NR599 Exam Study Guide Questions With
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.AACN essentials - ANSWER-Foundation includes natural and social sciences
Alarm fatigue - ANSWER-Multiple false alarms by smart technology that cause workers to ignore or
respond slowly to them.
Clinical decision support system - ANSWER-Brings information to the user to make decisions to adjust
care
Clinical Decision Support Sytem - ANSWER-Computerized alerts and reminders
Clinical guidelines
Online information retrieval
Clinical order set and protocols
Online access to policies and procedures
Cognitive science - ANSWER-Covers memory, attention, perception, reasoning, language, mental ability,
and computational models of cognitive processes
Cognitive science - ANSWER-Studies mind, intelligence, and behavior. Based from psychology,
philosophy, neuroscience, computer science, linguistics, biology, physics.
Competencies - per lesson in week 2 - ANSWER-Basic computer use
Information Literacy
Information management
Computer science - ANSWER-Information and computation and their implementation and application in
computer systems. Uses algorithms. Facilitates acquisition and manipulation of data
, DIKW - ANSWER-Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
DIKW - Data - ANSWER-Discrete facts. Product of observation with little interpretation. Describes patient
diagnosis, Iiving status, environments
DIKW - Information - ANSWER-Data + meaning. Answers questions - who, what, when, where. ICD10
diagnosis
DIKW - Knowledge - ANSWER-Relations and interactions are defined and formalized
DIKW - Wisdom - ANSWER-Uses of knowledge to manage and solve problems. Implies ethics. Why it
should or should not be implemented. Clinical judgement
Electronic medial records - ANSWER-Individuals lifetime computerized record
Benefit - engages patients
Examples of EHR - ANSWER-Bar code medication administration systems, clinical decision support,
patient monitoring and telehealth
Five rights of knowledge - ANSWER-Right information, accessible by the right people, right setting,
applied the right way, at the right time
For information to be valuable - ANSWER-it must be accessible, accurate, timely, complete, cost-
effective, flexible, reliable, relevant, simple verifiable, and secure.
Foundation of Knowledge Model - ANSWER-Humans are organic information systems, acquiring,
processing, generating, and disseminating information
Health Literacy - ANSWER-Important to patient and family needs, national priority.
