Hard to believe that 12 weeks and 6 modules are done.
*(Please note that the previous statement is merely commentary and should not be construed as a pining for the semester to continue.)
It is also hard to come up with only one thing that I learned in this module. If I had to pick, I think that I would emphasize the realization that I had as to how powerful and ultimately necessary information technologies are, especially when we talk about healthcare reform, controlling healthcare costs and the role of support systems. I think I expected this to be a course more about charting and documentation storage systems (which would have been really boring) but instead the totality of informatics is much broader and more integral to healthcare than I anticipated it would be. I admit, I'm not going to run out and add an informatics degree to my education plan, my plate is full enough. But the role that informatics plays and the ways that I can be involved with it as a provider were very pertinent to my future plans.
Now.... what to do with this blog?... I think it needs another re-purposing.
About Me
- Jeremy Norton
- Utah, United States
- I started this blog as an RN, finishing my BSN and attempting to sort out the mysteries of graduate school. Now, I am a graduate nursing student at the University of Utah working on a Family Nurse Practitioner DNP degree. My current RN practice is on the Acute Psychiatry unit and in the Emergency Department at a Northern Utah hospital.
1 comment:
Great comments as always. Why teach you about charting and documentation you already know this and can probably teach it very well :) Yes, this course is meant to go beyond charting and documentation and make you aware about how information technology affects practice and will be affecting your practice. You seem to have gained some knowledge into this :) All the best in your current and future practice it has been a pleasure.
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