NUR 305 Information Management and Patient Care Technologies sample papers, module by module

Reviewed by Delia Ravenscroft, MSN, RN Information Management and Patient Care Technologies Southern New Hampshire University Free custom samples in 24–48h

NUR 305 is the informatics course in the RN to BSN sequence, and it asks nurses to write about the systems they chart in every shift. This shelf holds sample papers for its modules, milestones, and final project.

How this shelf works

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your classroom and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. NUR 305 is SNHU’s Information Management and Patient Care Technologies course. It centers on the health information systems nurses already use, and how data moves from a bedside entry to a decision someone makes later. Searches like "nur 305 module 4 assignment example", "NUR305 sample paper", and "NUR 305 module samples" land on this page.

What NUR 305 is really about

NUR 305 covers electronic records, clinical decision support, interoperability, data standards, telehealth, and the privacy rules that sit under all of it. Nurses come into this course with more practical knowledge than they expect, since anyone who has fought a poorly built order set already understands usability. What the course wants is that knowledge stated in the vocabulary of informatics and supported by a source. Most sections run a final project built around a technology evaluation, a workflow analysis, or a proposal to improve one process using a system already in place, and it is delivered in milestones rather than all at once.

The trap in an informatics paper is writing a product review. Instructors are not looking for whether you like Epic or Cerner; they are looking for whether you can tie a feature to a patient outcome and cite something that supports the link. That means naming the workflow, naming who touches it, and saying what changes when the system changes. Sample papers here show how a technology evaluation is organized, how privacy and regulatory material is folded in without turning the paper into a policy summary, and how to describe a system from a nursing angle rather than an IT one. Screenshots and facility documents stay out; write about your setting in general terms.

What NUR 305’s assessments ask for

Discussions in this course tend to be practical: pick a technology, say what it does to nursing time, argue with someone who sees it differently. The graded assignments, often carrying dash-codes like 2-2, 4-2 and 6-2 depending on the section, usually move through a sequence: describe a system, evaluate it against criteria, then propose a change. The final project pulls those pieces into one document, and the milestones are the checkpoints where each piece is corrected. Expect at least one requirement that pushes you toward standards and regulation, since HIPAA and meaningful use language shows up in most rubrics. Expect another that asks for data: not a number you remember, but one you can cite.

Where students lose points in NUR 305

Here is the failure that costs the most points in NUR 305 and it has nothing to do with technology. A milestone comes back with comments saying the evaluation criteria are not defined, or that the workflow described belongs to a department rather than a nurse. The comments get read, the file gets closed, and the final project goes in with better formatting and the same unaddressed problem. Instructors remember what they wrote. When the final project rubric measures the same criteria the milestone was measured against, an unrepaired issue is scored twice, once as the original weakness and once as a failure to revise. Open the marked file, not a fresh copy, and answer every comment before adding a word.

NUR 305 grading scale at SNHU: how the work is graded, from SNHU Assignments
How SNHU grades NUR 305, visualized by SNHU Assignments.

The NUR 305 drawers

Module 1

NUR 305 Module 1 Short Paper example

A short paper on copy-forward nursing notes and what they do to the integrity of patient data. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 2

NUR 305 Module 2 Milestone One example

Milestone One topic selection and rationale: bedside tablets for patient education after heart surgery. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 3

NUR 305 Module 3 Short Paper example

A privacy and security short paper: adolescent confidentiality when parents hold the patient portal login. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 4

NUR 305 Module 4 Milestone Two example

Milestone Two reviewing evidence on hands-free communication badges: speed, interruptions and privacy. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 5

NUR 305 Module 5 Short Paper example

A technology evaluation short paper: electronic hand hygiene monitoring against direct observation. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 6

NUR 305 Module 6 Milestone Three example

Milestone Three: a phased rollout and evaluation plan for EHR-linked digital room whiteboards. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 7

NUR 305 Module 7 Final Project Poster example

The final project as a poster presentation: ambient AI documentation for inpatient nurses, panel by panel. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Module 8

NUR 305 Module 8 Reflection Discussion example

A closing discussion post on the informatics competencies one staff nurse plans to build next. Full sample paper, annotated.

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Using a NUR 305 sample the right way

Send the prompt, the rubric, and the module number, plus the instructor comments if you are past a milestone, because a sample that ignores those comments is worth less to you than one that shows how to answer them. Say what kind of setting you work in, generally, so the sample is about a plausible workflow rather than a generic hospital. Then write your own paper: your system, your workflow, your sources. Never send us records, screenshots or anything with patient or facility identifiers. The first custom sample is free and returns in 24-48h.

How these samples are written

Method, in one line: rubric first, structure from the rubric, milestones that assemble, format exact. Datasets and scenarios are handled from your course's actual materials. Your free request is drafted against what Brightspace actually shows.

NUR 305 questions, answered

Should the NUR 305 final project look different from the milestone I submitted?

It should look like the same document after repairs. If the two are unrecognizably different, either the milestone was written as a throwaway or the feedback was ignored and the paper restarted. Graders reward visible correction: the criteria now defined, the workflow now specific, the source now cited where the comment asked for one.

Can I choose a different technology for each NUR 305 milestone?

You can, but you will pay for it at the end. The milestones are stages of one final project, so switching systems midway means the evaluation criteria set in the first stage no longer apply and the last submission has to rebuild everything. Pick a system you know well in module one and stay with it.

What makes an informatics discussion reply score well?

Doing something with the evidence in front of you. If a classmate says barcode scanning cut errors where they work, ask what was measured and over how long, or bring a source that found a different result. Replies that only add another anecdote about a different system leave the evidence part of the rubric untouched.