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PART 2: Discussion Prompt

In the readings, you have learned about the DIKW paradigm (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom). In order to keep this discussion post full of as many different thoughts on this paradigm, you can answer any one of the thought-provoking questions in the McGonigle and Mastrian textbook from Chapter 6. I listed the questions below. Note, you only have to answer ONE of the questions for your discussion post, not all.

1. How is the concept of wisdom in NI (Nursing Informatics) like or unlike professional nursing judgement? Can any aspect of nursing wisdom be automated? Reflect on your Informatics Self-Assessment and how it may connect to this question.
2. How can a single agreed-upon model of terminology use (with linkages to a single terminology) help to integrate knowledge into routine clinical practice? Reflect on your Informatics Self-Assessment and how it may connect to this question.
3. Can you create examples of how expert systems (not decision support systems, but true expert systems) can be used to support nursing practice? Reflect on your Informatics Self-Assessment and how it may connect to this question.
4. How would you incorporate the data-to-wisdom continuum into a job description for a nurse? Reflect on your Informatics Self-Assessment and how it may connect to this question.
5. What are the possibilities to accelerate the generation and uptake of new nursing knowledge? Reflect on your Informatics Self-Assessment and how it may connect to this question.

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Activity: Reply to this post with your answer to one of the five questions above, and reply to one of your classmates.