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Evidence from the past weeks shows that health information systems have the ability to improve patient outcomes in terms of efficiency, access, quality, and safety. However, the literature also reveals that the success of these systems cannot be possible in the absence of vital competencies such as informatics and computer skills. This week, the TIGER initiative attempts to explain the role of technology in the future of nursing. TIGER looks into advancing the involvement of information systems in practice, patient engagement, and education. Ideally, the initiative encourages nurse educators to involve their student nurses in learning the importance of ...

The ASIMO’s concept of a chair is not an instance of Searle’s original intentionality. In this context, intentionality can be translated roughly to mean representation. According to Searle, it is not right to say that a machine can think by virtue of running programs. in such instances, the intentionality that is characteristic of these programs comes from the original intention of the interrogator and the programmer. These two people are outside the machine. Thus, the machine is not making judgments based on thoughts. Rather, it is just giving specific answers to the specific questions based on the ...

2.1 Effective Change Management 12 2.2 Structural 13 2.3 People-Centered 14 2.4 Process-Oriented 15 2.5 Strategy-Oriented 15 2.6 Summary 16

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Introduction What is change management and how does it relate to operational efficiency? When change is introduced to an organization, management itself on various levels normally decides on altering how operations and related work is practiced. The main categories of change management are organizational structure, job descriptions, operational systems, and processes. Change management varies from project management, where the former is defined as a process associated with the tools and techniques to regulate any ...

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Implementation of Facebook in Nursing Education Programs 2.1 Introduction The inception of various social networking sites, such as Facebook, Myspace, Orkut, Twitter, and LinkedIn, has attracted billion of users from all over the world, bridging geographical barriers by providing a seamless service of communication through which people may build and expand both their professional and personal networks. Especially, Facebook being at the peak of its success and being the most popular social networking site, various businesses have started making use of this great social platform to leverage their business operations and marketing practices. The education sector too is ...

One of the most controversial issues in the nation today is whether or not abortion should remain legal. Names like “pro-choice,” “pro-life,” and other emotionally loaded terms abound surrounding the supports and detractors of various aspects of this divisive topic. Whatever the arguments, it is important to acknowledge that the controversy surrounding abortion is important; it is this controversy that allows abortion to remain legal because it provides a guiding conscience for this morally contentious procedure. There are many people who would like to see abortion outlawed altogether. In the minds of these people, there is never a good reason ...

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Over the years, there has been a need for the delivery of safe, evidence based, patient focused, and high quality patient care, which should be supplemented with reliable and efficient diagnosis as well as treatment alternatives. Technology and informatics have the solutions to most of these needs, and hence, brings up the necessity for the integration of information technology and informatics in nursing education as well as the nursing practice so that health services can be delivered if a low cost, safe, and timely manner. The TIGER initiative is geared towards improving patient healthcare by integrating information technology into healthcare education, ...