EHR interoperability – Practicum Project


 To Prepare:

  • Reflect on your practicum experiences as a “Nursing Informatics”.
  • Think about the evidence, concepts, and/or theories learned throughout this program and your specialization.
  • Analyze a problem, issue, or situation that you have observed during your practicum experience.
  • Using a minimum of four peer-reviewed sources of evidence, consider what you have observed within the context of your specialty using appropriate concepts, principles, and theories. Give special attention to observed events that vary from the scholarly literature.
  • Determine the degree to which the problem, situation, or issue was addressed in a      manner that is consistent with the theory, concepts, and principles detailed in the evidence.
  • Given the various evidence-based approaches that can be used in handling the observed problem, situation, or issue, think about a plan for approaching the matter differently.

Assignment Details:

Please provide the list following objective related to the practicum project:

1. Practicum Professional Development (Nursing Informatics) Objectives:

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2. EHR Interoperability Project Objectives:

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Write a 2 – page assignment in which you do the following: 

  • Describe a problem, issue, or situation that you have observed during your practicum experience (no more than a half-page).
  • Using no fewer than three peer-reviewed sources of evidence, analyze what you have observed within the context of your informatics specialty using appropriate concepts, principles, and theories. Give special attention to observed events that vary from scholarly literature.
  • Explain the degree to which the problem, situation, or issue was handled in a      manner that is consistent with the theory, concepts, and principles detailed in the evidence.
  • Given the various evidence-based approaches that can be used in handling the problem, situation, or issue, formulate a plan for approaching the matter differently. 
  • Include references immediately following the content. 

Possible References:

Jasper, M., Rosser, M., & Mooney, G. P. (2013). Professional development, reflection, and decision-making in nursing and healthcare. John Wiley and Sons.

  • Chapter 6, “Moving from Clinical Supervision to      Person-centered Development: A Paradigm Change” (pp. 168–203)

Matthews, J. H. (2012). Role of professional organizations in advocating for the nursing profession. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 17(1). http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-17-2012/No1-Jan-2012/Professional-Organizations-and-Advocating.html

Jobs.net. (n.d.). 6 ways professional healthcare associations advance your career. http://www.jobs.net/Article/CB-4-Talent-Network-Healthcare-6-Ways-Professional-Healthcare-Associations-Advance-Your-Career

Echevarria, I. M. (2018). Make connections by joining a professional nursing organization. Nursing, 48(12), 35–38.  

Professional Organization Links 

American Medical Informatics Association. (n.d.-a) About AMIA. https://www.amia.org/about-amia

American Nursing Informatics Association. (n.d.-a). ANIA. https://www.ania.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (n.d.-b). HIMSS. https://www.himss.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (n.d.-a). Certifications. https://www.himss.org/membership/get-involved/committees/nursing-informatics