¶ … master's program with SON, I had worked as a nurse in a hospital setting for 16 years. As a manager, I did gain some experience with informatics through patient satisfaction scores. The corporation I work for, HCA, is big on numbers. I would share the patient satisfaction scores with staff because it is a reflection on work performance. The patient satisfaction scores told employees where performance was good and what areas needed a higher focus for higher improvements in our work performance.
After entering the master's program, Healthcare Research and Statistical Analysis was a requirement. This class was very valuable in how the SON helped me to learn. Assignments included how to apply for an IRB application process, literature review, research process, how research can contain strengths, weaknesses, and limitations, how information is interpreted and analyzed, as well as what the information can tell us. The literature review helped me see how there are gaps in research and in healthcare practices that require additional research to enable improvements in how health care is delivered to patients. Data analysis helped me to learn how the information can tell the bigger picture by examining what others have done before us as well as the outcomes. Learning to interpret articles and publications helped me to see how the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations can enable better study designs in future research to gain more knowledge.
Learning the statistical software application, helped me see where time is cut down…
