Understanding knowledge and how it is acquired, processed, generated, and disseminated

Implement informatics applications from the perspective the current healthcare delivery system and specific
individual organizational needs
Proactively anticipate and create future informatics applications in both health care systems and the nursing
profession
Identify, develop, evaluate, modify, and enhance informatics applications to improve patient care
Discover opportunities to use informatics
Participate in the design of informatics solutions within the health care setting
Assignment:
Please complete ALL THREE of the Professional Development exercises.
Some institutions that require students to develop e-portfolios as a part of their program of study also may use
this evidence of student learning to evaluate the program quality or generate evidence for accreditation reports.
What do you think should be the driving purpose behind requiring electronic portfolios – professional
development planning or institutional evaluation? What are the merits of each approach?
Conduct a literature search for a scholarly article about e-Portfolios and how they are used in nursing.
Summarize the findings, and discuss how this may be applicable within your nursing practice.
Investigate a healthcare informatics technology trend
Use both Internet sites and library resources to describe the trend.
Cover both hardware and software requirements.
Discuss considerations for implementing the trend.
Discuss how the technology trend will impact nursing knowledge and/or practice.