“Technology will change how nurses spend time delivering patient care, but the need for nurses will remain. Nursing experience, knowledge, and skills will transition to learning new ways of thinking about and processing information—the nurse will become the information integrator, health coach, and deliverer of human caring, supported by AI technologies, not replaced by them” (Robert, 2019).

How might advancements in technology impact your practice? Why are these advancements important, as a future DNP-prepared nurse, why is it important to consider the impact of current and future advancements?

This week, you will computer science methodologies, specifically exploring technology advancements as they relate to healthcare and nursing practice. You will analyze the benefits and challenges of the advancements, as well as the impact of use. You will continue working on the small nursing informatics project.

Reference:

Robert, N. (2019). How artificial intelligence is changing nursing. Nursing Management, 50(9), 30–39. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000578988.56622.21

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Analyze benefits and challenges of computer science methodologies
• Analyze how computer science methodologies may influence healthcare practice and outcomes
• Evaluate computer science methodologies and integration for Big Data
• Compare computer science methodologies
• Analyze how computer science methodologies contribute to Big Data
• Justify implementation strategies to nursing informatics project*
• Analyze implementation and progress tracking of a nursing informatics project*
• Synthesize lessons learned from implementing a nursing informatics project*

* Assigned in Week 6 of Module 3 and submitted in Week 9 of Module 4

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

Machine Learning (click to expand/reduce)

Precision Medicine, Genomics (click to expand/reduce)

Robotics (click to expand/reduce)

Clinical Decision Support/Digital Medicine (click to expand/reduce)

Required Media (click to expand/reduce)

Optional Resources (click to expand/reduce)

Blog: Innovative Informatics Tools and Applications to Clinical Practice

• New technology and tools will undoubtedly shape nursing practice.  “Research suggests that between 8% and 16% of nursing time is spent on non-nursing activities and tasks that should be delegated to others” (Robert, 2019). As a result, new innovations may minimize the time spent on these non-nursing activities and tasks to further support and strengthen patient care.

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One such technology is the use of robots. While nursing robots are not yet readily available, researchers have earned millions in grants over the last decade researching and developing AI and robotic innovations to improve healthcare and nursing practice. From clinical practice to patient support, the future seems endless with possibilities.

For this Discussion, you will explore various topics associated with innovative technology and your healthcare organization or nursing practice. You will consider how you might utilize these advancements, as well as consider how these advancements might influence nursing informatics. 

Reference:

_{Robert, N. (2019). How artificial intelligence is changing nursing. Nursing Management, 50(9), 30–39. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000578988.56622.21}

To Prepare

• Review the Learning Resources associated with the topics: AI, Machine Learning, Genomics, Precision Health, and Robotics.
• Consider the role of these technologies in your healthcare organization or nursing practice.
• Analyze the differences of these technologies as they may impact healthcare delivery and nursing practice.
• Reflect on the potential use of each of these topics and your personal experiences with their implementation into practice.

By Day 3 of Week 7

Post a response to your blog for each of the following: 

• From the five topics: AI, Machine Learning, Genomics, Precision Health, and Robotics, assess the applications of the technology, noting the potential benefits and potential challenges of the innovations. Be specific.
• Appraise the potential of the innovations to improve healthcare practice and related outcomes.
• Explain whether these applications integrate Big Data? Why or why not?
• Explain the difference between AI, Machine Learning, Data Mining and
• Deep Learning as presented in the Bini (2018) article.
• Why do these differences matter and how relevant are they for Big Data?

By Day 5 of Week 7

Read a selection of your colleagues’ blog posts and respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days by expanding upon their responses or sharing additional or alternative perspectives.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 7 Blog Rubric

Post by Day 3 of Week 7 and Respond by Day 5 of Week 7

To Participate in this Blog:

Week 7 Blog

Assignment: Developing a Small Nursing Informatics Project for Your Organization, Part 2: Implementation (Continued)

• Continue to implement, or propose how you might implement, your small nursing informatics project by applying the 10 tracking documents (Part 1) developed in Weeks 1-6. Track your project to make sure the implementation is going as planned or consider how your proposed implementation might go. Remember, this process is like what you will experience in completing your DNP Project or dissertation.

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Activities to track with application of tools:

• Is the project staying within scope? (Scope)
• Were all of the gaps identified? (Gap Analysis)
• Is the project following the timeline? (Project timeline)
• If you had a budget, is it on track?
• Were all of the work activities correctly assigned? (WBS)
• Are team members responsible? (RACI)
• Did the project start on time, inline to meet due date? (Gantt)
• Are you holding weekly status meetings and documented all activities? Are all team members in attendance and communicated with? (Communication Plan)
• Are all changes approved and documented? (Change Management Plan)
• Are all risks identified, prioritized, assigned an owner and mitigation plan developed? (Risk Management Plan)

Using these activities above for guidance, continue to develop and compile the final paper, discussing the plan for implementation and tracking project progress with your manager who will provide oversight for the project. If you do not have time to fully implement the project due to constraints discussed with your manager and instructor, continue to write it up and submit it as if you were implementing. Be sure to document and justify why you could not actually implement and discuss the constraints.

Continue to work on Part 2, the Project Final paper and Presentation. Remember that Part 1 and the previous 10 documents will be added to your final paper submission.

Part 2 is due by Day 7 of Week 9.

You are not required to submit this assignment this week.

What’s Coming Up in Week 8?

In the next week, you will continue your exploration of nursing informatics through the consideration of the influence of social determinants. You will analyze and interpret social determinants, as well as analyze health literacy.

Next Week