What strengths were highlighted in the results of your multiple intelligence test? How do you interpret these results? What technologies might you incorporate to augment your personal learning based on these results?
Highlighted strengths:
Musical
Spatial-Visual
Intrapersonal
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Logical Mathematical
Interpretation of results:
I feel that the results of the multiple intelligence are fairly close to how I see myself. The order was just off a bit. I kind of thought logical-mathematical would have ended up higher in the ranking. I like figuring out how things work and devising methods of improving their performance. I also really enjoy certain types of math (not biostatistics!) and problem solving. I was really surprised to see musical performance rank #1. I play guitar/bass, there is always music on at home, and I love music. None of the typical roles associated with this intelligence type sound appealing to me all. It was also quite interesting that interpersonal ranked so low for me, it was tied for last place with linguistic. The typical roles associated with interpersonal intelligence are pretty much what I am doing right now as nurse. Maybe I should abandon the DNP program and redirect all my energy towards becoming a musician.
Technologies to consider incorporating for augmentation of my personal learning:
>Listen to music more often during my studies. Set up some Pandora stations with classical, jazz, and misc instrumental music. I'm pretty sure that I should avoid anything with lyrics while attempting to study. I can use the results of this test to justify getting an iPod Touch.
>Develop pictures, diagrams, symbols to synthesize concepts/information into a format I can remember easily. What technologies are available to help me with this? Word, Adobe, SmartDraw, etc.
>Create podcasts that cover relevant information for exam prep or content review. Listen to these while doing core work, hiking, biking to school, and running.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Module #2 Question #3
You used an electronic index, a guideline index, and a web search engine to retrieve information relevant to your clinical problem. Compare and contrast your results. Which resources were useful/ not useful for your information retrieval task, and why? Identify some alternative strategies for retrieving relevant information - would context relevant information retrieval be useful?
Electronic Index:
I did not like using PubMed. I just prefer the features of other resources, like CINAHL or the Cochrane Library.
Guideline Index:
The NCG was really fast, easy to use, and provided quite relevant information for a practioner. My only complaint was the presentation of guidelines. They were difficult to read with a bunch of bold text and red text littering the page. I think goofing around with NCG made me like UpToDate and the Cochrane Library even more.
Web Search Engine:
When in doubt I end up using google or google scholar. When I searched "acute low back pain" in google I got a lot more results and had to whittle things down. I found a lot more full text offerings on google scholar than I did with PubMed.
Alternative Strategies:
Search eJournals at Eccles.
I would love to see something simplified for a PDA or iPod Touch that would enable clinicians to access quality info at the bedside. Most of these resources are just to clumsy to quickly access the pertinent info you made need at the bedside. I think an easy to use clinical guideline application set up like epocrates would be amazing.
I'm not sure I really understand context relevant information retrieval. Anybody care to bail me out on this?
Electronic Index:
I did not like using PubMed. I just prefer the features of other resources, like CINAHL or the Cochrane Library.
Guideline Index:
The NCG was really fast, easy to use, and provided quite relevant information for a practioner. My only complaint was the presentation of guidelines. They were difficult to read with a bunch of bold text and red text littering the page. I think goofing around with NCG made me like UpToDate and the Cochrane Library even more.
Web Search Engine:
When in doubt I end up using google or google scholar. When I searched "acute low back pain" in google I got a lot more results and had to whittle things down. I found a lot more full text offerings on google scholar than I did with PubMed.
Alternative Strategies:
Search eJournals at Eccles.
I would love to see something simplified for a PDA or iPod Touch that would enable clinicians to access quality info at the bedside. Most of these resources are just to clumsy to quickly access the pertinent info you made need at the bedside. I think an easy to use clinical guideline application set up like epocrates would be amazing.
I'm not sure I really understand context relevant information retrieval. Anybody care to bail me out on this?
Module #2 Question #2
What features in your chosen reference management software can be used to sort, classify, and otherwise organize references? Describe software functionality that allows you to better organize and share information for efficient retrieval and use.
I'm an EndNote virgin so I'm still learning the software. I spent about 3 hours figuring out how to import my references into EndNote and had very little time left to explore it's sorting, classifying, and organizing features. I'm also embarrassed to admit that I had to try 6 times to get EndNote installed. I did create a N6004 group to put all my references for this module, but beyond that I'm lost right now. All I need is some more time to familiarize myself with EndNote and I might be able to really answer this question. Sorry.
I'm an EndNote virgin so I'm still learning the software. I spent about 3 hours figuring out how to import my references into EndNote and had very little time left to explore it's sorting, classifying, and organizing features. I'm also embarrassed to admit that I had to try 6 times to get EndNote installed. I did create a N6004 group to put all my references for this module, but beyond that I'm lost right now. All I need is some more time to familiarize myself with EndNote and I might be able to really answer this question. Sorry.
Module #2 Question #1
Describe your clinical problem and choice of electronic index. How did the index facilitate (or impede) your ability to construct an efficient search? How time consuming was your search? Would there be barriers to using the index in daily practice?
I see a lot of acute low back pain at work and was interested to see what info existed about different treatment modalities and their efficacy. I went with PubMed for this search because my old standby, CINAHL, wasn't on the approved list. I really don't like PubMed all that much. In another class we received a CINAHL tutorial so I'm feeling pretty comfortable with at least one search method. Looking this up "acute low back pain" in PubMed wasn't really that time consuming. I think I lucked out with the limits that I ended up using. The big barriers for me in using PubMed is the difficulty I found in tracking decent abstracts and full text for the references I found. PubMed would be a decent choice in my daily practice if it had better abstracts and links to full text.
I see a lot of acute low back pain at work and was interested to see what info existed about different treatment modalities and their efficacy. I went with PubMed for this search because my old standby, CINAHL, wasn't on the approved list. I really don't like PubMed all that much. In another class we received a CINAHL tutorial so I'm feeling pretty comfortable with at least one search method. Looking this up "acute low back pain" in PubMed wasn't really that time consuming. I think I lucked out with the limits that I ended up using. The big barriers for me in using PubMed is the difficulty I found in tracking decent abstracts and full text for the references I found. PubMed would be a decent choice in my daily practice if it had better abstracts and links to full text.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Module #1
1. Introduce yourself to the group. Include your graduate area (e.g., teaching, acute care NP, etc.).
Hello everybody! This is Sam Sloan from the DNP-FNP program.
2. Why do you as a graduate level nurse need to know about information management?
I need to know about information management because health care delivery is becoming increasingly dependent upon technology and information management. In order to be an effective PCP you need to know more than just the basics. You should know how to integrate the latest evidence based practices, equipment, data collection/retrieval methods, and management techniques into your practice in a seamless manner. One should also know as much as possible about information management because Obama says so.
3. Describe what is happeing related to IT in your clinical or practice setting.
I work in the ED at the U and we are sort of the late technological bloomers in the hospital. The nursing staff in the ED do very little computer documentation compared to other units in the hospital. We do not use CPOE, PowerChart, etc. We use FirstNet to document triage assessments and access patient charts for labs, H&Ps, imaging, etc. Within the last 2 weeks we started documenting blood sugars and urine pregnancy screens in FirstNet. Management has said "We'll be going live with full computer charting by the end of the year" for the last 2 years. I wonder when we will really "go live".
The ED does have the distinction of being one of the only units in the hospital to use Vocera. We were the first to start using it and now xray, ct, and ekg techs are using them. Social work, interpreter services, and pharmacy are also using Vocera. Vocera is great when it works.
4. What structured documentation, standards, and/or coded terminologies do you see within your practice setting (if none--where might they be applicable)?
The MDs in the ED are using computer documentation for their charting. Their documentation is pretty slick. It's easy to access, interpret, and use. The format has standardized charts for different patient complaints and allows the physicians to use their own language through free-text options but , most importantly, it has standardized a great deal the vocabulary and made it easier to pull out data for future purposes.
5. How are structured/coded clinical data useful in promoting quality patient care?
Without structured/coded clinical data we would not have a quick way to review, interpret, utilize, and communicate patient data. One of the biggest challenges we face in delivering quality health care right now is the overabundance of information available. Much of this excessive information is not easily accessible due to differences in vendors, computer networks, terminology, and structure. Promoting a standardized structure/code for clinical data that is easily accessed and interpreted by health care providers would greatly increase the quality of care that patients receive. There would be no need to repeat labs, imaging, and other expensive diagnostic studies because the results would be readily available. PCPs could easily see what specialists were thinking. Patients would feel that all their providers were on the same page. Providers may feel less frustrated by the increased transparency standardization and structured/coded clinical data would yield. The bottom line is things will only get better for the patient and the patient is why we are all here.
Hello everybody! This is Sam Sloan from the DNP-FNP program.
2. Why do you as a graduate level nurse need to know about information management?
I need to know about information management because health care delivery is becoming increasingly dependent upon technology and information management. In order to be an effective PCP you need to know more than just the basics. You should know how to integrate the latest evidence based practices, equipment, data collection/retrieval methods, and management techniques into your practice in a seamless manner. One should also know as much as possible about information management because Obama says so.
3. Describe what is happeing related to IT in your clinical or practice setting.
I work in the ED at the U and we are sort of the late technological bloomers in the hospital. The nursing staff in the ED do very little computer documentation compared to other units in the hospital. We do not use CPOE, PowerChart, etc. We use FirstNet to document triage assessments and access patient charts for labs, H&Ps, imaging, etc. Within the last 2 weeks we started documenting blood sugars and urine pregnancy screens in FirstNet. Management has said "We'll be going live with full computer charting by the end of the year" for the last 2 years. I wonder when we will really "go live".
The ED does have the distinction of being one of the only units in the hospital to use Vocera. We were the first to start using it and now xray, ct, and ekg techs are using them. Social work, interpreter services, and pharmacy are also using Vocera. Vocera is great when it works.
4. What structured documentation, standards, and/or coded terminologies do you see within your practice setting (if none--where might they be applicable)?
The MDs in the ED are using computer documentation for their charting. Their documentation is pretty slick. It's easy to access, interpret, and use. The format has standardized charts for different patient complaints and allows the physicians to use their own language through free-text options but , most importantly, it has standardized a great deal the vocabulary and made it easier to pull out data for future purposes.
5. How are structured/coded clinical data useful in promoting quality patient care?
Without structured/coded clinical data we would not have a quick way to review, interpret, utilize, and communicate patient data. One of the biggest challenges we face in delivering quality health care right now is the overabundance of information available. Much of this excessive information is not easily accessible due to differences in vendors, computer networks, terminology, and structure. Promoting a standardized structure/code for clinical data that is easily accessed and interpreted by health care providers would greatly increase the quality of care that patients receive. There would be no need to repeat labs, imaging, and other expensive diagnostic studies because the results would be readily available. PCPs could easily see what specialists were thinking. Patients would feel that all their providers were on the same page. Providers may feel less frustrated by the increased transparency standardization and structured/coded clinical data would yield. The bottom line is things will only get better for the patient and the patient is why we are all here.
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