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NURS 208 Midterm QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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NURS 208 Midterm QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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NURS 208 Midterm1. What is clinical informatics?: encompasses all medical and health
specialties Improves patient care by using technologies from disciplines
such as computer science and information science
2. What is nursing informatics?: Science and practice that integrates
nursing, its information and knowledge, with management of
information and communication technologies to promote the health of
people, families, and communities worldwide
3. What is the order of clinical information?: Data->information-
>knowl- edge-->wisdom
4. What is evidence-based practices used for?: To make deliberate clinical
deci- sions based on theory and relevant research to guide patient care
5. What are some basic computer functions?: Collect data, process data,
store data, retrieve data
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, 6. What are the 2 components within a computer?: Hardware: physical
compo- nents (casing, motherboard, screen)
Software: internal programs (operating, IOS, apps.)
7. What are the advantages/ disadvantages of cloud computing?:
Advantages: Backup, edit in real-time, access from anywhere
Disadvantages: no control, internet access, slow connection
8. What is a systemic review and meta-analysis?: Compilation and
analysis of available studies on a specific topic
9. What is CINAHL?: Cumulative index to nursing and allied health lit.,
full text of 1300 journals
10.What is medline/pubmed?: National library of medicine, access to
over 5600 worldwide journals
11.What is Cochrane library?: Database of systematic reviews and meta-
analysis
12.What is google search?: Broad lit. search, articles from everywhere
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