Chapter 1
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
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
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.
Every nurse must commit to lifelong learning and the use of knowledge in practice in order to be successful.
True
A nursing professional reads a nursing journal article on a new patient care technology. This nursing professional is:
acquiring knowledge.
When a nurse uses information from other sources to help rethink, revise, and apply knowledge to a clinical situation, this information 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 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.
The nurse violates a patient's confidentiality and right to privacy by:
looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results.
