Nursing Informatics: Role Reflection of Nurses

Running Head: ROLE REFLECTION OF NURSES
Nursing Informatics: Role Reflection of Nurses
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ROLE REFLECTION OF NURSES
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Introduction
Nursing informatics is known to incorporate information sciences in nursing and computerize the
different aspects of healthcare in order to improve the patient outcomes and structure the
healthcare system better. Out of the nine major functional areas of nursing informatics, this paper
will focus on education and professional development. A nurse can successfully become a
knowledge builder by observing and learning the methods implemented by the doctors in
assessing a health issue and prescribing appropriate medications (Darvish, Bahramnezhad,
Keyhanian & Navidhamidi, 2014). Studies show that knowledge building is directly proportional
to the education and professional development of the nurses.
Discussions
According to nursing informatics, there are 4 roles a nurse can take on –
As a data gatherer, the nurse should:
 efficiently keep a track on the patient’s symptoms and reaction to the medications
 take a detailed note of the doctor’s suggestions and instructions
This will help boost the experience of the nurse and help train them to handle similar situations.
Thus, for example in cases where the patients have a combination of diseases, observing and
taking a detailed note of the patient-doctor interactions, might help the nurse assess and assist
another patient, suffering from similar issues.
As an information user, the nurses are supposed to:
 analyze the data collected
 implement them