Assignment: Application:
Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum
Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdomknowledge applied in meaningful ways.
Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.
To prepare:
Review the information in Figure 62 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
QUESTION – In adult ICU patients undergoing difficult treatment plans, how does music therapy quiet THE affect OF anxiety during their hospitalization?
Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
o Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
o Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
o Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
o How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?
Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:
Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.
o Identify the databases and search words you would use.
o Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.
Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.
Your paper must also include a title page, an introduction, a summary, and a reference page.
Grading Criteria
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QUALITY OF WORK SUBMITTED –
1. The extent to which work meets the assigned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking (0-30 Points)–
Outstanding Performance 30 (30%) – 30 (30%)
Excellent Performance 25 (25%) – 29 (29%)
Competent Performance 20 (20%) – 24 (24%)
Proficient Performance 16 (16%) – 19 (19%)
Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 15 (15%)
QUALITY OF WORK SUBMITTED: Purpose of the paper is clear (0-5 Points)–
Outstanding Performance 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Excellent Performance 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Competent Performance 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Proficient Performance 1 (1%) – 3 (3%)
Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS
The extent to which the work reflects the students ability to-
1. Understand and interpret the assignments key concepts (0-10 Points)–
Outstanding Performance 10 (10%) – 10 (10%)
Excellent Performance 9 (9%) – 9 (9%)
Competent Performance 8 (8%) – 8 (8%)
Proficient Performance 5 (5%) – 7 (7%)
Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 4 (4%)
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS 2. Apply and integrate material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, and textbook) and credible outside resources (0-20 Points)–
Outstanding Performance 20 (20%) – 20 (20%)
Excellent Performance 15 (15%) – 19 (19%)
Competent Performance 10 (10%) – 14 (14%)
Proficient Performance 3 (3%) – 9 (9%)
Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 2 (2%)
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS 3. Synthesize (combines various components or different ideas into a new whole) material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, and textbook) by comparing different points of view and highlighting similarities, differences, and connections. (0-20 Points)–
Outstanding Performance 20 (20%) – 20 (20%)
Excellent Performance 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
Competent Performance 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
Proficient Performance 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)
WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND FORMATTING 1. Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear poi
