Evaluation of Nursing Literature

Nursing Literature Evaluation
Author Name
Institution Affiliation
Criteria

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Author and Journal Name

Viveka Andersson, Eva Otterstrom-Rydberg, and Ann-Kristin Karlsson (Pain Management Nursing)

William Jonathan Rauh (Public Integrity)

Abby Morrow-Barnes (Nursing Standard)

Tina Bennett (British Journal of Cardiac Nursing)

Article Title and Year Published

The Importance of Written and Verbal Information on Pain Treatment for Patients Undergoing Surgical Interventions (2015)

Changing Ethics Policies Without Scandal: State Responses to Published Reports and the Importance of Accurate Information (2016)

Temperature Monitoring (2014)

The Importance of Patients Getting Good Information (2015)

Aim of Study

How to determine the significance of technology in the healthcare industry? Understand the role of technology in collecting, saving and analyzing patient health data.

What is the role of information technology in the field of medicines? Knowing the core purpose of health IT, and what roles nurses can play.

How nurses can collect useful information from patients in order to provide them with the best treatment facilities? Having an idea of how quality medicine can be prescribed based on the information collected from different patients.

Is it mandatory for nurses to exchange medical information on a regular basis? Helping patients and nurses understand why it is essential to exchange correct patient information.

Key Findings

Different medical equipment can be used to save, update and share patient data during the treatment.

A large number of software and programs can be used to ease the flow of information between the patient and the doctor/nurse.

Based on the data collected from patients, it becomes easy for doctors and nurses to prescribe correct medicine in order to help them recover at a fast speed.

Patients must be encouraged to speak the truth about their health status and family backgrounds so that nurses can use this data to evaluate their overall recovery process.

Recommendations

Organizations and healthcare teams should be engaged in the process of choosing the right kind of technology/medical equipment.

Developers from all over the world should contribute code to the reference application and provide technical support to the local clinics.

Nurses should be ready to work with difficult clients too and ensure that they receive their treatment in a timely manner.

Coordination between the nurse and the patient is the key to a successful treatment plan.

Criteria

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Author and Journal Name

Joyce S. Willens (Pain Management Nursing)