Points to Remember:
Your first submission to the weekly DQ is what you are graded on for the initial rubric criteria.
Look at the rubric criteria. Be sure to address every topic mentioned in the DQ prompt. The use of headings is encouraged to provide clarity to your writing.
Additions you make to your first post are not graded. For example, if you leave off the reference list and then submit the reference list later, the reference list is considered “omitted” and your grade will reflect this omission.
To get all the points awarded for “Peer Posts”, you must answer your instructor if they have asked you a question.
You will find a document, “Tips for Successful DQ Writing” in the Students Resources section of the course with more detailed information on successful writing of a DQ, using the following path:
”Tips for Successful DQ Writing” (attached)
Approximate time to Completion: 4 hours
IInitial Post Criteria: Meaningful use was established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This act founds rules and regulations that organizations must abide by if they would like to take advantage of funding available for organizations that meet the meaningful use criteria.
1. Review the DQ Grading Rubric
2. Discuss the following:
Define the three stages of meaningful use within the Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive plan.
In your current work setting, what do you perceive as the present obstacles to redesigning workflow within the environment?
Is the technology usage workflow providing your organization with the data it needs to make decisions and meet meaningful use criteria?
3. Reports by The Institute of Medicine emphasize the utilization of technology as a core competency for today’s nurses. Nursing leaders heard this call for technology competencies in academia, and in 2005 the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) was initiated.
Knowing that technology will gain a more significant presence in the work-life of nurses, what do you feel are the implications for nursing education as the electronic health record becomes the standard for caring for patients?
4. No more than 5% of the post’s total word count consists of direct quotes, and all work not cited is original.