INTERNET TOOLS FOR ADVANCE NURSING PRACTICE

INTRODUCTION
Clinical information databases and systems must be designed for system-wide and
discipline-specific needs. To meet discipline-specific needs, the design of clinical
information databases and systems requires the input of members of each involved
discipline.

The reason is that each discipline is alone responsible for its knowledge base,
practice, and standards of practice. Without this interdisciplinary approach to the
development of clinical information systems, the resultant system will be ineffective
in addressing the patient needs for which it is designed and inefficient.

WIRELESS CONNECTION
It allows Web-based clinical decision support, patient and clinician e-mail
communication, and point-of-care electronic health record data entry, data sharing,
and messaging, including prescription writing.
These tools help nurses and medical teams to rely on and it safe to use. For
example the wireless connection.

In retrieving some information we can retrieve it through the internet but retrieval
cannot solely depend on the book marking of Web pages. They change as Web
editors and designers add new information and tools.
NURSING PROCESS

Assessment:
Assessment Forms
Hospital Soup http://www.hospitalsoup.com/public/mr-ipa-mcch.pd
Miscellaneous Screening Tools
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
www.niaaa.nih.gov
Domestic abuse, Vermont Department of Health
Multiple assessment screening tools
Insert health topic desired in search box.
Wheeler Clinic Connecticut Clearinghouse,
www.ctclearinghouse.org

Population-Based Assessment
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Citizens
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/DataAndStatisticalReports/index.html
Risk Assessment
Body Mass Index Calculator
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Cancer Risk Tools
Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. Risks
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Calculator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Health risk calculators
University of Maryland Medicine
Signs and Symptoms Manifestations
National Library of Medicine
MEDLINE Plus Health Information
http://medlineplus.gov/
DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
Medical classification of diseases
(e.g. International Classifications of Disease)
Nursing classifications of human responses to illness and health (e.g. the NANDA
Classification of Nursing Diagnoses)
Functional health and disability
(e.g. the International Classification of Functioning in Health and Disability)

Outcomes/Evaluation
Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Web Morbidity and Mortality
Rounds Patient safety page, Medscape.com
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Standardized Outcome Terminologies

Center for Nursing Classification and Clinical Effectiveness

Includes: Nursing Interventions Classification and Nursing Outcomes
Classification
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/about_us/nursing_knowledge/clinical_effectiveness/in
dex.htm International Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
http://www.inmds.org/PostNuke/html/index.php
Minimum Data Set (MDS) Information Site, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
MDS Quality Measures, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov
/NursingHomeQualityInits/10_NHQIQualityMeasures.asp#TopOfPage
Outcomes Assessment Information Set (OASIS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OASIS
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS), National Committee for
Quality Assurance (NCQA)
2007 HEDIS measures http://web.ncqa.org/tabid/59/Default.aspx Example: Missouri
2006 Consumers Guide
Commercial: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/ManagedCare/com_06.pdf
MC+: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/ManagedCare/mcaid_06.pdf
Medicare: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/ManagedCare/mdcre_06.pdf
Example: Select list of HEDIS measures used by Blue Choice
http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/hedis2002/9G.asp Example: Minnesota
Department of Health, HEDIS
Reportshttp://www.ncqa.org/Programs/HEDIS/index.htm

CHART AND MEDICAL RECORDS

Auditshttp://www.omic.com/resources/risk_man/forms/medical_office/MedicalRecord
Audit.rtf
Example: Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC),Medical Record Audit
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