Question

1) What are successes and challenges that are often encountered when using the following applications: spreadsheet, database, and power point presentation.

2) How will using spreadsheet, database, and power point presentation be useful with a nursing career?

Answer 1

1) Successes and Challenges of the spreadsheet:

• It acts as a teaching tool helpful for students.
• Can create basic formulas and chart.
• Autofill helps to fill the whole columns.
• Challenged in creating a new worksheet and cell referencing.
• Challenged in calculating more formulas.

Successes and challenges in using the database:

• Helpful in proper documentation and maintenance of data standards.
• Data can be collected continuously
• Can extract needed information from the database.
• Increasing Data volumes are challengeable.
• Decentralized data management is challengeable.
• Limitations in scalability.

Successes and challenges in Powerpoint presentation:

• Can adapt based on our needs.
• Can capture audience response.
• Different visions can be used.
• The presentation can be modified or editable.

2). EHR is an important component in the health care system. Computer applications are widely used in the health care system. Nursing students use a word processor for the submission of assignments. PPT is widely used for continuing nursing education and group presentation. Spread sheets are used to document necessary interventions and databases are used for shared decision making to improve nursing practice. The database helps the nurse to extract the needed data earlier.