The purpose of this assessment is to develop your understanding of how health informatics and technology are used to improve nursing, health care and health services.
Follow the steps below to get started on this assessment task:
Write a formal academic essay that presents how health informatics can be used to influence nursing and health care.
Within your essay you need to present two examples of health informatics research that have changed nursing or health care and critically appraise the strengths and weaknesses of that research.
Formatting of your assignment:
include a cover page with: Course name and code, your name, your student number, the question you are answering, the word count of your essay (excluding the reference list but including in-text citations), the requested word limit of the essay.
use 1.5 or double line spacing
use 11 or 12 font size
Include an introduction and conclusion.
Always use medical/scientific terminology
avoid using tables, dot points, graphics or appendices in this essay.
Observe that the word limit for this essay is 1500 words. You are permitted to be 10% above or below this word limit (which means your essay needs to fall within the parameter of 1350-1650 words).
If your essay exceeds the word limit by more than 10%, the marker will not take any content beyond 1650 words into consideration when marking.
Also see the with regards to marks that are lost for not being within the word limit.
The marker will use the rubric when assessing your essay.
Ensure you read the marking prior to starting this essay, this will direct you as to how marks are allocated.
