Clinical Nurse Educator-Intensive Care Unit
The employment opportunity this candidate is interviewing for is a Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) in the intensive care unit of a 200 bed community hospital in Georgia. CNE’s are taught at the master 's or doctoral level, serving as instructors in colleges, nursing schools and hospitals. They combine clinical knowledge with a desire for teaching. As healthcare professionals, they play a crucial role in empowering the nurses by applying the leadership needed to implement evidence-based practice. (A) The job requirements for this role include having a valid registered nurse license in the state of Georgia, a minimum of a master’s degree and at least five years of work experience in an intensive care …show more content…
Nurses often must work long hours or forced overtime resulting in fatigue, injury, and job frustration. (4) The strain put on the nurses has contributed to an increase in nurse turnover rates over the past couple of years. Hospital administrators are concerned that overworked nurses are making medical errors. American Nurse Today ran an article which eluded that low job satisfaction is predominantly related to demanding workloads and a lack of support to ensure patient safety. (5) The interviewee suggested that education and technology may be the key to nurse retention. By utilizing informatics, nurses can shorten the amount of time they spend researching and charting so that they can have more time to spend on patient …show more content…
Human factors involve collaboration between people, machines, and their work environments. The ICU, perhaps more than any other unit of the hospital, generates a lot of data. Between monitoring equipment, electronic health records, communications, and research, there are many systems being used. The candidate, with her background in intensive care, understands the nature of the work of critical care providers. Her experience involving their environment; cognitive abilities; and the tasks which need to be performed will provide value in better integrating IT into the unit. Three areas the CNE would focus on are ergonomics, usability, and reliability.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics focuses on the design and ease of usability for computer systems. Factors such as safety, comfort and convenience are considered. For example, where is the computer placed so that it optimizes the nurses’ workflow? Is the number of computers available adequate? Are there computers in every room or do the nurses use wireless mobile carts? Critical care environments rely heavily on the teamwork between physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and lab technicians. There is a need, therefore, for the use of interdisciplinary documentation mechanisms.
The employment opportunity this candidate is interviewing for is a Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) in the intensive care unit of a 200 bed community hospital in Georgia. CNE’s are taught at the master 's or doctoral level, serving as instructors in colleges, nursing schools and hospitals. They combine clinical knowledge with a desire for teaching. As healthcare professionals, they play a crucial role in empowering the nurses by applying the leadership needed to implement evidence-based practice. (A) The job requirements for this role include having a valid registered nurse license in the state of Georgia, a minimum of a master’s degree and at least five years of work experience in an intensive care …show more content…
Nurses often must work long hours or forced overtime resulting in fatigue, injury, and job frustration. (4) The strain put on the nurses has contributed to an increase in nurse turnover rates over the past couple of years. Hospital administrators are concerned that overworked nurses are making medical errors. American Nurse Today ran an article which eluded that low job satisfaction is predominantly related to demanding workloads and a lack of support to ensure patient safety. (5) The interviewee suggested that education and technology may be the key to nurse retention. By utilizing informatics, nurses can shorten the amount of time they spend researching and charting so that they can have more time to spend on patient …show more content…
Human factors involve collaboration between people, machines, and their work environments. The ICU, perhaps more than any other unit of the hospital, generates a lot of data. Between monitoring equipment, electronic health records, communications, and research, there are many systems being used. The candidate, with her background in intensive care, understands the nature of the work of critical care providers. Her experience involving their environment; cognitive abilities; and the tasks which need to be performed will provide value in better integrating IT into the unit. Three areas the CNE would focus on are ergonomics, usability, and reliability.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics focuses on the design and ease of usability for computer systems. Factors such as safety, comfort and convenience are considered. For example, where is the computer placed so that it optimizes the nurses’ workflow? Is the number of computers available adequate? Are there computers in every room or do the nurses use wireless mobile carts? Critical care environments rely heavily on the teamwork between physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and lab technicians. There is a need, therefore, for the use of interdisciplinary documentation mechanisms.