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Module 14: Promoting Patient Engagement through Information Technology by Nurses
Nurses need to assess patient health status, interpret healthcare data and practice nursing within a caring perspective. Learning the process of Usability Testing was able to show how technology and nursing go hand in hand. This process was not an easy process to learn and a link will be posted in this information page for ease of reference. In today’s nursing world, information is no longer leaving a paper trail. Technology has replaced this and made information more accessible to all involved in the care of the patient.

The Usability testing survey was created in Google Forms. The step-by-step process took time but learning and understanding how information is gathered daily from patients gave a greater understanding of how a Nurse Informatics gains access to and uses the information to provide the best care to their patients.

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Nurses as information gatherers == Gathering of Information ===

Understanding the importance of Nursing Informatics in Health care in this module was very informational. Learning the process of how the Usability Survey was created and how it is used to allow not only the Nursing informatics to gather information on different patients but also any health care professional that is able to use the survey. It is understood why Nursing Informatics is important. Relaying messages and finding information in the shortest possible time is pivotal for nurses to provide the best and accurate care to the patients.

Nursing informatics is an evolving field and one that is leading the way in how technology can be used to track and trace. Take for example the Covid-19 pandemic. Information about patients who had Covid-19 or who may have been in close proximity to another is what was able to start the process of what is now called "contact tracing" that enables the user of the survey to be able to know where the patient may or may not have been.

Technology goes hand in hand with Nursing Informatics
The scope of Nursing informatics continues to evolve over time. Nursing informatics is a field that will continue to expand over the next few years. A nurse is is able to access information without physically getting into the MAR for information. This affords faster access and also faster turn around time for patients. Nurses - to attend to their patient needs, a nurse needs to be competent with the use of machines and able to relate with others with ease. ==