APPLICATION OF PROCESSES IN NURSING PRACTICE

Input

Thru put

Output Visualize FILE of the patient in the computer or data base.

1. Information Inputting the data in the data of/about the base of the computer of the patient. (e.g name, hospital. DOB, sex, age, number..) 2. Written charting 3. Assessing the patient: y Body temperature y Blood pressure level y Oxygen saturation
y Body mass index

DATA

Print out of the chart

y Use of digital thermometer y Patients body or tympanic thermometer temperature.(reading) y Use of digital y Patient s bp level (reading) sphygmomanometer y Use of pulse oximeter y Patients oxygen saturation level (reading) y Use of digital weighing y The patient will be able to scale and height reading. assess if she/he is obese, overweight, normal, malnutrition.

4. Aspirated patient (bed ridden patient) 5. Cold patient *newborn

Suction the secretion through the use of suctioning machine. *check the body temperature if below 36.5 C the nurse/s will/ should put the baby in the electrical warmer. *check the body temperature, if below 36.5C, cover the patient with the electric blanket. Data

Relief of the patient from aspiration.

*normal findings or reading in the body temperature of the baby/ adults

*adult (post operative)

6. Written Medication or prescription of meds by the physician

File or print out medication of the patient Readings *the machine will alarm if there will be a problem seen by the machine in the

7. Patient who will undergo Monitoring machine surgery (anaesthesia machine) to monitor cvs and respiratory system of a patient while

BENEFITS OF INFORMATICS IN OUR NURSING PROFESSION

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informatics has helped to define nursing as a separate entity and discipline. It has enabled the nursing world to transition and adapt to growing technological innovations. The process has enabled a wide scale use and adaptation of computer for the acquisition, analysis. storage and retrieval of nursing data.

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immediate advantage of portable or bedside computer devices is that nurses can be with clients throughout the entire collection and recording process, and still document the data collected and care given in real time. Bedside information processing provides fast and easy data entry, data accessibility, quality checks for accuracy of client care, and quick processing of data into information. Data inputted into a bedside computer can be redirected by the NIS into the clients chart, Kardex, discharge summaries, doctors alert screens, electronic shift end summaries, nurses worksheets, and so on. Repetitive documentation of the same data can be greatly reduced.

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Informatics, through the use of computers, can facilitate and speed information sharing in all practice areas. For this to be most effective, nurses must have a basic understanding of informatics. If nurses understand the power of technology they can play an active role in evaluating and improving the quality of care, cost containment, and other consumer benefits." (Hebda, Czar & Mascara, 1999, p. 6 & 8)

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ability to electronically record, integrate, and analyze data and information enables nurses to quickly move to the synthesis of nursing knowledge and the development of nursing wisdom. can be more timely, more complete, and more accurate when captured at the point of origin, usually the clients bedside in acute care settings.

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