INNOVATION IN

NURSING

sub: advanced nursing practice

 INTRODUCTION:
- Creativity is thinking up new things, innovation
is doing new things.
 The only constant feature in this world is change.
While all the change may not lead to progress,
there can be no progress without change.
 This is true for the individual, institution,
organization or the country. Civilization owes its
existence to change
 DEFINITION:

Innovation is defined
as the generation of
new ideas or application
of existing ideas to a
new situation resulting
in improvement in
organization
 NEED OF INNOVATION:

Increasing advances
To maintaining and improving in the health care
quality of care field

Growing Global Emerging

demands in workforce clinical /Nursing
health services shortage Specialities
CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATION

RELATIVE ADVANTAGE

COMPATIBILITY OBSERVABILITY

COMPLEXIT
FEASIBILITY
Y
PRICIPLES OF INNOVATION

Innovation is to analyze the

opportunities or sources

Innovation is both conceptual and

perceptual

It should be simple and focused

Cont….

Effective innovation start small and they aim to

do one specific thing

Successful innovation aim at being the best

from the very beginning
COMPONENTS OF THE INNOVATIVE
PROCESS:

INNOVATION ENVIRONMENT

CREATIVITY
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Handheld Computers in Nursing Education:
Video Conferencing and Web Based Conferencing
E-Learning
High Fidelity Patient Simulator
Micro Teaching
Nursing Informatics
Speciality nursing courses
Nursing Mobile Library
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Computer Assistance
Wireless Technology
Evidence Based Practice
Infection Control:
Procedure Manuals
Triage
Ethics
Speciality Nursing roles:
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Use Of Computer:
Benchmarking:
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Using nursing research to promote EBP:
Increased focus on outcome research:
Electronic Publication:
CAUSES FOR NOT ATTEMPTING INNOVATION:

Lack of adequate Afraid of

and correct
information failures

Bound by Reluctant to
Tradition experiment

Unaware of our
strength for