NURS 6051 – Assignment Week 2

Deadline

–

 

Friday 3/12/2021

 

 

Assignment: The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker

 

 

The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author

Peter Drucker in his book,

 

The Landmarks of Tomorrow

 

(1959)

. Drucker defined

knowledge workers as high

–

level workers who apply theoretical and analytical

knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does

this sound familiar?

 

Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed

 

since Drucker’s time are

the ways that knowledge can be acquired. The volume of data that can now be

generated and the tools used to access this data have evolved significantly in recent

years and helped healthcare professionals (among many others) to ass

ume the role of

knowledge worker in new and powerful ways.

 

Reference: Drucker, P. (1959).

 

The landmarks of tomorrow. New York, NY: HarperCollins

Publishers.

 

 

To Prepare:

 

·

 

Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources.

 

(Attached articles)

 

References

 

 

Sweeney, J. (2017). Healthcare Informatics.

 

Online

 

Journal

 

of

 

Nursing

 

Informatics

,

 

21

(1), 4

–

1.

 

 

References

 

NAGLE, L. M., SERMEUS, W., & JUNGER, A. (2017). Evolving Role of the

Nursing Informatics

Specialist…NI 2016, Switzerland.

 

Studies

 

in

 

Health

 

Technology

 

&

 

Informatics

,

 

232

, 212

–

221. https://doi

–

org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.3233/978

–

1

–

61499

–

738

–

2

–

212

 

 

·

 

Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

 

·

 

Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.

 

 

The Assignment:

 

In this Assignment, you will consider the evolving role of the nurse leader and how this

evolution has led nurse leaders to assume the role of knowledge worker

:

 

 

 

·

 

Y

ou will prepare a

PowerPoint presentation with an infographic

 

(graphic that visually

represents information, data, or knowledge. Infographics are intended to present

information quickly and clearly.) to

 

educate others on the role of nurse as knowledge

worker.

 

1.

 

Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.

 

2.

 

Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse

leader as a knowledge worker.

 

3.

 

Include one slide that

 

visually

represents

 

the role of a nurse leader as

knowledge worker.

 

Deadline – Friday 3/12/2021

 

Assignment: The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker

 

The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author

Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined

knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical

knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does

this sound familiar?

Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed since Drucker’s time are

the ways that knowledge can be acquired. The volume of data that can now be

generated and the tools used to access this data have evolved significantly in recent

years and helped healthcare professionals (among many others) to assume the role of

knowledge worker in new and powerful ways.

Reference: Drucker, P. (1959). The landmarks of tomorrow. New York, NY: HarperCollins

Publishers.

 

To Prepare:

 Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources. (Attached articles)

References

Sweeney, J. (2017). Healthcare Informatics. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 21(1), 4–1.

 

References

NAGLE, L. M., SERMEUS, W., & JUNGER, A. (2017). Evolving Role of the

Nursing Informatics Specialist…NI 2016, Switzerland. Studies in Health

Technology & Informatics, 232, 212–221. https://doi-

org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-738-2-212

 

 Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

 Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.

 

The Assignment:

In this Assignment, you will consider the evolving role of the nurse leader and how this

evolution has led nurse leaders to assume the role of knowledge worker:

 

 You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with an infographic (graphic that visually

represents information, data, or knowledge. Infographics are intended to present

information quickly and clearly.) to educate others on the role of nurse as knowledge

worker.

1. Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.

2. Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse

leader as a knowledge worker.

3. Include one slide that visually represents the role of a nurse leader as

knowledge worker.