Role for a graduate-level nurse

Because nurses play an essential role in improving healthcare and caring for patients, they must be included in the system development lifecycle. Nurses should be included in all stages of system development, according to Backonja et al. (2022), because they understand the clinical flow. The nursing team interacts the most with patients during various stages of treatment, and they are aware of the hospitalization period and treatment for each patient. Therefore, the work done by nurses is characterized by high interaction with care provision and technology use within the hospital. They primarily employ health information technology to improve the efficiency and efficacy of nursing care and make sure that the patients’ expectations are met for customer satisfaction. The use of the SDLC is essential because it has the ability to capture the requirements of the changing system and get the appropriate feedback from users to meet the needs of all consumers. As a result, including nurses at all phases guarantees that the system meets the demands of the users and improves healthcare. In the five stages of the system development life cycle, the essay underlines the role of a graduate-level nurse.

Planning and requirements definition

The actions in the first step of planning and establishing requirements included determining the scope and challenges to be solved (Backonja et al., 2022). (Backonja et al., 2022). This stage of the SDLC process involves defining the problem, examining the available alternatives, choosing one of the best alternatives, launching the project, performing feasibility studies, developing timetables, as well as assembling resources for launch and implementation. As a result, a graduate-level nurse’s responsibilities include collaborating with the project team to develop system deliverables that meet the needs of the users. The project’s deliverables are based on challenges encountered in the healthcare context, and they serve as the foundation for what should be included in the system. The deliverables also assist the interdisciplinary team in determining the present system’s faults and strengths.

Analysis

The second phase examines the problem and identifies all possible needs and solutions to the problem identified during the planning step. The system’s development must be in line with the organization’s aims and objectives, which must be taken into account. All options are evaluated for their strengths and shortcomings, compatibility with the company’s goals, and ability to solve problems. In this stage of the SDLC project, the policies of the organization are also reviewed before making recommendations for the organization. The graduate nurse’s responsibilities include demonstrating organizational requirements for system development, developing feasible alternatives, evaluating the other options, and implementing the best possible options. In addition, the graduate nurse assists in expressing the team’s recommendations to the organization and leadership and working with the team to come up with the forward.

Design of the new system

The design process entails determining the data that will be needed in the news system (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018). (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018). After the interdisciplinary team has grasped the challenge and the system’s requirements, they will play a significant role in this phase. Nurses are not heavily involved at this stage; instead, system developers, IT professionals, and informatics handle the majority of the tasks (Byrne, 2021). (Byrne, 2021). However, the nurses have the role of understanding the system in this phase through keen studying. The primary operations are organizing procedures, selecting the software and hardware needed, networking processes, assuring data retrieval according to users’ requirements, designing the user interface, and other tasks. Graduate nurses study the system’s functions and designs at this stage, expanding their understanding of its plans and goals.

Implementation Phase

This step entails putting the design processes from the previous stages into action. The designed system is implemented and tested within the organization (Byrne, 2021). (Byrne, 2021). In this phase, the system is customized, tested, and installed. In the planning stage, the new system can replace the old one, or pilot testing can be done to determine the effectiveness and ability to solve the clinical problem. The system can also be redesigned if it does not meet the requirements. A nurse’s responsibilities include conducting system testing, recognizing any existing issues, and ensuring efficiency in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team. If a problem arises, the graduate nurse assists in modifying the procedure to satisfy the standards. A nurse oversees the system’s effectiveness and usability during the implementation phase and gives feedback to the general organization about the efficiency on performance of the system. A nurse can also instruct the nurses on how to use the new system through training, with the inclusion of other healthcare professionals.

Post-implementation phase

This step necessitates ongoing maintenance and evaluation of the system that has already been implemented (Byrne, 2021). (Byrne, 2021). Involvement in ongoing review with the expert and system developer is one of the nurse’s tasks in this. During the review, the nurse is required to evaluate the system to make sure that there are no more changes required. Second, a nurse is involved in lobbying for other health professionals to approve the modifications, and provide support and training which will help in enhancing acceptance of the new system to other healthcare professions.

 

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