This assignment enables the student to meet one or more of the following Course Outcomes depending upon the topic selected:
1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population.
2: Analyze data from all relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care.
3: Define standardized terminology that reflects nursing's unique contribution to patient outcomes.
4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers.
5: Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice.
6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client's right to privacy.
7: Examine the use of information systems to document interventions related to achieving nurse sensitive outcomes.
8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing care.