by Whende Carroll | Feb 11, 2019 | Evolution
In the last year, I’ve had the pleasure of helping Master of Science in Nursing students learn about the constructs of nursing informatics. In their assignments, the students were asked to provide examples of current and cutting-edge health technologies and their...
by Whende Carroll | Dec 29, 2018 | Evolution
The concept of Nurse Innovation: Nature has been established. Nurses are naturally clever, resourceful, resilient and use alternative methods to deliver timely, quality, evidence-based care for patients instinctively whenever necessary. Nurses need encouragement to...
by Whende Carroll | Dec 22, 2018 | Evolution
Every nursing shift is different and unpredictable. On most days, you are crazy busy. No matter what setting you work in, your usually organized workflows become disrupted for several reasons. A lack of resources such as missing or broken equipment. Distractions and a...
by Whende Carroll | Dec 15, 2018 | Evolution
Today, you were on the floor, clinic or in a virtual care environment. The patient in front of you presented with an acute illness, one you may have seen before, or one that is different and perplexing. Instinctively, you used the nursing process, and your organized...
by Whende Carroll | Dec 15, 2018 | Evolution
As an RN for 21 years, 12 years of those as a nurse informaticist, I’ve worked with health information technology and data in informatics and quality improvement departments and vendor and startup settings. Through lessons learned, trial and error, and changing roles,...
