Discussion Questions #1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Informatics and Surveillance website contains a number of resources nurses could innovatively incorporate in care delivery. The CDC Wonder site could be utilized by nurses in a number of ways. https://wonder.cdc.gov/Links to an external site.
For this discussion you will:
· Identify one of the resources at the CDC Wonder site above and describe how a nurse might use this information in practice.
· How might nurses utilizing telehealth benefit from these resources?
· Address what you find innovative about the link.
· Feel free to share some of your nursing innovation ideas!
Discussion Question #2
A nurse colleague uses his personal cell phone to take a photo of a patient’s wound and then sends a message with the photo to the primary care provider via a text. Please consider the following in your discussion post:
· What principles of patient confidentiality might be an issue? Consider legal and ethical.
· How might this nurse use a communication device to support safe patient practices?
· What would your organization’s policy on ‘personal communication device use in a patient care setting’ reveal related to this case? (If your organization does not have a written policy, or you are not currently working in an organization, what do you think should be included in such a policy and why?)
