Working in Neonatal Intensive Care -unit

I work as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit, and I use many different digital applications in my work every day. Our patient information system is the intensive care system Clinisoft, which automatically logs patients’ vital data from the monitors, as well as information about drug infusions from the infusion pumps, in addition, I use the hospital’s general patient information system, Miranda. The intensive care unit uses many other digital tools such as the laboratory system Weblab, the blood product ordering and registration program Verkis, the birth information system Haikara and also the surgery and procedure system Orbit.

In my role as shift supervisor, I use the Secapp staff alert system and Kuntarekry, which is a substitute service for personnel. We communicate among the staff in Teams and in our freetime also on WhatsApp or Messenger. Teams is intended as a basis for holding meetings of the areas of responsibility in a remote meeting, and we also use it to communicate about the matters of the areas of responsibility.

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The Five new digital tools

Asana, which could be used to organize, for example, matters and meetings of work groups and areas of responsibility.

I’ve heard about the LinkedIn, but I haven’t used it myself before. Now I registered for the app and I’m trying to learn how to use it. LinkedIn enables collaboration between different organizations and professionals, helps with networking and can be useful in terms of career development. As a nurse, I have a lot of professional skills and qualities that could be useful in working life and in a different kind of work than my current job.

With the help of Vimeo, we could make video material in our work, which we could use in the orientation of new employees or in the guidance of parents.

Wix

Our department would need a good and nice website, which could have information and guidance material for parents. The website could have up-to-date information about our ward and what the ward is like. It could allay the fear and uncertainty of parents who are expecting a baby with a risk of prematurity.

ToDoist could be useful in our work, where there are many things to take care of that require attention.

Positive and negative side of Social media

There are many good and bad sides to social media. Social networking sites and communication channels make it easy to keep in touch with friends. In Facebook groups, you can chat with people who have the same hobbies or interests. Social media can help you meet new people and form new relationships, and online dating sites such as Tinder have helped many people find a life partner.

Social media makes it easy to post, share photos and videos. On the other hand, it can also be a bad thing if you’re not careful about your privacy settings. Shared photos and videos end up on the internet and can be found by anyone if you’re not careful. Privacy is therefore the biggest risk factor in social media.

With social media, we are always accessible and social media use can be addictive. The app notifies you when you have received a message or when your post has been commented on or liked. This can lead to comparisons with other users. On the one hand, using social media speeds up communication, but on the other hand it takes time away from many other nice things to do. We react to the beeps on our phone when we receive a message and often want to respond to comments immediately.

The use of social media by children and young people should be closely controlled, but it can be very difficult. Children and young people are sensitive to influences and can be exploited through social media. Bullying through communication channels can be very cruel and can easily be beyond the reach of adults.

Succesful Use of Digital Application

The smooth use of digital applications consists of many things. The application should be easy to use, simple and meet its intended use. It would be an advantage if the digital application was also suitable for use by special groups. A security environment and effective privacy settings are an important part of the usability of the application. To be successful, the application should somehow stand out from other similar applications, be a pioneer and work on different servers and platforms.

Self Evaluation

I use more digital tools in my work than I thought. There are risks associated with digital tools, but they are the way of the day. There is still a lot of room for improvement, and I was left wondering what we could do better with better performing applications. More attention needs to be paid to the interoperability of applications and to protecting against data protection risks. I also thought about my own use of social media, and through the task I found many interesting digital tools that I could use in my work and leisure time. During the course, we also discussed the challenges of the digital environment for different user groups and when looking at digital tools, I noticed that many of them do not work in Finnish. This can pose a challenge for many people who do not have the language skills to use the application.