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NURS 357 Course Schedule

  • Course begins: 
  • Course ends: 

Note: All due dates reflect North American eastern time (ET).

Activities are due by Sunday at 11:55 PM at the end of each week's timeframe below, unless otherwise noted.

Getting Started
Timeframe: 

Activities:
  1. Review the Canvas Orientation and Overview.
  2. Review the APA Style Resources.
  3. Refer to the RN to BSN Handbook as necessary.
  4. Participate in the Class Introductions Discussion.
  5. Complete the Academic Integrity and Handbook Statement to unlock the rest of the course content.

*Refer to the Canvas Orientation and the provided resources throughout the course as necessary.
Lesson 1: Exploring the Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
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Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 1 Check Your Understanding Quiz.
  2. Complete the initial post on the Healthcare Technology Topics Part A.
  3. Begin Case Study I.
Lesson 2: Identifying Personal Informatics Competencies
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapters 6, 7, and 8

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 2 Check Your Understanding Quiz.  
  2. Complete the Information Literacy Assessment - Part 1
  3. Complete the Information Literacy Assessment - Part 2
  4. Complete Case Study I and submit for grading.
Lesson 3: Exploring Patient Safety Technologies in Informatics
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapter 15

Other Readings

  • Berlinger, N. (2017). Workarounds Are Routinely Used by Nurses—But Are They Ethical?. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 117(10), 53–55.
  • van der Veen, W., van den Bemt, Patricia M L A, Wouters, H., Bates, D. W., Twisk, J. W. R., de Gier, J. J., . . . for the BCMA Study Group. (2018). Association between workarounds and medication administration errors in bar-code-assisted medication administration in hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 25(4), 385-392.
  • Brown, C. W. & Morabito, J. (2019). Collaborative Partnership Among Hospital Healthcare Technology Management Community, Medical Device Manufacturers, and the FDA’s MedSun Program. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 44(3), 107–112.
     

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 3 Check Your Understanding Quiz.
  2. Submit Lesson 3 assignment.
  3. Submit your Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation (Part B)
Lesson 4: Exploring Clinical Information Systems and Network Security
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapters 8, 10, 12, and Box 14-2

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 4 Check Your Understanding Quiz.
  2. Complete the Compliance Group HIPAA Compliance training
  3. Complete the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation (Part C) 
Lesson 5: Exploring Clinical Information Systems and Network Security Standardized Terminologies
Timeframe:

 

Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapter 14 and "Capturing and Codifying the Work of Nursing" (pages 119-126)

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 5 Check Your Understanding Quiz.
  2. Begin Case Study II.
Lesson 6: Identifying Scholarly Articles Related to the Healthcare Technology Trend
Timeframe:

 

Readings:

N/A

 

Activities:
  1. Complete Lesson 6 Library Module #1
  2. Complete Case Study II and submit for grading
  3. Complete Lesson 6 Assignment
Lesson 7: Identifying Credible Websites with Information Related to the Healthcare Technology Trend
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook

  • pg. 85-86
  • pg. 90-91

Activities:

 
  1. Complete Lesson 7 Library Module #2
  2. Complete Lesson 7 Assignment
  3. Submit the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation (Part D).
Lesson 8: Exploring Informatics Technologies to Support Education and Health Promotion and Management in the Community
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook

  • Read Chapters 16, 17, and 18

Activities:
  1. Complete the Lesson 8 Check Your Understanding Quiz
  2. Post initial response to Lesson 8 Discussion 
Lesson 9: Ethical Considerations and Social Media
Timeframe: 

Readings:

Textbook 

  • Read Chapters 5 & 6

Other Readings

  • Birkhoff, S., & Moriarty, H. (2016). Interventions using smartphone health apps across various populations: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of Informatics Nursing, 1( 1), 13– 24.
  • Lee, H., Min, H., Oh, S. M., & Shim, K. (2018). Mobile Technology in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Systematic Review. Healthcare informatics research, 24(2), 97–108. doi:10.4258/hir.2018.24.2.97
  • Privacy and Policy Implications for Big Data and Health Information Technology for Patients: A Historical and Legal Analysis
  • Bickford, C. J. (2015). The Specialty of Nursing Informatics. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 33(4), 129–131. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000150.

Activities:
  1. Complete Lesson 9 Check Your Understanding Quiz 
  2. Complete Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation (Part E)
  3. Complete Lesson 8 Discussion Forum
Lesson 10: Developing the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation
Timeframe:

 

Readings:

N/A

Activities:
  1. Complete the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation Part F 
  2. Review the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation Parts A-F 
  3. Work on the Final PowerPoint presentation for Healthcare Technology Trend assignment. Be sure you refer to the Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation Assignment Overview.
Lesson 11: Final Healthcare Technology Trend Presentation
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Readings:

N/A

Activities:
  1. Submit the Final Healthcare Trend Presentation.
  2. Post your final presentation to the Final Healthcare Technology Trend Discussion for peer review.
Lesson 12: Reflections on Healthcare Technology Trends
Timeframe: 

Readings:

N/A

Activities:
  1. Post your reflections (at least two) to the Final Healthcare Technology Trend Discussion.
  2. Complete the Final Competency Assessment Part 1.
  3. Complete the Final Competency Assessment Part 2.

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