Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you explain the importance of using standardized nursing languages to document nursing care and enhance patient safety. You also define nursing informatics and the DIKW model in the context of nursing informatics and explain how nurses can use nursing informatics in their practice. Finally, you apply the DIKW model to an issue in nursing practice.
Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
- Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
- Download the XI3001 Performance Task Assessment Template.
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the faculty will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
Achievement vs. Mastery of the Competency
- Mastery of this Competency means that 80% or more of the rows have been assessed as Exceeds Expectations and no rows have been assessed as Does Not Meet Expectations.
- Achievement of this Competency means that all rows are assessed at Meets Expectations or above (but lower than the 80% threshold required for Mastery).
Assessment of Individual Rubric Rows
In order to achieve Meets Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in that row. This means that you have addressed all required elements to the required level of quantity and/or quality.
In order to achieve Exceeds Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in the row, and in addition, your response must reflect a depth and breadth of knowledge and expertise. Examples of this include—but are not limited to—the following:
- You provide additional, specific, and/or particularly relevant examples to illustrate points made.
- You seamlessly incorporate your original thoughts and diverse, credible, and relevant academic sources, when applicable, to express your viewpoint or develop a persuasive argument.
- You demonstrate a deeper understanding of the subject that draws from discipline-specific knowledge and theory and incorporates the viewpoints of a diverse set of business and management thought leaders.
- You draw additional connections between multiple, complex topics to support your explanations.
- You are able to apply your knowledge in unique, creative, and/or innovative ways.
- You thoroughly break down concepts into simpler parts and use your understanding of business to make connections.
- Your analysis is insightful and original.
- You design processes, products, and/or solutions that are creative, high-quality, and innovative.
- You consider diverse perspectives and relevant social, ethical, and business-related issues when proposing new ideas or formulating judgments.
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
This Assessment requires submission of two files: 1) Your informational Pamphlet, and 2) A completed Performance Task Assessment Template. Save this file as XI3001_firstinitial_lastname (for example, XI3001_J_Smith).
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After completing the Learning Activities in Module 1, reflect on the importance of standardized nursing languages (SNL) and how they relate to patient safety.
Explain the importance of using standardized nursing languages to document nursing care and enhance patient safety. How are standardized languages different from abbreviations used in healthcare? How does SNL enhance patient safety? Be specific and provide examples from your practice.
Complete this part of the Assessment using the XI3001 Performance Task Assessment Template.
Review the Learning Activities in Module 1 and focus on the field of Nursing Informatics for this part of the Performance Task.
Create a 1-page informational pamphlet that uses text as well as images to explain the field of nursing informatics to nurses who are thinking about a career in nursing informatics. Include the following elements:
- A definition of nursing informatics
- At least three components of nursing informatics
- A definition of the DIKW pyramid within the context of nursing informatics.
- An explanation of how nurses might use nursing informatics in their practice (provide at least three examples).
Use your own words and aim to be creative. Cite any sources used in APA format on a separate reference page.
Submit your informational pamphlet as a separate document.
Download and complete the XI3001Performance Task Assessment Template based on the directions provided in the form.
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