Rasmussen College Operative Communication in Healthcare Sector Worksheet

Purpose of Assignment:

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008),“Apply safeguards and decision making support tools embedded in patientcare technologies and information systems to support a safe practiceenvironment for both patients and healthcare workers.”

American Association of College of Nursing. (2008). The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Retrieved from: https://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AA…

Course Competency:

Differentiate the impact of various communication technologies on safety and quality improvement.

Content:

Scenario

You are a staff nurse at Healing Spaces Hospital, and through yourdedication and passion for healthcare technologies, you have been votedas the nursing delegate to sit on the Emerging Innovations SteeringCommittee. In preparing for your first committee meeting you have readthrough the last year of meeting minutes and determined what the pastnursing delegate had achieved and what future goals were set for thisspecific role. The meeting minutes from last month show that thesteering committee is currently looking at emerging communicationtechnologies and how the hospital can leverage cost effectivetechnological advances. In preparation for the first meeting you havecreated a list of best practices based on your scholarly research andcreate a list of action plans for leveraging these into practice.

Instructions

You have just walked into your first steering committee meeting andquickly see this committee is ready to move forward with leveringtechnology specific to communication. As the nursing delegate, you havebeen tasked with creating a comparative analysis of two communicationtechnologies and how they can be used to improve communication betweenhealthcare teams as well as how it can influence patient outcomes.Before the next monthly committee meeting, they want you to send them acomparative analysis using a format of your choice (i.e. table) of twocommunication technologies that you feel best improve safety and qualityhealthcare. Write a comparative analysis including the following:

• Discuss the two selected communication technologies you have chosen with support from scholarly research
  • Describe the function of each technology
  • Analyze how it is used in the healthcare setting
• Examine how the two selected technologies can be used to improve communication among the healthcare team.
  • Provide a specific practice example from the literature to supporthow each technology has been shown to improve communication among thehealthcare team.
• Discuss how each communication technology has been shown to improve patient outcomes.
  • Identify evidence from the literature to support how each technology has been shown to impact patient outcomes.

Format:

• Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
• Logical, original and insightful
• Professional organization, style, and mechanics in APA format
• Submit document through Grammarly to correct errors before submission