Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system such as “Mobile Application System Supporting Nurses Workflow” is to be implemented in a large nursing home facility. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.
To Prepare:
• Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and reflect on the scenario presented.
• Planning and requirements definition
• Analysis
• Design of the new system
• Implementation
• Post-implementation support
• Consider the benefits and challenges associated with involving a nurse leader on an implementation team for health information technology.