1. Introduce yourself to the group. Include your graduate area (e.g., teaching, acute care NP, etc.). Why do you as a graduate level nurse need to know about information management?
I am Janet Fisher a second semester student in the Teaching Nursing Masters. Information management is critical for me in all aspects of my life. As a student the volume of material that we are exposed to is daunting. As an aspiring nurse educator a lot of the resource material I am being exposed to will become invaluable references for both me and my future students.

2. Describe what is happeing related to IT in your clinical or practice setting. What structured documentation, standards, and/or coded terminologies do you see within your practice setting (if none--where might they be applicable)? How are structured/coded clinical data useful in promoting quality patient care?
I am a L&D nurse and caring for a patient on my unit requires me to use two documentation systems (OB Tracevue and Powerchart). Both of these systems primarily promote documentation of assessment findings on drop down lists although both systems allow the ability to free text where assessment findings are documented on drop down lists. This method of standardized charting would allow for the evaluation of data points to assess quality improvement and currently on my unit we use this data to audit compliance with doing a“time out” prior to surgery and invasive procedures (epidurals) as well as evaluating our compliance with putting on SCD’s prior to surgery and assess our times on initiating skin-to-skin between mother and baby as well as tracking the first breastfeeding time. All of these audits have been very helpful in tracking our progress towards consistent care and patient safety issues