Mult Chapter Handbook of Informatics Study Guide
Which statement by the nurse verifies that the nurse is "information literate"?
"I understand how to search for a website and evaluate its usefulness for health care needs."
The TIGER initiative is an acronym for which of the following?
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform
The best estimate of the number of informatics nurses needed over the next few years is which of the following?
6,000 to 12,000
Which statement indicates the appropriate level of informatics competencies to the correct nurse?
A nurse informatics specialist extrapolates data to develop best practice model for indwelling catheter care.
The nurse gathers much data when caring for clients. Which is an example of the higher-level "information" useful in caring for clients?
After receiving Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium) 1.0 gram IV yesterday, the client reported feeling better today.
Nursing informatics employs information and computer technology to support all aspects of nursing practice, including research. Which is an example of supporting research?
Development of a standardized nursing language
CPOE is an acronym for_____________.
Computerized Physician Order Entry
___________________________ fills in the educational gap between undergraduate and graduate nursing education programs in informatics.
Continuing education programs
The Informatics Nurse Specialist is an integral member of the health care team with the expertise to:
Create standardized nursing languages.
Which of the following answers is the best definition of data?
Data are a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need for analysis and possibly action at a later point in time.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) incorporated the foundation provided by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in its definition of nursing informatics and scope and standards of practice. Applicants for the Informatics Nurse credentialing examination are required to meet which of the following minimum criteria?
Equivalent of two years of full-time professional practice, Baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing (or relevant field baccalaureate), Current, active license as a professional nurse
Which of the following is not associated with information literacy?
Familiarity with the use of personal computers and software
Describe at least three factors in the current healthcare delivery system that drive the implementation of information technology in the acute care setting.
Increased numbers of digital natives in nursing practice
The ________________ has advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or a related field and may hold ANCC certification.
Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS)
Which of the following groups have been selected to help drive the changes necessary to transform the health care delivery system, improve quality of services delivery, and improve safety?
Informatics nurse specialists
Which statement best distinguishes the difference between information literacy and computer literacy?
Information literacy forms the basis for ongoing learning whereas computer literacy refers to a familiarity with the use of personal computers.
A nurse manager wishes to hire a new nurse who has just graduated from nursing school. At the beginning level of informatics competencies, the nurse should be able to do which of the following?
Input vital signs and intake and output data in the electronic medical record.
Information is defined as which of the following?
Interpreted data
In which way does medical informatics overlap with nursing informatics?
Medical and nursing informatics focus on the areas of information retrieval.
Over the next few years, nursing informatics and other health informatics disciplines will crisscross, resulting in more interdisciplinary projects. This statement is true because of which of the following reasons?
Nurse informatics specialists will work collaboratively with other disciplines to develop user-friendly systems.
Access to patient care data and utilization of nursing research are essential components of evidence-based practice designed to increase patient safety and provide quality care. Which of the following can technology cannot be employed to remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice?
Online report cards
Knowledge management is a structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of what kind of knowledge in the organization?
Tacit knowledge (personal experience), Explicit knowledge (evidence)
The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) project sets an agenda to improve the quality and safety of the health care delivery system. To achieve the goals set by QSEN, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) suggested the following competencies for nurses except for which of the following?
Professional code of conduct
Which of the following examples demonstrate how nursing informatics helps to support nursing practice?
Quick access to computer-archived patient data from previous encounters, Computer-generated client documentation including discharge instructions, Computer-generated nursing care plans and critical pathways, Prompts that appear during documentation to ensure comprehensive charting
The nurse understands that nursing informatics is recognized as a specialty area of practice by which statement?
Research priorities for nursing informatics include the development of a standard nursing language and the development of databases for clinical information.
Health care consumers have all the information and tools to make health care choices because they can easily compare quality and cost of care. Which of the following is correct?
The statement is false because the tool has not been developed.
Which statement regarding pressures that drive the health care delivery system today is not accurate?
The current and projected nursing shortage may be eliminated by instituting technology enhancements in the acute care setting.
Which role is only appropriate for the informatics nurse specialist (INS)?
The design of nursing research protocols and databases
The role of the informatics nurse does not include assessing the usability of devices for health care consumers. This statement is false because of which of the following reasons?
The development of policy regarding usability is an important part of the informatics nurse's role.
A disadvantage to the utilization of the electronic medical record (EMR) includes which of the following?
The intensive training in the beginning needed to prepare staff members to use the EMR
The reason that nursing lags behind in the education of nursing informatics specialists is because of which of the following?
The lack of qualified faculty in graduate programs
Which action indicates the nurse is functioning as a knowledge worker?
The nurse auscultates diminished breath sounds in a postoperative client the morning after abdominal surgery and encourages the client to turn, cough, and deep breathe every hour instead of every two hours.
Nurses need to become skilled at using patient-centered IT tools to access information that can expand their knowledge in a just-in-time, evidence-based approach. Which one of these answers best indicates the nurse is functioning as a knowledge worker?
The nurse shifts from primarily using critical thinking to also using critical synthesis.
There are no available nursing informatics programs including doctoral degrees; therefore, nurses prepare for advanced practice through medical informatics curriculum. This answer is false because of which of the following reasons?
There are a number of accredited advanced nursing education programs in informatics in the United States.
Technology has been useful in reducing errors by assisting the health care team to identify the patient before rendering care. The most common way for nurses to identify patients using technology is through which of the following?
Use of barcodes
