Standardized Nursing Language Case Study

1. The article Standardized Nursing Language: What does it mean for Nursing Practice? by Marjorie A. Rutherford was about the language of health care people and how important it is to have a common language; rather than, having multiple different ways to say one thing. It discusses the topic of informatics and how the goal is for “nurses and nursing leaders is to use information technology to ensure that critical information is available to caregivers at the point of care to make health care safer and more effective while improving efficiency” (Rutherford, 2008). The ANA has “approved thirteen standardized languages that support nursing practice” to help communicate between health care professionals (Rutherford, 2008). As a novice nurse it

Biomedical technology is the “physiological monitoring, diagnostic testing, intravenous fluid and medication dispensing and administration, and therapeutic treatments” (Yoder-Wise, 2015). As nurses we use this type of technology multiple times a day. In nurse management, we have to monitor these technologies for errors. Like at the beginning of shift my nurse and I go check the code carts are working and stocked. Information must be “accurate, reliable, and presented in an actionable form”; hence, if the code machine is not working properly it could be the difference between life and death (Yoder-Wise, 2015). Information is also transmitted electronically all the time. It is helpful when the entire health care team can access patient files all at once and from different locations; it also gives us a set language to use when charting because checking a box helps with the language flow and prevent errors. However, sometimes information on the computer can be reputational and hard to see the pertinent information in a sea of other information. A nurses we must always have a working knowledge, which is “cognitive activity and critical thinking” (Yoder-Wise, 2015). We must have evidence based and up to date knowledge to provide the best care to patients. As a nurse manager, my nurse ensures that everyone is up to date on their continuing knowledge classes and are certified in different aspects like CPR. If there is a new process the hospital is using or new evidence about a

We as nurses rely on technology, but we also have been taught to beware technology from making judgments for our nursing car. We know that technology can be wrong or mess up just like a human; therefore, we must always be knowledgeable and question our practice, to ensure safe nursing. Technology has pros and cons just like the human person does. “Storing clinical data, translating clinical data into information, linking clinical data and domain knowledge, and aggregating clinical data” is a helpful and time saving use of technology (Yoder-Wise, 2015). However, technology sometimes take precious time away; for example, a study found that “nurses spend up to 40% of their workday meeting ever-increasing demands from the systems in which they work” (Yoder-Wise, 2015). Technology also brings up an “ethical dilemma” as to when and how to use “extraordinary means to prolong life for patients with limited or no decision making capabilities” (Yoder-Wise, 2015). When is technology prolonging pain and hindering a peaceful natural death. Other issues like, “safeguarding patient’s welfare, privacy, and confidentiality” have been called into question with use of patient information in the computer systems (Yoder-Wise, 2015). There has to be safety parameter to protect patients according to HIPPA law, for example firewalls (Yoder-Wise, 2015). However, computerized patient information has also been a live saver and time saver because “provider order entry” is more clearly written,