Getting Started

Electronic information and computer technology have enhanced healthcare in many ways. You will access information from your assigned readings in this course and an additional literature review to discuss the impact of clinical informatics on the safety, quality, and efficiency of nursing care. This paper should reflect correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and APA format.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

Describe the impact that information systems and computer technology have on quality, safety, and efficiency in healthcare.

Resources

Textbook: Applied Clinical Informatics for Nurses

Textbook: APA Publication Manual

Website: Grammarly

Website: Grammarly Setup for IWU Students

Background Information

Indiana Wesleyan University uses the Turnitin program to check submitted assignments for potential plagiarism using pattern-recognition algorithms. After you submit your assignment in the Assignment Submission page, an originality report is generated. Read through “Viewing an OriginalityCheck Report” at https://kb.indwes.edu/Web/Academic/Brightspace/Stu… to learn how to interpret your report.

Wikipedia is not viewed as an academic or scholarly source for written assignments. This open and collaborative online encyclopedia allows anyone to edit information, and not all edits can be verified. It may include factual errors and false or misleading information. You may find that the bibliography list in Wikipedia provides links to credible sources that may occasionally be used for certain topics. As with any website, you must verify the authenticity of each source prior to citing and referencing in academic writing.

You are expected to use correct APA format for this assignment. You may use the APA template (provided in workshop two) or the template created in Academic Writer. Other resources for this assignment can be your course textbooks and OCLS resources. Please write in third person and avoid referring to the reader as “you” (second person). Minimal use of direct quoting is important when citing and referencing information on this topic. Please review the criteria on the grading rubric carefully before starting this written assignment.

Instructions

Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

Write a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title page and reference page) that includes the following:

Describe the impact of information systems and computer technology on the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare.

Consider benefits and constraints that information technology brings to nursing practice.

Give specific examples from the literature to support your discussion.

You are required to cite and reference a minimum of three current and scholarly sources in this paper. Your textbook, Applied Clinical Informatics for Nurses, may be considered one of the three sources used for this assignment.

Minimal use of direct quoting is important when citing and referencing information on this topic.

Please write in third person and avoid referring to the reader as “you” (second person).

Review the criteria on the grading rubric carefully before starting this written assignment.

Proofread your paper for grammar, spelling, and APA errors. Use the Grammarly tool if that is beneficial to you. This link explains the use of the Grammarly tool: https://kb.indwes.edu/Apps/Grammarly.

Remember, the Grammarly tool does not have your nursing knowledge. Some suggestions or comments may not be accurate, but it is useful as a general tool to assist with improving your writing style as needed. Remember that there is a plagiarism check in the Grammarly program that can be used before submitting the assignment.

When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Assignment Submission Page by the end of the workshop (Turnitin enabled).

The following assessment rubric is used to grade this written assignment.