C468 Information Management and the
Application of Technology WGU
Terms in this set (73)
Defined as the ability to recognize when information is
Information literacy needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use
needed information effectively
Information Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Focus on how to gather, process and transform
information into knowledge. It also incorporates features
from 5 other sciences
-communication science
Information science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a
Information systems fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in which
way
Simulation Technology Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate
Improving patient feedback of the skill being learned
outcomes.
Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
Knowledge worker
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the
course of his/her practice, not just for basic data entry
Expert/Experienced Nurse
and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of
data
, Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own
National certification exam
Nursing informatics
The use of technology and information to help support
all aspects of nursing practice
Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of
Clinical practice guidelines nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based
research
Information technologies, CPOE, bar code medication administration, and clinical
not systems but functions decision support are all examples of what
within a system
Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans
Informatics affecting
are examples of how informatics can affect nursing
Nursing Practice
practice True, examples of clinical decision support
The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the
needs of the healthcare delivery system
The foundation of
knowledge model It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge
acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it A patients height, weight, code status, and date of birth
has been analyzed) are all examples of what
The development of a comprehensive long range plan
Strategic planning, long-
for guiding the activities and operations of an
range
organization
They will need to be trained Why is it not important that selection committee board
on the system members understand software and electronic processes
Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning is a LONG TERM GOAL
During which phase of the information life cycle should
Needs assessment
the "musts" and "wants" be determined
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