NR 512 Discussion Assignments and Rubric

NR 512 Discussion Assignments and Rubric

NR 512 Discussion Assignments

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NR 512 Week 1 Threaded Discussion: Integration of Nursing Informatics Skills & Competencies

Reflect on your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics?

NR 512 Discussion Assignments Week 2 TD – Wisdom Versus Judgement

How does the concept of wisdom in nursing informatics compare to the concept of professional nursing judgment? What is DIKW and how do you “use” it in your practice?

NR 512 Week 2 TD – Wisdom Versus Judgement

How does the concept of wisdom in nursing informatics compare to the concept of professional nursing judgment? What is DIKW and how do you “use” it in your practice?

NR 512 Week 3 Threaded Discussion: Reflections on Second Life Experiences

You are working in Second Life now completing a number of activities. What do you see as a benefit to augmenting course assignments through the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE)?

NR 512 Week 4 Threaded Discussion; Informatics Skills

How do the informatics skills you are now developing/expanding upon and validating help you meet current informatics skills levels? Did the TANIC self-assessment change your impression of your current informatics skill levels?

NR 512 Week 5 TD – Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Informatics

In one of the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN) roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major elements of NI, but new to most nurses. Does this have an application to your practice? Why or why not?

NR 512 Discussion Assignments: Week 6 Threaded Discussion HealthIT Hot Topic (Emergency Department) of the Week and Impact on Practice

What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice?

NR 512 Week 7 Threaded Discussion: Safeguarding Health Information and Systems

A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address these issues?

NR 512 Discussion Assignments: Week 8 Reflection on Second Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics Skills and Impact on Specialty

Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in this course.

NR 512 Discussion Assignments: Nursing Informatics PowerPoint Presentation

Guidelines with Scoring Rubric

Purpose

This assignment is designed to help students

· Develop an appreciation for informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings. Students selected a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice to discuss in week 5. This week student will develop a narrated slide PowerPoint (PPT) presentation of 8-10 slides summarizing the assignment.

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following ability.

(CO 6) Describe health information systems within healthcare setting and the profession of nursing in all practice domains and settings including electronic health records (EHR), their management and patient-care information technology (IT). (PO 4)

(CO 7) ExploretrendsandissuesinNIandtheirimpactonnursingpractice inalldomains.(POs9,11)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.

Total Points Possible: 150

Requirements

The FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT “hot” topics from the Week 5 assignment will be summarized in 8-10 narrated slides for this Week 6 assignment. Students will summarize the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will impact practice in a positive and negative manner, including pros and cons. Include discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were applied in the process relevance to developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT Hot Topic narrated PPT assignment to assignment folder by end of Week 6.

Preparing the Presentation

1. TheFierceEMR and FierceHealthIT Hot Topic of the Week is a recap of the assignment from Wk. 5 andmust be a professional, scholarly prepared PowerPoint narrated presentation of 8-10 slides including at least three scholarly references.

2.You should have at least 8-10 NR 512 Nursing Informatics PowerPoint Presentation slides. It is important to note that if you could not give your presentation and someone would have to stand in for you, he or she would need to know what you were going to say. Use the speaker-notes section so that someone may step in for you and not miss a beat.

3. Maintain the 6x6x6 rule for a professional PowerPoint presentation. No more than 6 lines per slide, 6 words per line, and 6 slides without a graphic.

4. All aspects of the NR 512 Nursing Informatics PowerPoint Presentation must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.

5. Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.

6. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.

7. Due to the size of the file with narration, please do not include any animation.

Category	Points	%	Description
Title slide has name, topic title, course, and date present	5	3	Title slide looks professional with the student’s name, HealthIT topic, course and date present
Selected HealthIT topic is presented with rationale for selection	20	13	Rationale for choosing the selected HealthIT topic if presented with some discussion in speaker notes
How this topic impacts nursing informatics presented	20	13	Provides discussion and rationale for how this topic impacts nursing informatics
Presents the nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment	25	17	Presents the nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment.
Pro’s and con’s of topic are presented with convincing arguments	25	17	Provides pro’s and con’s about the selected topic with convincing arguments. Some of convincing argument or rationale may be in speaker notes.
Conclusion slide with recommendations for the future present	20	13	Conclusion includes recommendations for the future presented in relation to the selected HealthIT topic.
The slide presentation includes narration and speaker notes.	15	10	The slide presentation includes narration and speaker notes.
Included 3 scholarly references to support	5	3	Presentation has 3 scholarly sources cited and referenced to support the presentation
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, citations, and APA formatting	15	10	Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.
Total	150	100	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

NR 512 Discussions and Rubric

Assignment Criteria	Exceptional(100%) Outstanding or highest level of performance	Exceeds(88%) Very good or high level of performance	Meets(80%) Competent or satisfactory level of performance	Needs Improvement(38%) Poor or failing level of performance	DevelopingUnsatisfactory level of performance
ContentPossible Points = 130 Points		NR 512 Discussions and Rubric
Title slide has name, topic title, course, and date present	5 Points	4 Points	3 Points	1 Points	0 Points
All elements are present	3 of four elements are present	2 of four elements are present	1 of four elements is present	No title slide or no elements are present on title slide
	20 points	18 points	16 points	8 points	0 points
Selected HealthIT topic is presented with rationale for selection	Provides appropriate rationale for choosing the selected HealthIT topic. May be presented with some discussion in speaker notes	Provides some appropriate rationale for chosen topic	Provides minimal rationale for chosen topic		No rationale for choosing topic provided
	20 points	18 points	16 points	8 points	0 points
How this topic impacts nursing informatics presented	Provides discussion and rationale for how this topic impacts nursing informatics		Provides minimal discussion and rationale for how this topic impacts nursing informatics		No discussion or rationale provided for how this topic impacts nursing informatics
	25 points	22 points	20 points	10 points	0 points
Presents the nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment	Successfully provides a list of 5 or more nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment	Provides 4 nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment	Provide 3 nursing informatics skills that were used to develop this assignment	Provides 1-2 nursing informatics skills used to develop this assignment	Provides no nursing informatics skills used to develop this assignment
	25 points	22 points	20 points	10 points	0 points
Pro’s and Con’s of topic are presented with convincing arguments	Provides at least 3 or more pro’s and 3 or more con’s with convincing discussion. Discussion can be presented in the speaker notes.	NR 512 Discussions and Rubric	Provides 2 pro’s and 2 con’s with convincing discussion.	Provides pro’s OR con’s with or without convincing discussion.	Provides no pro’s or con’s
	20 points	18 points	16 points	8 points	0 points
Conclusion slide with recommendations for the future present	Conclusion slide contains a summary of the presentation plus recommendations for the future	Conclusion slide contains a brief summary and/or brief recommendations for the future	Conclusion slide contains only a summary OR only future recommendations		No conclusion slide and future recommendations are present
	15 points	13 points	12 points	6 points	0 points
The slide presentation includes narration and speaker notes.	Presentation contains recorded narration and speaker notes.	Presentation contains recorded narration and speaker notes for 75% of slides	Presentation contains recorded narration and speaker notes for 50% of slides	Presentation includes recorded narration OR speaker notes, but not both	No recorded narration present and no speaker notes present
Format Possible Points = 20 Points
	5 Points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0 points
Included 3 scholarly references plus the FierceHealth source to support presentation	3 scholarly resources plus FIerceHealth source provided with citations and references	2 scholarly resources plus FIerceHealth source provided with citations and references	3 scholarly resources are provided with citations and references in APA format but the FIerceHealth citation and reference are missing	FierceHealth citation and reference are the one support provided for presentation	No scholarly resources are used to support the presentation
	15 Points	13 Points	12 Points	6 Points	0 Points
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, citations, and APA formatting	No grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors	1 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA error	2 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors	3 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors	4 or more total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors.
Total Points