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Symptom Severity and Functional Impairment

For this Assignment, you evaluate and select an appropriate test to measure symptom severity as well as functioning and apply it to your virtual client. How severe are a client’s symptoms and how do they impact a client’s functioning? Consider the case of Sami in this week’s Introduction. Sami came to counseling because she was […]

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Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom (DIKW) Model

Introduction The selected theoretical framework to address nursing and clinical informatics is Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom (DIKW) Model. Concepts of wisdom, knowledge, information and data are the information science and library building blocks. These terms were initially put together into a one formula in 1989 by Russell Lincoln Ackoff. Ackoff postulated a hierarchy where wisdom lay at the

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Can The Nursing Informaticists Role Be Justified?

Question If a healthcare organization is considering hiring a nursing informaticist, one consideration is that such a role does not involve direct patient care. How can this role be justified? Consider your current experience in working with individuals from your nursing informatics department. What types of roles and responsibilities do they perform in your organization?

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