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Learning Outcome:

Question 23

Type: MCSA

Information is defined as which of the following?

1. The management and processing of facts

2. Interpreted data

3. A collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are needed for analysis and possible action

4. A synthesis of data derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea

Question 24

Type: MCSA

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Nurses need to become skilled at using patient-centered IT tools to access information that can expand their

knowledge in a just-in-time, evidence-based approach. Which one of these answers best indicates the nurse is

functioning as a knowledge worker?

1. The nurse assumes the role of knowledge user.

2. The nurse shifts from primarily using critical thinking to also using critical synthesis.

3. The nurse assumes the roles of data gatherer and information user.

4. The nurse utilizes computerized assessment and documentation forms, including prompts.

Question 25

Type: MCSA

The TIGER initiative is an acronym for which of the following?

1. Technology Information Grants Electronic Records

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2. Technological Initiative Given Electronic Reform

3. Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform

4. Technology Information Guiding Electronic Reports

Question 26

Type: MCSA

The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) project sets an agenda to improve the quality and safety of

the health care delivery system. To achieve the goals set by QSEN, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) suggested the

following competencies for nurses except for which of the following?

1. Patient centered care

2. Team work and collaboration

3. Informatics and evidence-based practice

4. Professional code of conduct

Question 27

Type: MCSA

Technology has been useful in reducing errors by assisting the health care team to identify the patient before

rendering care. The most common way for nurses to identify patients using technology is through which of the

following?

1. Handheld devices

2. Use of barcodes

3. Use of computers on wheels

4. Reviewing patient monitors

Question 28

Type: FIB

CPOE is an acronym for_____________.

Standard Text:

Correct Answer: Computerized Physician Order Entry

Rationale : CPOE is an acronym for Computerized Physician Order Entry. CPOE is a process in which the health

care provider such as the physician enters patient orders through the hospital information system.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Remembering

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub:

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment

Learning Outcome:

Question 29

Type: MCSA

Access to patient care data and utilization of nursing research are essential components of evidence-based practice

designed to increase patient safety and provide quality care. Which of the following can technology cannot be

employed to remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice?

1. Online report cards

2. Handheld devices

3. Electronic spreadsheet software to manage data

4. World Wide Web

Question 30

Type: FIB

The ________________ has advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or a related field and may hold

ANCC certification.

Standard Text:

Correct Answer: Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS)

Rationale : The INS has advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or a related field and may hold

ANCC certification. The INS needs to play an active role in research and theory development and in the design

and testing of information systems and the human-computer interface; he or she also needs to help shape policy

and serve as an advocate for the design and use of informatics to serve other health care professionals and the

public. Other facets of the INS role include responsibilities in administration, telehealth, education and

professional development, compliance issues, and discovery in databases and analysis. The INS is prepared to

assess work processes and subsequently design, select, implement, and evaluate data structures and suggested

technology intended to improve productivity and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Understanding

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub:

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Teaching and Learning

Learning Outcome:

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Question 31

Type: MCSA

The reason that nursing lags behind in the education of nursing informatics specialists is because of which of the

following?

1. The surplus of nursing informatics professionals in the hospital setting

2. The lack of qualified faculty in graduate programs

3. Too few nurses are interested in the specialty area

4. Nursing informatics is an expensive specialty with little government funding

Question 32

Type: FIB

___________________________ fills in the educational gap between undergraduate and graduate nursing

education programs in informatics.

Standard Text:

Correct Answer: Continuing education programs

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Rationale : Continuing education programs are useful in providing continued and up to date information about

nursing informatics and technology in health care. Continuing education is shorter and less expensive than a

graduate degree.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Understanding

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub:

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Teaching and Learning

Learning Outcome:

Question 33

Type: MCSA

Which of the following groups have been selected to help drive the changes necessary to transform the health care

delivery system, improve quality of services delivery, and improve safety?

1. Software engineers

2. Members of TIGER initiative

3. Members of the Institute of Medicine

4. Informatics nurse specialists

Question 34

Type: MCSA

The Informatics Nurse Specialist is an integral member of the health care team with the expertise to:

1. Create a vision of what is possible in the specialty of informatics.

2. Create standardized nursing languages.

3. Create interactive web sites .

4. Create strategic plans for hardware improvement

Question 35

Type: MCSA

Which of the following answers is the best definition of data?

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1. Data are a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need for

analysis and possibly action at a later point in time.

2. Data are the synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea.

3. The definition of data is knowledge used appropriately to manage and solve problems.

4. The general term data is used to refer to the management and processing of information with the assistance of

computers.

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