Assignment: The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker NURS 6051 Example 2 Presentation
The Knowledge Worker
- Knowledge workers are people who use their theoretical knowledge and acquired skills through formal training to deliver productive work (Druker, 1995).
- Knowledge workers use their knowledge and skills to solve complex problems, make decisions, and provide new services.
- Knowledge workers access and synthesize information and use analytic reasoning and relevant judgments in addressing issues and new situations.
- Good communication skills and adequate motivation help knowledge workers deliver quality service.
- A professional board always governs knowledge workers
- Knowledge workers receive higher compensation due to the complex nature of their work
Nursing Informatics
- Nursing informatics combines nursing science, information science, and computer science (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015.)
- This combination helps identify, define, manage, and communicate information, wisdom, and data in nursing practice to improve patient care.
- Nursing informatics includes bed management systems that help manage patient census and an electronic portal that allows patients to access their medical records quickly.
- Radio frequency identification is another example of nursing informatics that aids in tracking patient and caregiver activities.
- Nursing informatics is essential in increasing patient safety and promoting quality healthcare in hospital settings.
- Nursing informatics plays a vital role in training nursing staff on the use of technology, answering questions, and monitoring results.
Nursing informatics improve patient care by:
- Designing different process of treatment approaches, reviewing clinical workflow, diagnostic and treatment plans
- Measuring and analyzing different parts of organizational roles and making specific changes that help in improving patient care.
- Analyzing several data information to identify prevalent issues in healthcare organizations and provide the best solutions
- Selecting and testing new medical devices used in improving patient care.
- Providing training to other nursing staff by providing educational programs.
- Implementing information systems provides better access to evidence affecting patient safety and supports evidence-based nursing.
Role of a Nurse as a Knowledge Worker
- Nurse leaders play a crucial work in developing new treatment plans, collecting and evaluating treatment plans
- Using their autonomy and nursing experience, nursing leaders aid in broadening healthcare fields and promoting health
- Nurse leaders apply their knowledge and skills to address the needs of their patients and level up the general patient care criteria.
- Nurse leaders use their acquired integrated knowledge to solve upcoming and existing practice problems in healthcare settings.
- Nurse leaders are equipped with informatics skills that aid in developing new research on different nursing practices that help in improving outcomes of patient needs.
The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker NURS 6051 Presentation References
- Drucker, P. (1959). Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New” Post-Modern. World.
- McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (Eds.). (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. Jones & Bartlett Publishers