What words do your colleagues use to describe pain?

What words do you use to describe pain? What words do your colleagues use to describe pain? Does every patient use the same adjectives when discussing his or her level of pain? Consider the problems these differences can create when attempting to assess a patients health concerns.
Health information technology has greatly increased the opportunity for the exchange of meaningful data and information across health care systems; however in order for that to successfully occur care must be taken to ensure that patient data is entered in a manner that allows for that information to retain its meaning across different systems. To be able to use health information technology to its greatest advantage nurses need to gain an understanding of how data and information can be standardized and organized.
This week you assess the purpose of standardized terminology in informatics. In addition you are introduced to the continuum of data information knowledge and wisdom and you consider the key elements of each stage.
This week you will analyze the importance of standardized terminologies used to document patient care and applied the data information knowledge and wisdom continuum.
1 1/2 pages with 3 references APA.
Required Readings
American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope & standards of practice (2nd ed.). Silver Springs MD: Author.
McGonigle D. & Mastrian K. G. (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed.). Burlington MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Brokel J. (2010). Moving forward with NANDA-I nursing diagnoses with Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act Legislation: News updates. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies & Classifications 21(4) 182185.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
In this news brief the author describes the initiatives that NANDA-I will implement to remain abreast of the HITECH legislation of 2009. The author explains two recommendations for the federal governments role in managing vocabularies value sets and code sets throughout the health care system.
Matney S. Brewster P. J. Sward K. A. Cloyes K. G. & Staggers N. (2011). Philosophical approaches to the nursing informatics data-information-knowledge-wisdom framework. Advances in Nursing Science 34(1) 618.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article proposes a philosophical foundation for nursing informatics in which data information and knowledge can be synthesized by computer systems to support wisdom development. The authors describe how wisdom can add value to nursing informatics and to the nursing profession as a whole.
Rutherford M. A. (2008). Standardized nursing language: What does it mean for nursing practice? OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 13(1). Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/vol132008/No1Jan08/ArticlePreviousTopic/StandardizedNursingLanguage.html
The author of this article provides justification for the use of a standardized nursing language which will be necessary for incorporating electronic documentation into the health care field. The author defines standardized language in nursing describes how such a language can be applied in a practice setting and discusses the benefits of using a standardized language.
Westra B. L. Subramanian A. Hart C. M. Matney S. A. Wilson P. S. Huff S. M. Delaney C. W. (2010). Achieving meaningful use of electronic health records through the integration of the Nursing Management Minimum Data Set. The Journal of Nursing Administration 40(78) 336343.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article explains the nursing management minimum data set (NMMDS) which is a research-based minimum set of standard data for nursing management and administration. The article describes how the NMMDS can be used to minimize the burden on health care administrators and increase the value of electronic health records within the health care system.
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Data information knowledge and wisdom continuum. Baltimore MD: Author.
McGonigle D. & Mastrian K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (2nd ed.). Burlington MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. (p. 98 Chapter 6 Figure 6)
The continuum of data information knowledge and wisdom is used in the health care field to describe discrete levels of understanding related to patient care and decision making. This video provides an overview of the continuum from data to wisdom.
Optional Resources
Truran D. Saad P. Zhang M. & Innes K. (2010). SNOMED CT and its place in health information management practice. Health Information Management Journal 39(2) 3739.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Brown B. (2011). ICD-10-CM: What is it and why are we switching? Journal of Health Care Compliance 13(3) 5179.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.