ASSIGNMENT

ON
CONTINUING EDUCATION

SUBJECT:NURSING EDUCATION

SUBMITTED TO, SUBMITTED BY,

MADAM SUNITI THAPA DEBASHRITA MISRA

FACULTY MEMBER 1ST YEAR M.SC NURSING

GOVT.COLLEGE OF NURSING GOVT.COLLEGE OF NURSING

KALIMPONG KALIMPONG
1. To ensure safe & effective nursing care To meet the needs of population& should cater to
the needs of service Development of nurses by updating their knowledge For career
advancement
2. 20. To acquire specialized skills It provides opportunity for professional growth Development
of nurses will occur by updating their knowledge and preparing them for specialization for
career advancement.
3. 21. Nurses with research aptitude and preparation are needed. Nurse in administrative
position need to increase their understanding of administrative process. The demand for
specialized nursing services is increasing more rapidly. Planned programmes are needed to
increase their competence as practitioners.
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1. Care Coordinator
Nursing care coordinators work with individuals, groups, and communities to arrange
resources that consumers need to ensure successful treatments. [1] These nurses
ensure that various services complement each other in a way that promotes positive
patient outcomes. This work serves to decrease service costs, facilitate provider
collaboration, and increase patient safety. By thinking of their work on a community
level, care coordinators make sure that patrons receive necessary services across
population groups, treatment disciplines, and service sites.

For example, a consumer afflicted with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) may require
treatments from several specialists. This complex undertaking can expose patients to
added risks. CHF patients face the additional risks of undergoing redundant diagnostics,
and receiving conflicting or redundant medications, dietary plans, or physical therapy
treatments. In these instances, a critical error can occur, resulting in the need for
emergency services or worse.

Nursing care coordinators bridge the gaps between many disparate health services.
They eliminate redundant treatments and make sure consumers understand how to
comply with the care plans developed by multiple providers. This work promotes optimal
treatment outcomes and reduces unnecessary readmissions.

2. Informatics Specialist
Nursing informatics specialists perform a critical role in helping improve treatment
outcomes. [2] These professionals combine their expertise in communications and
electronic information management to organize and disseminate information in a way
that provides value to care providers and consumers. Many nurses who practice this
discipline have frontline caregiving experience.

Informatics specialists typically perform work involving the technical or computer-related

aspects of health care services. In an executive capacity, these nurses might make
decisions that affect the way an entire organization manages patient information.

Nursing informatics professionals may specialize in one of several areas. Informatics

research nurses commonly work at universities, private medical firms, and private
health organizations. Consumer needs consultants create and maintain digital
information that consumers can access using the Internet. Public health informatics
specialists collect and analyze electronic health records (EHRs) and other data for use
by consumers, medical professionals, and public health officials. Informatics specialists
manipulate data that spans many health disciplines to improve community wellness and
keep care providers up to date with timely population health statistics.

3. Community-Based Facilitator
Community-based facilitators support consumers and health care workers in
transitioning to new practices. [3] The nurses serve as a link between medical theory
and practice. In this role, nursing professionals play an important part in ensuring the
medical community properly adopts procedural and policy changes based on the latest
empirical health data.
While performing consumer-facing duties, the specialists help individuals, groups, and
communities understand why and how they need to make changes in the habits that
affect their health. By creating specific goals, community-based facilitators serve as
intermediaries who guide health professionals in achieving pre-established objectives.

Depending on the focus area, community-based facilitators might perform duties that
include small tasks for individuals, to wide-ranging overall community plans that
promote holistic wellness. These nursing professionals typically work in universities and
health care academic settings; teaching medical students and care providers how to
implement new practices based on recent scientific discoveries.

The consensus among medical professionals is that community-based facilitation

makes it easier for consumers and health care professionals to adopt new methods and
behaviors. Some health experts support the idea that the practice encourages
cooperation among consumers and professional peers. Either view focuses on
improving the quality of health services.

4. Primary Care Partner

The United States currently suffers from a shortage of primary care providers, and may
have difficulty serving the needs of a growing patient population. [4] As caseloads
increase, health care organizations must transition toward new practice models and
streamlined operations.

In response to these conditions, more nurses have assumed the role of primary care
partner. However, the key to this transition lies in training sufficient numbers of nurses
to pursue this career track.

Increasing the ranks of primary care providers and reorganizing service delivery will
help health care organizations improve patient treatment experiences and outcomes
while reducing medical expenses. The 3.7 million registered nurses (RNs) who currently
practice in America represent a ready and able resource that can help alleviate the
shortage of primary care providers. Advanced practice nurses who assume roles as
primary care partners can relieve the growing pressure placed on many health
organizations in the United States.

Despite these options, many health care organizations do not utilize RNs to their full
potential as primary care providers. However, among the organizations that have
employed RNs in this capacity, patient satisfaction and health outcomes have risen, and
operating costs have decreased.

Population health rests with the ability to provide tangible services of proven value to
patients. This requires fostering teamwork, cultivating collaborative relationships, and
streamlining operations throughout the public health care milieu. Ultimately, successful
community wellness may lie in the hands of skilled, advanced nursing professionals
who can help health organizations meet, and exceed, these objectives.