NURS 5051 Week 1 Discussion: The Application of Data to Problem-Solving
This week’s discussion will focus on how the access and analysis of data can facilitate both problem-solving and knowledge formation. You will reflect on the concepts of informatics and knowledge work as presented in the resources. You will consider a hypothetical scenario based on your own healthcare practice or organization that would benefit from the collection and analysis of data to gain knowledge. The scenario will involve an issue or gap that impacts patients, staff, or management. The scenario needs to focus on a question that you will answer (gain knowledge) with the data you propose to collect. If you choose a patient issue, you need to collect data on many patients, this is not a case study with data from 1 patient. If you choose a staff or management issue, you need to collect data a group of people. The scenario needs to derive knowledge from the process of gathering and analyzing the data collected from groups of people.