In your own words, describe the role of a nurse informaticist.
Explain how a nurse informaticist contributes to patient care quality.
Review the AHRQ’s Quality and Patient Safety Work website and ANIA’s Strategic Plan. Discuss how the development of informatics has helped address the concerns about patient safety raised in the “To Err Is Human” report.
Summarize how informatics has assisted in improving culture of safety in your organization and areas where growth is still needed.
Now that you have chosen a gap in practice (fall prevention) to focus on in your writing, it is time to find evidence that shows this problem is worth exploring or researching. In this assessment, you will be substantiating your practice gap or problem with evidence from the literature by searching for high-quality articles, completing an evidence table, and synthesizing your findings for readers.
Preparation: Evidence Table
For this part of the assessment, use the Evidence Table Template [DOCX] to list research articles that will help inform the topic you selected, fall prevention
Search the Capella library databases for a minimum of five research articles that you will use for your project topic. Complete the evidence table fully for these articles, providing all the required information.
• Identify five keywords that relate to a specific gap in practice in the PICOT question.
• Conduct a literature search using the keywords and select at least five relevant research articles, published within the past five years, that provide information or insight about the clinical practice gap, the article must be from the US.
• Create an evidence table and complete each column for each research article.
