Responses on Advancing Nursing Informatics and its Critical Role in Healthcare Delivery Responding to Peer 1

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on advancing nursing informatics and its critical role in healthcare delivery. Collaboration between nurse informaticists and other healthcare providers is critical for successful technology implementation and best patient outcomes (Hussey & Hannah, 2021). Per your findings, I propose another contact method to improve collaboration: forming mentorship programs. Making formal mentorship options available for nurse informaticists and clinicians can help with knowledge transfer and skill development.

Subsequently, experienced nurse informaticists can act as mentors for clinicians who are unfamiliar with technology or the changing informatics landscape. This mentorship can create a forum for open discourse where physicians can ask questions, seek help, and share their ideas on how technology might best integrate into their everyday workflows. This reciprocal sharing of knowledge can help better understand each other’s positions and build a collaborative culture. Mentorship programs can be designed to incorporate regular check-ins, joint problem-solving sessions, and collaborative projects that address specific issues in the application of healthcare technology (Phillips et al., 2023). This strategy fosters solid professional relationships and enables constant learning and adaptation to the ever-changing healthcare informatics landscape. The scheduled interactions provide a systematic framework for continued communication and mutual assistance, allowing nurse informaticists and clinicians to handle new concerns proactively.

While regular boards and committees are useful, implementing mentorship programs can provide a more specific and ongoing approach to fostering cooperation among nurse informaticists and clinicians, eventually contributing to the effective incorporation of technology into healthcare settings. Mentorship programs provide a more personalized touch that extends beyond the broader talks held by conventional boards and committees. Mentorship allows for a deep awareness of individual issues and challenges that may not be properly addressed in group settings.

References

Hussey, P., & Hannah, K. J. (2021). Nursing informatics: A core competency for the profession. Introduction to Nursing Informatics, 55–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58740-6_3

Phillips, K. K., Mecca, M. C., Baim-Lance, A. M., Schiller, G. S., Pruskowski, J. A., Ellis, E. C., Aponte-Rosario, D. S., Federovich-Hogan, A. L., Kossifologos, A. C., Martinez, E. D., & Boockvar, K. S. (2023). A virtual breakthrough series collaborative to support deprescribing interventions across veterans affairs healthcare settings. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(9), 2935–2945. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18474