Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Embracing Technology: The Role of the Nurse Leader


  








 In the current world of health care reform, nursing leadership at all levels must be ready to embrace and encourage health information technology as a means of improving the quality of nursing practice.   Nursing informatics leaders are innovative and are considered to be both educators and practitioners of nursing care.  They understand nursing workflow and assist in the development, integration and communication of technology that will assist and support nurses at the bedside.    Nursing leaders must embrace HIT, communicate, support and challenge the visions that are created so as to optimize the development of new heath care delivery models (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson, 2015). 
            It is crucial that nursing leaders at all levels partner with and support HIT.  Leaders in nursing informatics can facilitate and help to educate other levels of nursing leadership to achieve competency and true understanding of the technology available.  Included in this understanding must be the realization of the data available and how nurse leaders at all levels can transform and innovate the findings into improved clinical practice and outcomes (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson). 
References

Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (2015). Leadership and nursing: Contemporary 
     perspectives (2nd ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier Australia. 

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