Nurse Facilitator

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Technology play a critical role in transforming the health care delivery system. As such, the utilization of electronic health records, EHR continues to increase. Nurses are the biggest users of the technology, which calls for a strategy to engage them in the EHR implementation and adoption. However, the implementation of such technology comes with a degree of uncertainty regarding the outcome of the innovation. The nurse facilitator should thus know that the implementation of EHRs affects nurses and their needs must be considered in the process. The approval of nurses is crucial when implementing the new technology in a healthcare facility. To implement a new EHR system successfully, all the nurses must be willing to learn and engage with …show more content…

The nurse facilitator must ensure that they inform the nurses of the positive effects EHR will have on their workflow as well as communication to ease the transition. The nurse facilitator must strive to alleviate fear and frustration that may emanate as a result of implementing the new technology. Such would involve utilizing the five qualities Rogers (2003) identifies to assist with the upcoming innovation. The five qualities include trialability, compatibility, simplicity, observable results, and relative advantage. These qualities are useful in determining the attitudes nurses would have towards embracing the new technology. Regarding relative advantage, the nurse facilitator will ensure that all the nurses understand the benefits of the EHR system in improving the nursing practice in the hospital. It will also be crucial for the nurses to learn how the system will support the current situation. As such, the nurse facilitator will provide an illustration on how the working days will look like at the facility with innovation. However, the nurse facilitator will take the opportunity to dispel the claim that learning a new system is difficult and would result to job losses, which will avert any misinterpretations arising from implementing the new …show more content…

The facilitator should thus ensure that the nurses know that the new system is compatible with the hospital’s existing practices and values and only a few changes will occur. It would be crucial to create a perception of how the nurses will use shorter time to do the same tasks, such as patient documentation compared to the existing one. Therefore, the nurses will be better placed to comprehend how the new system will complement and align with the current practices. The facilitator must ensure that the nurses understand how the new system will adjust the speed of doing things in the facility to ensure improved patient care and outcome. The nurse facilitator will use the quality of trialability to allow the nurses to explore the new system’s capabilities. As such, one will provide the nurses with the opportunity to operate the EHR system to have them become more confident with dealing with the innovation. Rogers (2003) posits that the more an innovation is tried, the faster its adoption becomes. The trials will validate the benefits of implementing this system thus heightening its perception of value and any mitigate complexity

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