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The concept of a knowledge worker Knowledge worker - a person who applies critical thinking, theoretical and analytical knowledge to make decisions. Knowledge workers participate in complex tasks at their places of work. They apply high-level knowledge to resolve challenging issues. Tasks performed by knowledge workers include: forecasting, reporting, analyzing health data, creating models, and developing new products and services. 2
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Nurse leader’s role as a knowledge worker
Nurse leaders use specialized knowledge and professional skills to make decisions. The skills of a nurse leader include: data collection, analysis, and interpretation, problem solving and critical thinking (Ceravolo & Raines, 2019).
They participate in dispute resolution besides delegating duties, and identifying best practices They engage in nursing research and the development of technology platforms 3
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The role of nurse leaders as a knowledge worker
Coordination of care processes Nurse leaders collaborate with other health care professionals to promote collaboration in healthcare delivery.
Maintaining a safe environment Nurse leaders identify and implement interventions that can improve the working environment. A safe environment is crucial for the delivery of quality care services
Ensuring standards and quality of care Development of healthcare teams Nurse leaders also educate other staff on standards Leaders use their critical thinking skills to develop and quality of care to enhance compliance healthcare teams capable of delivering quality care Implementation of health information technology Nurse leaders work with health nursing informaticists to implement health technology in hospitals (Nagle, Sermeus, & Junger, 2017). 4
Advocate for patients Nurse leaders also use communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to advocate for patients. 09/15/2023
Nursing informatics the specialty that incorporates nursing science into information, computer, cognitive, analytical, and healthcare sciences to define, identify and effectively manage knowledge, information and communication data in nursing practice (Sweeny, 2017).
It entails constant integration of new knowledge into nursing practices (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2017). Nursing informatics improves data analysis and decision-making (Sweeney, 2017). It improves patient education and healthcare outcomes. 5
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Hypothetical scenario: Medication administration error
The case involves wrong documentation of a patient’s medications Fortunately, the error was identified before discharge Medical errors cause poor health outcomes and legal suits An Electronic Medical Recording system could have prevented documentation errors. EMR provides a reliable platform to key in all health details. The system helps clinicians to analyze data and detect errors before prescriptions are made. 6
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References Ceravolo, D., & Raines, D. A. (2019). The impact of a mindfulness intervention for nurse managers. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 37(1), 4755. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0898010118781620 McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. Nagle, L., Sermeus, W., & Junger, A. (2017). Evolving Role of the Nursing Informatics Specialist. In J. Murphy, W. Goosen, & P. Weber, (Eds.), Forecasting Competencies for Nurses in the Future of Connected Health (212-221). IMIA and IOS Press. Sweeney, J. (2017). Healthcare informatics. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 21(1). https://search.proquest.com/openview/0692fa0057e41f0972dd03e36 230f738/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2034896 7
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