Question

1. Briefly describe an organization and discuss how: a. Our need for information and knowledge impacts the organization and nature of work b. Knowledge of software helps nurses participate in technology adoption decisions and professional development and collaboration

Answer 1

An organization is an association or a group of people with a particular goal who work together with co-operation, co-ordination, division of work etc as a system with a definite hierarchy and resources to achieve that goal. In a healthcare organization, human and technological resources work in unison to deliver healthcare services to those in need of care. The healthcare information technology has a significant role in the proper management and satisfactory performance of any healthcare organization. The impact of information technology in healthcare is quite obvious from the new interventional treatment modalities and the quality of care provided.

Need for information and knowledge impacts the organization and nature of work. With the use of the healthcare information technology, a healthcare professional's need for information and technological know-how has increased. A professional with more technological know-how is an asset to any healthcare organisation that considers patient satisfaction as the yardstick of quality measurement. So well-informed professionals with updated knowledge becomes the foremost factor of running any healthcare organisation successfully. Continuing education should be part of the benefits offered by the healthcare organisation to reduce the negative impact of need for information and knowledge. Often it is seen that professionals with outdated knowledge either slows down the whole process of quality care giving or don't provide desired quality care giving. This in turn cripples the healthcare organization in all aspects often causing detrimental loss to the organization. As far as the nature of work is considered, care giving becomes picture perfect with the desired quality with ample information and knowledge.

Software knowledge helps nurses participate in technology adoption decisions and professional development and collaboration. Like any other organisation, the use of software in healthcare reduces the human effort in successful management and accelerates the processes involved. Many interventional technologies requires updated software knowledge and the nurses who are also the users are also no exception. Software knowledge helps them to groom themselves as most successful professionals who can collaborate in healthcare technology adoption decision making process. 'The more the better' is well said as far as requirement of software knowledge is considered in the case of nurses.