1. Florence nightingale used nursing informatics to
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demonstrate an unneces- sary death rate of soldiers due to unsanitary conditions
2. a nursing informatics specialist is presenting a seminar on nursing infor- matics. after the
seminar, a group of nurses are talking with the presenter and one nurse states "I am pretty good
with computers, so I should become an informatics nurse". Which of the following responses
would be most appro- priate?
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The computer is just a tool the real focus is in information management
3. In 1992, the recognized nursing informatics as an improved specialty for
professional nurses
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American Nurses Association (ANA)
4. Which of the following would the nurse identify as the current focus of todays practices of
informatics?
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capturing data at the point of care to enhance patient care
5. some of the barriers to the implementation of informatics strategies in health care settings
is/are
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ageing professional nurses population development by nonclinicians
infrastructure limitations in health care institutions
lack of sufficient number of computers or POC devices
6. the joint commissions national patient safety goals are
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published by the joint commission and updated annually
7. after teaching a group of nursing students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
profession, the instructor notes that students need additional teaching when they identify which
of the following as a benefit?
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increase in time needed for nursing documentation
8. the hospital has hired a nurse informatics specialist. what purpose will the nurse serve?
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develop processes to help professional nurses use computers for patient care delivery
9. the best definition of nursing informatics is
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an integration of nursing science, computer science and information science
10. in addition to supporting direct provision of care, nursing informatics also supports
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nursing education
nursing research nursing administration
11. health care informatics provided a benefit to the health care consumer. those benefits
include
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constant access to health care information
reduction in medical error high quality of care
fewer duplication of laboratory test, diagnostic tests and/or treatments
12. the IOM had identified several factors which contributed to the errors in the health setting.
what are they?
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