Before reading this chapter of our informatics book and doing some research, I had no idea what data mining was. I never fathomed that it could be something that would be so useful in the health care field today. However, I was very aware of the changing technology on a daily bases today. As nurses, we have to stay up to date with the changing technologies and grow with it. We must continue our education and practice efficiently. Since we will be new graduate nurses and will experience even more technological change, it is important for us to understand all of this.
Data mining is defined as "the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information-information that can be used to increase revenue, cuts, costs, or both." …show more content…
In our twentieth century day and time, information is more digital than ever. We are data resource rich and information poor, because of the volume and ever expanding growth we have of resources. In this day and time, technology is changing every day. As a result of the rapidly changing technology, the development of information skills is a learning process that is life-long. As healthcare providers, we must develop information literacy and information technology skills in order to identify valid health care information that is reliable on the internet. We must be able to interpret these outcomes so that we may improve patient care (Sewell, 2016, pg. 139). We cannot develop information and health literacy skills just by listening to a lecture or by reading a book. In order to learn, active learning must take place.In order to take these skills with us in the work field, they must be repeated multiple times (Sewell, 2016, pg. 141). It is also important for us at nurses to know reliable web sources. This can help tremendously when educating our patients (Sewell, 2016, pg.
Data mining is defined as "the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information-information that can be used to increase revenue, cuts, costs, or both." …show more content…
In our twentieth century day and time, information is more digital than ever. We are data resource rich and information poor, because of the volume and ever expanding growth we have of resources. In this day and time, technology is changing every day. As a result of the rapidly changing technology, the development of information skills is a learning process that is life-long. As healthcare providers, we must develop information literacy and information technology skills in order to identify valid health care information that is reliable on the internet. We must be able to interpret these outcomes so that we may improve patient care (Sewell, 2016, pg. 139). We cannot develop information and health literacy skills just by listening to a lecture or by reading a book. In order to learn, active learning must take place.In order to take these skills with us in the work field, they must be repeated multiple times (Sewell, 2016, pg. 141). It is also important for us at nurses to know reliable web sources. This can help tremendously when educating our patients (Sewell, 2016, pg.