Question

The nurse is caring for Donna Henderson (D. H.), a patient with diabetes on an inpatient medical unit. The nurse enters D. H.'s admission history and nursing assessment into the bedside computer, checks the admission laboratory test results, and reads the patient's current orders entered by the primary care provider. The nurse plans D. H.'s care for the day on the basis of the information in the electronic health record.

D. H. tells the nurse that a friend mentioned a great new product that will allow her to discontinue insulin. The patient looked it up on the Internet and tells the nurse, “I want to stop taking insulin and try the new product.”

Question 1

How is the nurse caring for D.H. using nursing informatics?

Question 2

Is it important for the nurse to share the conversation that occurred with D.H. about the new diabetic treatment with the primary care provider? If so, what would be the process for sharing this information?

Question 3

How can the nurse use the information found in D.H.'s EHR to manage her nursing care?

Question 4

At what skill level of informatics competency is the nurse functioning? Give examples of the level from the case study.

Answer 1

1.The nurse uses the nursing informatics in entering patient details, interpreting the laboratory results and planning care as per the provider's order

2.Self treatment is always dangerous and puts one under risk.This information has to be conveyed to the primary care provider so that proper guidance and advice can be provided by an expert.The nurse can share the information by entering the details in the nursing notes, so that it can be visualized by the provider

3.She can plan for the following

• Manage and maintain blood sugar under control
• Health educate about the medication adherence,risks of using new products without proper health care professionals advice

4.The nurse is in her first level of nursing informatics competency by entering patient history,,doing nursing assessment, reads lab results, and plans for providers order.In simple uses the basic tools in this case study.