Interdisciplinary education

The AACN position statement on interdisciplinary education is an essential element of a strong work setting. All health care disciplines share a common and main commitment to serving the patient and working toward the ideal health. While each discipline has its own focus, the choice of health care mandates that health professionals work with other related disciplines. Teamwork originates from appreciation and understanding of the roles and contributions that each discipline provide. Such specialized socialization and capability to work together is the result of shared educational and practice experiences.

 Nursing students should be educated in an environment that provides such interdisciplinary educational experiences based on mutual understanding and respect and designed to enhance the practice of each discipline. One vital component of any educational endeavor is evaluation of its success. Thus, educators are responsible for assessing the results of an interdisciplinary approach to assure that collaboration is enhanced, the delivery of care is facilitated, and patient outcomes are improved. EMR Technology can enhance and enrich clinical teaching and learning. Electronic Health Records (EMR) has allowed doctors/providers to have access to medical records and to immunizations records while in one central location. Past records can be viewed by providers were given permission to do so by the patient. This also has decreased paper use, where as in a physician’s office a chart used to be made out of paper and that is no longer the case. This has allowed for safety by providers because medications can be reviewed and checked for any interaction and also past immunizations records can be checked on to see if the patient needs a new immunization. It also allows the patient’s medical history to be written and researched in front of the patient so the provider so can verify it with them. The patient also have total access to their charts through My Chart which they may view all of their records. They also can look back at past lab work and other reports. All lab work and emergency rooms visits go right to the provider via fax and sometimes can go directly into the chart. X-rays can now be reviewed by computer without having to have the patient bring the x-rays to the office or to access the x-rays themselves. This is also decreased use of space by many radiology files and paper charts. Most records are now scanned into a computer or go right into a computer and this saves space, time and it is safer for the patients because access is immediate. Pictures are being taken of patients upon arrival to outpatient clinics and emergency rooms to verify identity with each visit due to the large amount of fraud with ID’s and insurances.Technology can enhance and enrich clinical teaching and learning. Electronic Health Records (EMR) has allowed doctors/providers to have access to medical records and to immunizations records while in one central location. Past records can be viewed by providers were given permission to do so by the patient. This also has decreased paper use, where as in a physician’s office a chart used to be made out of paper and that is no longer the case. This has allowed for safety by providers because medications can be reviewed and checked for any interaction and also past immunizations records can be checked on to see if the patient needs a new immunization. It also allows the patient’s medical history to be written and researched in front of the patient so the provider so can verify it with them. Patients also have total access to their charts through My Chart in which they may view all of their records. They also can look back at past lab work and other reports. All lab work and emergency rooms visits go right to the provider via fax and sometimes can go directly into the chart. X-rays can now be reviewed by computer without having to have the patient bring the x-rays to the office or to access the x-rays themselves. This is also decreased use of space by many radiology files and paper charts. Most records are now scanned into a computer or go right into a computer and this saves space, time and it is safer for the patients because access is immediate. Pictures are being taken of patients upon arrival to outpatient clinics and emergency rooms to verify identity with each visit due to the large amount of fraud with ID’s and insurances.

Technology Enhancements in Nursing

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Technology Enhancements in Nursing

        In the 21^st technology age, the nurse educator has access to a multitude of technological enhancements and strategies to both deliver content and develop creative learning strategies for his or her students. I have found several very interesting ways to grab a student’s attention and get a point across to them while keeping their interest sparked. I find Voki very inquisitive, a way to lighten spirits and keep attention of students, similar to an ice breaker. I have used it several times so far and the only thing I am unable to make it do is speak using my microphone.  I have learned how to text a message to it and it speaks what I have texted just not in my voice, so I find it uniquely useful. Obviously, I find simulation always exciting and unique. However I have usually found simulation on a computer to be challenging for me because I haven’t used computers very well in the past and they found them frightening. So far I have learned many new things since I started the bachelors program at Roberts Wesleyan College and I find this course to be very informative and intriguing. I now know how to download a YouTube video or embed I should say. Even though the whole course is a challenge to me, I look forward to being slightly more technologically advanced. I find Weebly not so much a chore anymore but fun! The other night I had to do a lecture to a radiology group where I spoke in front of 100 people and I made a PowerPoint which is so unlike me! PowerPoint is so much easier for me now than what it used to be. I find it actually fun to make a PowerPoint and look at what I have created. I know by the end of this course I will feel the same way and hopefully not be as stressed.

                I do believe that covers active and authentic learning as well as applied and experiential learning. I have applied the technology to my present learning and have also used it with my experiential learning. I do have to say I am shocked that I have gotten to like technology a little bit more!

Emerging Educator in the 21st Century Age of Technology

 

 

My role as an emerging educator in the 21^st century age of technology will be to act as a facilitator and guide to my students. There are many emerging technologies that will change practice of nursing in the coming decade. Technology is changing our world and this no more evident than in the healthcare setting. I envision many more emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing. Some that have changed the practice of nursing presently are computerized physician/provider orders; entry (CPOE) and clinical decisions support. These have profoundly changed the ordering process resulting in a reduction of medical errors, lower healthcare costs, and more interventions based on evidence and best practice. Not too long ago, physicians provided hand written orders to nurses on triplicate paper. Nurses and nursing staff tried to interpret the handwriting of the physicians. CPOE has changed the nursing world forever in that respect.

Electronic health care records (EHR) allow healthcare providers access to patient information from multiple providers, allowing for better coordinated care. This process permits for non-duplication of medication and interactions between medications. It also allows the provider to see any upcoming appointments the patient may have with their own personal physician.

Nurse educators are being encouraged to embrace new ideas that have a stronger focus on student-centered learning and rethink traditional teacher-centered curriculum designs. The paradigm change is derived in the request for nursing education to respond to the fluctuating needs of students by providing an educational learning environment that has been presented as evidence for curriculum and educational practice. Education should provide active learning that encourages analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. I believe classrooms will be reshaped to provide a learning environment where students and educators can be seated face-to-face to allow interaction. Presently lecture halls do not allow for that practice. Smart boards are in almost every college and utilized daily.