A multisystem healthcare organization is transitioning from an electronic medical record to a clinical information system. What should the informatics nurse recommend to improve nursing's presence and participation in the collection of big data?
A) Improving input screen design
B) Including standardized nursing language
C) Streamlining entry of routine measurements
D) Increasing the number of standardized care plans
B) Including standardized nursing language
Explanation: A) Improving input screen design will not improve nursing's presence and participation in the collection of big data.
B) Nurses and nurse informaticists are needed to communicate clinician needs to data scientists, and nurses must work with data scientists to advance both nursing knowledge and practice using big data. One visibility issue for nursing relates to the low levels of adoption of standardized nursing language in EHRs, leaving nursing with limited measures of its clinical accomplishments.
C) Streamlining the entry of routine measurements will not improve nursing's presence and participation in the collection of big data.
D) Increasing the number of standardized care plans will not improve nursing's presence and participation in the collection of big data.
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