Week 7 Discussion: CDC Wonder (graded)

Purpose

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome:

• CO 8: Selects evidence for best practices when planning professional nursing care involving systems, processes, and devices for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. (PO 8)

Due Date

• During the assigned week (Sunday the start of the assigned week through Sunday the end of the assigned week):
  • Posts in the discussion at least two times, and
  • Posts in the discussion on two different days

Directions

• Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
  • Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
  • Integrate outside scholarly sources when required
  • Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor
  • Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
• Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
• Best Practices include:
  • Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.
  • Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.
  • Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 

Discussion Questions

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!