Sherpath: Informatics in Nursing Practice
Which questions should be asked about an online health resource to determine the objectivity of the resource?
-Is there evidence bias in the website? -What are the goals of the website? -Is bias explicit or hidden?
Which question should the patient ask to determine the authority of online health information?
-What are the author's credentials? -Is the site a personal webpage? -Who is the publisher or sponsor?
Which questions should the patient ask to evaluate a website's credibility?
-When was the website last updated? -Can the information be found in other sources? -Who is the intended audience of the website?
Which skill demonstrates information literacy?
Ability to properly use the electronic health records to pull up information from a patient's last visit.
Why is the use of standardized nursing terminology important when treating a patient as part of a multidisciplinary nursing team?
Allows all nurses to use the same vocabulary to facilitate communication.
How can standardized nursing terminology directly enhance patient care?
Allows health care providers in different departments to better understand each other's reports.
Which level of nursing competency is demonstrated by a nurse who does not do research or make judgments based on patient data, but has web literacy and a good understanding of nursing computer systems?
Beginner.
How does the use of standardized nursing terminologies contribute to advances in the field of nursing?
Facilitates measurement of the impact of nursing interventions on patient outcomes.
What does/did the TIGER initiative do for nursing informatics?
Identified a set of nursing informatics skills needed by all nurses in current practice.
Which question should be asked about an online health information website to verify its content?
Is the information found in other sources?
Which type of nursing informatics specialty competency is a nurse using when working with a committee to evaluate the ethics of implementing a new patient-tracking software program?
Leadership.
Why does the use of computerized data collection and research in health care increase the need for standardized nursing terminologies in documentation?
Computers cannot make associations between different written descriptions meaning the same thing without standardized terminologies.
Determining a website's date of last update evaluates which criterion for credibility?
Currency.
Clinical data elements for use in all nursing settings. Nursing diagnoses. Diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes. Nursing administrative data elements for use in all nursing settings.
NMDS: Nursing Minimum Data Set. NANDA-A: NANDA International. CCC: Clinical Care Classification. NMMDS: Nursing Management Minimum Data Set.
Who is the intended audience? What are the credentials of the author? When was the site created? Can the information be found in other sources?
Purpose, Authority, Currency, Verification.
Which statement describes the main purpose of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)?
To standardize the collection of essential nursing data.
