09 Jun The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
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Assignment: The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar?
Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed since Drucker’s time are the ways that knowledge can be acquired. The volume of data that can now be generated and the tools used to access this data have evolved significantly in recent years and helped healthcare professionals (among many others) to assume the role of knowledge worker in new and powerful ways.
In this Assignment, you will consider the evolving role of the nurse leader and how this evolution has led nurse leaders to assume the role of knowledge worker. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with an infographic (graphic that visually represents information, data, or knowledge. Infographics are intended to present information quickly and clearly.) to educate others on the role of nurse as knowledge worker.
Reference: Drucker, P. (1959). The landmarks of tomorrow. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
To Prepare:
• Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Learning Resources (uploaded in the “Paper Details – use this for references also).
• Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
• Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.
WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT THE FOLLOWING (The Assignment):
• Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.
• Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
THEN INCLUDE ONE SLIDE
• Include ONE SLIDE that visually represents the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
• Your PowerPoint should Include the hypothetical scenario you originally shared in the Discussion Forum. Include your examination of the data that you could use, how the data might be accessed/collected, and what knowledge might be derived from that data. Be sure to incorporate feedback received from your colleagues’ responses.
Hypothetical scenario follows:
The critical scenario in our hospital is using the portal to identify care for post-operative care for surgical patients with cancer. The data will be collected through a computer to recognize images, documental, and patients’ conditions in real-time. The data will be evaluated of first-hand information and unique medications for each patient. Also, the data collection will be useful in assessing the controlled substance and mismanagement of access to narcotics by the healthcare providers in a situation (Pruinelli et al., 2020). This information will be useful for nurses, nurses, leaders, and the whole organization to make clinical judgments and effective care plans for an excellent prognosis for patients in their care.
References
Pruinelli, L., Johnson, S. G., Fesenmaier, B., Winden, T. J., Coviak, C., & Delaney, C. W. (2020). An Applied Healthcare Data Science Roadmap for nursing leaders: a workshop development, conceptualization, and application. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 38(10), 484-489. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000607
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