This guide is for NURS 718 Week 4 Case Study 2, start to submission. The second case study: thorough answers to the case questions in current APA, during the technology briefs week.
NURS 718 is Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS718; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 718 Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 4 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; every case question thoroughly addressed |
| Sources | The textbooks and other sources as needed |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 718 Week 4 Case Study 2 asks for
Case Study 2 is due in Module/Week 4 with Tan and Payton chapters 5 and 6 and Technology Briefs III and IV. As with Case Study 1, every case question must be thoroughly addressed in current APA using the textbooks and other sources. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 718
In the published schedule, Case Study 2 is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 718. It follows Week 3 Case Study 1 and comes before Week 5 Case Study 3.
How NURS 718 Week 4 Case Study 2 is graded
Liberty grades Case Study 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 718 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 718 Week 4 method, step by step
Read the case for facts, not impressions
Read the case in Case Study 2 and list the facts that matter: who is involved, what happened, what constraints exist. Separate facts from assumptions before analyzing anything.
Name the central problem
Decide what the core problem is and say it plainly. The rest of the analysis should be organized around it.
Apply the course framework
Bring the course material to the case: the framework, theory or principle the week covers, applied explicitly to the facts you listed.
Weigh the options
Compare alternatives before recommending one. Each option needs its advantage and its risk stated in the terms of the case.
Recommend and justify
Make a clear recommendation supported by sources (The textbooks and other sources as needed), with the first steps of implementation.
Answer every question asked
If the case comes with questions, answer each one under its own heading, in order, within Not set in the guide; every case question thoroughly addressed.
A structure for NURS 718 Week 4 Case Study 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | The case and its central issue. | ~130 words |
| Answers to the case questions | One heading per question. | ~680 words |
| Recommendations | Concrete actions for the case organization. | ~180 words |
| Conclusion | What a DNP leader should take from it. | ~110 words |
A topic angle that works
Chapters 5 and 6 and the technology briefs deal with the technical side of HMIS (data, networks and system architecture). Translate the technical issue into clinical consequences in each answer: what does a database design flaw mean for a patient on the unit?
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The case's interoperability failure had a clinical cost: the clinic's system could not import discharge medication lists from the hospital, so nurses retyped them, and the case reports transcription errors in roughly one in ten records.1 Tan and Payton explain that systems built on different data standards cannot exchange structured data without an interface engine.2 The recommendation is an HL7 FHIR interface, which would move the medication list as data rather than as a faxed page.3
- Links a technical issue to patient safety.
- Uses the text to explain the cause.
- Recommends a specific fix.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 718 Week 4
- Answering technical questions without clinical context.
- Missing a question.
- Recommendations too vague to act on.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; every case question thoroughly addressed
- Sources: The textbooks and other sources as needed
- Every case question answered under its own heading
- A clear recommendation with its justification
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is NURS 718 Case Study 2 due?
In Module/Week 4, with Tan and Payton chapters 5 and 6 and Technology Briefs III and IV.
How many points is NURS 718 Week 4 Case Study 2 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 718 Week 4 the same in every section of NURS 718?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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