Ch. 5&6 Quiz

True or False? Morals are widely shared social conventions about right and wrong human conduct. True False

True

True or False? Nurses must know key aspects of national laws and organizational policies governing privacy and security of health information. True False

True

True or False? Once standardized, a term can be measured and coded. True False

True

A nurse reviews a patient's blood pressure measurements over the past 12 hours and recognizes that the blood pressure has been elevated. The clustering of these data represents: A. a data set. B. a diagnosis. C. information. D. wisdom.

A. a data set.

Microblogging occurs on/in: A. a tweet. B. Skype. C. Instagram. D. a wiki.

A. a tweet.

Case-based ethical reasoning that considers the facts of a case in a sound, logical, and ordered or structured manner is known as: A. casuistry. B. ethical decision-making. C. principlism. D. case-based ethics.

A. casuistry.

The core skill set related to the use of computers, electronic health records, healthcare technologies, and knowledge generation in a discipline is known as: A. informatics competency. B. the DIKW paradigm. C. informatics wisdom. D. essential practice.

A. informatics competency.

A nurse is using the International Classification for Nursing Practice when documenting patient care. The nurse understands this facilitates the ability to compare and combine: A. patient care data from different sources. B. treatment options and outcomes. C. research findings from different authors. D. national standards and care recommendations.

A. patient care data from different sources.

A nurse accesses lab results of a patient not under the nurse's care in the electronic health record. The nurse is violating: A. patient confidentiality. B. care coordination. C. patient safety. D. the state nurse practice act.

A. patient confidentiality.

In ethics theory, nonmaleficence means: A. the obligation not to inflict harm intentionally. B. poor productivity or inefficiency. C. embracing cultural diversity. D. None of these is correct.

A. the obligation not to inflict harm intentionally.

In 2015, the American Nurses Association published the second edition of the: A. Nursing Informatics Practice: Scope and Standards. B. Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice. C. Standards of Nursing Informatics. D. Scope of Nursing Informatics.

B. Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice.

The nurse violates a patient's confidentiality and right to privacy by: A. discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member. B. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results. C. providing a bedside report containing patient information to the oncoming nurse. D. discussing care-related information with the patient's respiratory therapist.

B. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results.

New technologies in digital communications, electronic health records, and telehealth raise issues related to: A. the digital divide. B. privacy and confidentiality. C. justice and fidelity. D. comprehensiveness of care.

B. privacy and confidentiality.

In ethics theory, autonomy means: A. personal responsibility. B. acting alone. C. freedom from controlling interferences. D. All of these are correct.

C. freedom from controlling interferences.

Nursing terminology must be easy to access, with information and knowledge available anywhere. These qualities can be described by which of the following terms? A. Accessibility and longevity B. Accessibility and standardization C. Accessibility and reusability D. Accessibility and ubiquity

D. Accessibility and ubiquity

Skills related to nursing information literacy include: A. differentiating between scholarly and popular journals. B. locating and retrieving information from credible sources. C. recognizing a need for information. D. All of these are correct.

D. All of these are correct.

Practice-based ethics as described by Husted and Husted (1995) focuses on: A. normative approaches to ethics. B. examining moral life. C. understanding right or good action. D. bringing about human benefit.

D. bringing about human benefit.

The use of social media has increased dramatically in recent years among: A. different groups in different regions of the country. B. only the young. C. mainly the elderly. D. virtually all groups.

D. virtually all groups.

Nurses gather atomic-level data reflected in: A. blood pressure. B. pulse rate. C. blood glucose. D. All of these are correct.

D. All of these are correct.

True or False? A security breach is considered discovered as soon as an employee other than the individual who committed the breach knows or should have known of the breach, such as unauthorized access or even an unsuccessful attempt to access information. True False

True

True or False? In the future, nurses are likely to have access to evidence and knowledge derived from large aggregates of clinical data, including nursing interventions and resultant outcomes.

True