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Schedule

NURS 431 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 EST at the end of each week's timeframe below, unless otherwise noted.

Getting Started
Timeframe: 

Activities:
  • Review the Canvas Orientation and Overview
  • Review the APA Style Resources
  • Refer to the RN to BSN Handbook as necessary
  • Participate in the Class Introduction Discussion
  • 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: Technological Advances - Are You Ready?
Timeframe:

 

Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Textbook (Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge)

  • Section I: The Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
  • Chapter 1: Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge
  • Chapter 2: Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
  • Chapter 3: Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model

Other Readings

  • Review the associated chapter PowerPoint presentations found at the companion website

Activities:
  1. Complete the Impact of Technology Interview assignment and discussion
  2. Complete the Computer Skills Self Assessment assignment
  3. Complete the PATCH Self Assessment assignment
Lesson 2: Ethics and Security of Information - The Role of the Nurse Manager
Timeframe:


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Textbook (Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge)

  • Chapter 5: Ethical Applications of Informatics
  • Chapter 9: Systems Development Life Cycle: Nursing Informatics and Organizational Decision Making
  • Chapter 14: The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics

Other Readings

  • Review the associated chapter PowerPoint presentations found at the companion website

Activities:
  1. Complete the Case Analysis: Breach of Patient Information assignment
  2. Complete the Case Analysis: Securing Patient Information assignment
  3. Continue to work on tutorials for Excel and PowerPoint
Lesson 3: Administrative and Clinical Health Information Systems
Timeframe:

 


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Textbook (Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge)

  • Section III: Nursing Informatics Applications: Precare and Care Support
  • Chapter 10: Administrative Information Systems
  • Section IV: Nursing Informatics Applications: Care Delivery
  • Chapter 14: The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics

Other Readings

Activities:
  1. Complete the Healthcare Technology Systems assignment
  2. Participate in the Clinical Information Systems discussion
  3. Continue to work on tutorials for Excel and PowerPoint
Lesson 4: Financial Aspects of Nursing Management: Economics of Health Care
Timeframe:

 


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Textbook (Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing)

  • Chapter 15: Budgeting and Managing Fiscal Resources

Other Readings

Activities:
  1. Participate in the Cost of Healthcare discussion
  2. Complete the Leadership and Cost of Healthcare assignment
Lesson 5: Financial Aspects of Nursing Management: The Budgeting Process, Productivity
Timeframe:

 


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Textbook (Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing)

  • Chapter 15: Budgeting and Managing Fiscal Resources

Other Readings

  • Review the associated chapter PowerPoint presentations found at the companion website

Activities:
  1. Complete the Personal Salary Budget assignment
  2. Complete the Identifying Variance assignment
  3. Complete the Assessing Productivity assignment
  4. Complete the Nursing Unit Budget assignment
Lesson 6: Data Management: Transforming Data to Information
Timeframe:

 


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

No assigned Readings

Activities:
  1. Complete the Data Transformation assignment
Lesson 7: Data Management: Concepts in Capital Budgeting
Timeframe:

 


Note: this is a two-week lesson.

Readings:

Other Readings

Activities:
  1. Participate in the Capital Budget discussion

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