Nursing:
The Use of Information Technology in Advanced Practice Nursing
Personal research on topics for Information Technology and Human Factors Paper
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This paper will require you to prepare your responses to a series of questions that you have hypothetically been given by the executive management team at a healthcare facility. You are being interviewed by this team for an advanced practice nursing position and your responses should address the following three questions:
1. How would you envision using information and communication technologies to support and augment your role as an advanced practice nurse in our healthcare facility?
2. Given the growing net-savvy, empowered consumers, how will you transform your practice to accommodate these patients?
3. What are the top three human computer interface (HCI) issues that you identify for an informatics tool you expect to use in our organization? And what ideas or suggestions do you have to address these top three HCI issues?
The following critical elements will be used to assess this assignment. Your prepared remarks should cover the following for each of the three major questions:
Question 1:
• Description of the role you are applying for in this interview. You get to decide this
• Description of how you will use information and communication tools to support this role
• Statement as to how these tools will address two pressing issues of safety and the nursing shortage
• Pertinent references that support your ideas
Question 2:
• Description of how your practice will accommodate the net-savvy, empowered consumer population
• Identify creative ideas that will address the numerous characteristics of this population
• Pertinent references that support your ideas
Question 3:
• Description of the selected tool to answer this question
• Identification of the top three human computer interface issues
• Suggestions or ideas to address these HCI issues
• Pertinent references that support your ideas
Paper should use language that:
• Complies with standard English usage and APA guidelines
• Is free of errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice, spelling, and format
• Reflects language consistent with professional practice and appropriate for the audience
• Is focused, well organized, and unified
• Is limited to 10 double-spaced pages with 1-inch margins and 12-point font
• Provides adequate supporting ideas and examples with proper citations