NURSE LEADERS IMPOWERMENT IN HEALTHCARE IT
Nurse leaders must be Knowledgeable, strong risk-taking nurse leaders who follow an articulated philosophy in the day-to-day operations of the nursing department (ANCC, 2003). As an upcoming and fast-growing field driven by government goals for electronic health records to improve patient safety, nurse leaders play a vital role in assisting their team members navigate electronic health systems. They find it to be a gratifying specialty with an enormous mandate for their expertise. Nurse leaders can ultimately bridge the communication gap between the clinical and Information Technology world (Woods, 2012).
Similar to any other situation, change is difficult. Nurse leaders will encounter many obstacles in enforcing and integrating new technology with the compassionate part of nursing. While trying to make sure that the human element is not lost in the race to expand technology (Huston, 2014), nurse leaders must be able to balance the human element with technology, balance cost and benefits, train a technology enabled nursing workforce and assure ongoing competency, as well as assure that technology use is ethical (Huston, 2013).
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