EHR is costly but it can be cost-
effective for long term use and hence, these two questions are quite controversial.

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References
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Blumenthal, D., & Squires, D. (2015). Giving patients control of their EHR data. Journal of
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-014-3071-y
Ferguson, C., DiGiacomo, M., Gholizadeh, L., Ferguson, L. E., & Hickman, L. D. (2017).
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