WGU - C468 Information Management and the Application of Technology PA
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How is information related to data? Correct Answer: Information is data that have been interpreted
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to prac...
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WGU - C468 Information Management and the
Application of Technology PA
How is information related to data? Correct Answer: Information is data that have been
interpreted
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied
to practice
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in his situation? Correct Answer: Information
system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? Correct Answer: Nurses generate
knowledge as a product.
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Beginning
nurse Uses information systems to manage patients
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Experienced
nurse Pulls trends out of data
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics
innovator Generates informatics theory
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics
nurse specialist Focuses on nursing's information needs
The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse Correct Answer: Informatics
nurse
Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Correct Answer: Informatics
nurse
Plays an active role in research and theory development Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
specialist
Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
speicalist
, Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Correct
Answer: Informatics nurse
Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and
looks for previously hidden trends? Correct Answer: Data mining
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record.
The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of
a current clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Correct Answer: To promote
desired clinical outcomes
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information
system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding
selection of the specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a
change to the EHR, but she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She
implemented the system after all nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous
complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the
personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Correct Answer: Lack of
continued support
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient
arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical
time-sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered
care? Correct Answer: The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay
critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? Correct Answer: Barcode scanning for
medication administration
Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and
nursing outcomes? Correct Answer: ICNP
Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? Correct
Answer: Meaningful Use
What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? Correct Answer: Creating economic
incentives and policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and
professional goals
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