Informatics Final

A nurse administrator who is using project management software wants to ensure that...

Gannt chart

Which of the following is a violation of HIPPA?

Accessing records of patients not in a nurse's direct care

The Nursing Process consists of multiple steps from gathering data to formulating a patient care plan. Choose from the list below the necessary steps in the nursing process.

ADPIE - assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation

Which of the following factors are drivers of the growing trend toward telehealth and technology use will influenced nursing practice significantly in the next decades?

Chronic diseases and conditions

Which step should be done first when implementing a workflow redesign for an electronic documentation system?

Determining what the system is expected to accomplish

A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management team that is working with a new clinical information system. Currently the team is working to customize the system to meet the needs of the organization. The team is in which stage of the systems life cycle?

Executing

Medical record are confidential patient information contained in a secure network...

HIPPA

________ is another purpose of the HITECH Act. This term is defined as differences or gaps in the care experiences by one population compared with another population.

Health disparities

An electronic documentation system will be implemented in an agency. As part of the process, the staff is receiving education about the system and the overall benefits. Which benefit would be mentioned as the most important?

Improvement in client care outcomes

A nurse is participating in an online certification course and Is preparing to take the exam. According to the program, the exam uses computerized adaptive testing. The nurse understands that this type of exam:

Provides subsequent questions on previous responses

A group of nurse managers are working to develop a refresher course for staff nurses in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and want to use a high fidelity patient simulator. The nurse managers decide this is the best method for teaching the staff for which reason?

Realistic learning helps promote performance

Multiple false patient monitor alarms may lead to alarm fatigue and compromises patient safety by a slow, or no response by the nursing staff. Which of the following is a strategy to improve alarm response?

Set monitor alarms to reflect the actual needs of the patient

While working as a member of a group tasked with addressing meaningful use with electronic data, the group has met the criteria for Stage 1 and is now moving onto stage 2. which action would now become a focus for the group?

Submitting electronic data to immunization registries

Which of the following statements is correct concerning the National Patient Safety Goal?

These goals are established to help address specific areas of concern in regard to patient safety.

What is the primary reason for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)?

To better secure patient health information in the technology age.

After implementing a health information system, the agency takes steps to prevent loss of data from a power failure by having the system use the backup power supply. This is an example of:

business continuity plan

A nurse is preparing an in-service program for staff nurses and is designing learning activities for the group. The nurse wants to focus on the highest level of learning. The nurse includes activity to achieve the goal?

case studies

Which device would most likely be useful for store and forward technology?

digital camera

Superior rectus

eye looks up

The hospital laboratory calls the nursing unit to report a dangerously low potassium level for a patient....

improve communication

Which of the following is now considered the third leading cause of death in the US?

medical errors

Medial rectus

moves eye medially

Lateral rectus

rotates eye laterally

In the Institute of Medicine's Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) report, six aims were identified as a framework to guide national improvement efforts. The report indicated that care should be:

safe, effective, patient centered, efficient, timeliness and equity

A hospital requires employees to change passwords periodically when they access secure medical information for patients. This is for which of the following?

safety and security

Workflow is a term used to describe:

the action and execution of a singular task

In the time and motion article on how medical-surgical nurses spend their time, a major category of waste is identified. A subcategory of waste is:

waiting