334 Midterm

Two ethics approaches that emphasize considerations for human needs and responsibility to meet needs are:

virtue and care ethics.

Which of the following can be described as the appropriate use of knowledge to manage and solve human problems?

Wisdom

A nurse is explaining justice in health care to a nursing student. Which statement is correct?

Justice refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment no matter what is owed to a person.

Which of the following best describes the central goal of nursing informatics?

To manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of nursing care

A nurse is documenting patient data in the electronic health record, which will assist in:

communication with other healthcare providers.

A nurse is reviewing the conceptual framework of nursing informatics and understands the first concept in this framework is:

data

New technologies used in health care, such as smartphones and Google Glass, create potential ethical issues associated with:

privacy and confidentiality.

Experts in computer science strive to understand how the mind processes:

data and information.

When a nurse uses information from other sources to help rethink, revise, and apply knowledge to a clinical situation, this is known as:

feedback.

A nurse reviews the patient's electronic health record prior to meeting the patient. The nurse is:

gathering information and data.

A nurse's knowledge work includes interpreting trends in:

D. All of these are correct. Answers: A. laboratory results. B. symptoms. C. outcomes. D. All of these are correct.

A nurse is considering a social convention about right and wrong human conduct that has formed a communal consensus, known as which of the following?

A moral

A nurse is explaining how cognitive informatics helps improve information technology in health care. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

"Cognitive informatics examines how humans interact with computers so better information technology systems can be built."

A nurse is teaching a nursing student about the use of social media and health care. Which statement is correct by the nurse?

"Nurses must use social media cautiously to protect patients' rights."

A nurse is explaining nursing informatics to a nursing student. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

"Nursing informatics integrates nursing sciences and analytical sciences."

A nurse is discussing options in the treatment plan with a patient who speaks another language. To enhance interaction and exchange of data and information, the nurse will use which of the following?

A technologically based translator

Which of the following activities is/are used to build a foundation of knowledge in professional practice?

A. Reading research and theory articles B. Attending continuing education programs C. Consulting with expert colleagues and using clinical practice guidelines D. All of these

Clinical decision support systems help users to:

A. consider consequences of alternative actions. B. provide stores of information. C. make decisions in unfamiliar circumstances. D. All of these are correct. D

Paper documentation hinders which of the following?

Ability to share information

Some of the disciplines involved in cognitive science include:

D. All of these are correct. Answers: A. psychology and philosophy. B. neuroscience and linguistics. C. biology and physics. D. All of these are correct.

A patient reviews inaccurate information about a medical condition on the Internet that results in a delay in care. This is a violation of which of the following?

Nonmaleficence

Artificial intelligence is the field that deals with the conception, development, and implementation of informatics tools based on intelligent technologies. This field attempts to capture the complex processes of human thought and intelligence.

True

Ethical dilemmas arise when issues raise questions that cannot be answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact, or authoritative view.

True

Every nurse must commit to lifelong learning and the use of knowledge in practice in order to be successful.

True

Extended and expanded access to clinical research findings and decision support tools has been significantly influenced by the advent of computerization and the Internet

True

Knowledge can be defined as the awareness and understanding of a set of information.

True

Considering principles of cognitive informatics when designing technology interfaces helps to mitigate:

human mental workload.

Computerized technologies will assist in the transformation of data into:

information.

An example of an expert system is the:

insulin pump.

A nurse reviews the electronic health record of a patient and identifies a drug allergy to the medication that has been prescribed. The nurse has demonstrated:

interpretation of data.

A new nurse is documenting in a patient's electronic health record when a visitor approaches the nurse to ask questions. What should the nurse do to ensure confidentiality and security of the patient's electronic health record?

Close the electronic health record immediately.

A nurse is performing a physical assessment on a patient with chest pain. Which of the following is a technology that the nurse would use to obtain objective data on the physical status of the patient?

Heart monitor

Ethics is best described as

a goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers.

A nursing professional reads a nursing journal article on a new patient care technology. This nursing professional is:

acquiring knowledge.

Understanding of clinical practice decision making using cognitive science principles promotes the development of:

clinical decision support tools.

A nurse is reading literature on cognitive science and understands that this discipline is influenced by which field of science?

Psychology

A nurse is caring for a patient who experiences a complication after surgery. The nurse understands the cause-and-effect relationship because her knowledge is based in:

Reason

Nursing informatics can be defined as which of the following?

The synthesis of nursing science, information science, computer science, and cognitive science for the purpose of managing, disseminating and enhancing healthcare data, information, knowledge, and wisdom to improve collaboration and decision making, provide high-quality patient care, and advance the profession of nursing.

The nurse violates a patient's confidentiality and right to privacy by:

looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results.

The main goal of any ethical decision is to:

reach a rational justifiable decision.