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| − | This article serves as a good guidance in teaching the importance of documenting on an EHR. Student nurses rarely understand how to properly work the [[CPOE]] when looking up physician orders. A majority of a student nurse’s training with CPOE’s are developed when he/she begin practicing on it early in their skill developing stage. Although there | + | This article serves as a good guidance in teaching the importance of documenting on an EHR. Student nurses rarely understand how to properly work the [[CPOE]] when looking up physician orders. A majority of a student nurse’s training with CPOE’s are developed when he/she begin practicing on it early in their skill developing stage. Although there are different EHR vendors that offer different formats, it is essential for nursing students to have a basic understanding on how to navigate a CPOE and how it truly affects the care of their patients. This should also apply to physicians as well. Perhaps medical schools should invest in the same training so that medical students, “soon to be physicians”, will be more open to adopting the use of a CPOE or EHR system after graduation. After all “several studies emphasize the importance of investing heavily in and requiring upfront training for all staff members to avoid negative impacts on workflow, costly setbacks, and productivity losses.”<ref name="Blavin, 2013"> Blavin, F., Ramos, C., Shah, A., & Devers, K. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (2013). Lessons from the literature on electronic health record implementation. Retrieved from website: http://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/hit_lessons_learned_lit_review_final_08-01-2013.pdf</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:51, 19 February 2015
The following is a review of the article, “HIT plants SEEDS in healthcare education" [1] and how it addresses the impact of teaching EHR to nursing students.
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Abstract
Nursing students learn how to properly document their patient's assessments when they are in school. The authors of the article propose adding a curriculum for undergraduate nursing students that teaches the students how to navigate the clinical information system (CIS).
Methods
The curriculum was named Simulated E-health Delivery System (SEEDS). The students were using a modified version of Cerner's electronic health record known as PowerChart. The students were taught how to document on PowerChart during their skills laboratory course. During their skills laboratory course, they learned physical examination techniques and clinical procedures. According to Connors, Warren, and Weaver (2007), nursing curriculums that incorporated the use of EHRs will develop the students' informatic skills (p. 132).
Results
An evaluation of the SEEDS curriculum from the nursing students showed that there were "increased satisfaction with learning skills useful for practice and improved critical thinking ability" (Connors et al., 2007, p. 132). The electronic health record (EHR) helped the students by providing cues to what needed to be documented. Also, the EHR helped the students ask more thorough questions when assessing their patients because the EHR's structured data entry screens helped them to determine what was relevant and what was not relevant. The authors encourage more health sciences schools to incorporate clinical information system into their curriculum to enhance their students' understanding of CIS.
Comments
This article serves as a good guidance in teaching the importance of documenting on an EHR. Student nurses rarely understand how to properly work the CPOE when looking up physician orders. A majority of a student nurse’s training with CPOE’s are developed when he/she begin practicing on it early in their skill developing stage. Although there are different EHR vendors that offer different formats, it is essential for nursing students to have a basic understanding on how to navigate a CPOE and how it truly affects the care of their patients. This should also apply to physicians as well. Perhaps medical schools should invest in the same training so that medical students, “soon to be physicians”, will be more open to adopting the use of a CPOE or EHR system after graduation. After all “several studies emphasize the importance of investing heavily in and requiring upfront training for all staff members to avoid negative impacts on workflow, costly setbacks, and productivity losses.”[2]
References
- ↑ Connors, H., Warren, J., & Weaver, C. (2007). HIT plants SEEDS in healthcare education. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 31(2), 129-133
- ↑ Blavin, F., Ramos, C., Shah, A., & Devers, K. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (2013). Lessons from the literature on electronic health record implementation. Retrieved from website: http://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/hit_lessons_learned_lit_review_final_08-01-2013.pdf
