Exam 1 Set 3

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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 best estimate of the number of informatics nurses needed over the next few years is which of the following?

6000 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.

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?

Code of conduct

Nurses will be comfortable working with computers and advanced technology while providing care for clients.

Common reality for nurses and technology

knowledge and understanding of computers with effective use

Computer literacy

A collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered for a need EX: patients vital signs. Raw unprocessed numbers, symbols or words that have no meaning by themselves. Without context data is meaningless.

Data

ability to collect, store, and retrieve correct, complete, and current data so data is available to authorized users

Data intergrity

39. 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

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

Define Purpose: Why are you doing the search? Why do you need this information? o Define Focus: Basic information for you, lay oriented for your patients, professionally orientated for you colleagues o Define Approach: Broad and general with information that can be quickly accessed

Finding information online

Record information, provide access to other departments, manage schedules

Functions of Computers in NI

President Obama signed ______ into law on February 17, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), an economic stimulus bill.

HITECH

ability to understand, obtain, and process basic health information in order to make informed health decisions Ex: definition of medical terms

Heal literate

Creates incentives related to health care information technology, including incentives for the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems among providers.

Hitech

Providers that comply with meaningful use requirement (EHRs) qualify for additional reimbursement over a period of several years. Penalties will be imposed for providers that do not use approved technology to comply with meaningful use. Goal is to decrease health disparities.

Hitech

Act was created to motivate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology in the United States.

Hitech act

Locate current literature and related concepts

Identify problems

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

helps ethical issues, can recognize relevance, and know how to apply it Ex: reliable sources

Information literate

hardware and software facilitates storage retrieval, communication, and management of information

Information technology

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? o

Interpreted data

Is formed when data is grouped creating meaningful information and relationships which are then added to other structured information.

Knowledge

In which way does medical informatics overlap with nursing informatics?

Medical and nursing informatics focus on the areas of information retrieval.

Specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science to manage and communicate data , info and knowledge in nursing practice

Ni by ANA

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.

Managing and processing information applying to nursing practice, education, and research. Established and growing area of specialization in nursing. Nurses employ information technologies in their practice

Nursing informatics

Credited seal, good contact info, not selling things, creditable author, unbiased (things discussed in class) has URAC or HON CODE, updated o Offline: thumb drive, CD, something stored on a medium, not used as much o Online: Safe through network, backs it up, easy access, used more frequently,

Quality information

Information that is timeliness, precision, accuracy, numerically quantifiable, easily available, unbiased, clear and reliable

Quality information

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.

The information literate nurse understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally. o Understands many of the ethical, legal, and socio-economic issues surrounding information and information technology. o Follows laws, regulations, institutional policies, and etiquette related to the access and use of information resources. o Acknowledges the use of information sources in communicating the product or performance.

Standard five

The information literate nurse, individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose. o Applies new and prior information to the planning and creation of a particular product. o Revises the development process for the product. o Communicates the product effectively to others.

Standard four

The information literate nurse determines the nature and extent of the information needed. o Defines and articulates the need for information. o Identifies a variety of types and formats of potential sources for information. o Has working knowledge of the literature in nursing-related fields and how it is produced. o Considers the costs and benefits of acquiring the needed information. o Re-evaluates the nature and extent of the information need.

Standard one

The information literate nurse critically evaluates the procured information and its sources, and, as a result, decides whether or not to modify the initial query and/or seek additional sources and whether to develop a new research process. o Summarizes the main ideas to be extracted from the information gathered. o Selects information by articulating and applying criteria for evaluating both the in-formation and its sources. o Synthesizes main ideas to construct new concepts. o Compares new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information. o Validates understanding and interpretation of the information through discourse with other individuals, subject-area experts, and/or practitioners o Determines whether the initial query should be revised. o Evaluates the procured information and the entire process.

Standard three

The information literate nurse accesses needed information effectively and efficiently. o Selects the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems for accessing the needed information. o Constructs and implements efficient and effectively designed search strategies. o Retrieves information online or in person using a variety of methods. o Refines the search strategy, if necessary o Extracts, records, and manages the in-formation and its sources.

Standard two

The TIGER initiative is an acronym for which of the following?

Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform

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

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.

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.

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.

Communication and Collaboration: standardized, person-centered, technology-enabled processes to facilitate teamwork across the continuum of care.