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, Informatics and Nursing Opportunities and Challenges e e e e e
6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
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Chapter 1
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1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
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successful when the students define informatics as which of the following?
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A) Use of computers e e
B) Use of information technology
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C) Management of information e e
D) Access to the Internet e e e
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technology
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includes which of the following?
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A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records e e e e e e e
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for population e e e e e e e e e
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C) Advocating for statewide adoption ofelectronic health record e e e e e e e
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems e e e e e
3. Whichofthe following would a nurse identifyas the current focus oftoday's practice
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informatics?
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A) Capturing data at the point ofcare e e e e e e
B) Performing secondarydata analysis e e e
C) Using aggregated data e e
D) Making decisions based on data e e e e
4. Anursing student isreviewing information about earlycomputerized clinical
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information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as
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characteristic?
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A) Implementation to perform two or three functions e e e e e e
B) Abilityto share information among several departments
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C) Creation ofdifferent software systems for different areas e e e e e e e
D) Entryof data occurring only once e e e e e
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to agroupof agency staff, which ofthe
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following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
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A) Increase usability ofdata e e e
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,B) Promote cost-saving
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C) Promote time-saving
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D) Allow identification ofpatterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
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profession, the instructor determines that the students need additionalteaching when
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they identify which of the following as a benefit?
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A) Improvement in documentation e e
B) Use of data for quality control e e e e e
C) Building ofevidence-based knowledge e e e
D) Increase in time needed for documentation e e e e e
7. Anurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies. When
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describing the need for computer fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which of
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the following would the presenter include as characterizing this concept?
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A) Temporarystate e
B) Lifelong learning e
C) Task oriented e
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor
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determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the
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following competencies as specific to the role of an informatics innovator?
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A) Using basic desktop software e e e
B) Generating informatics theory e e
C) Making judgments about trends e e e
D) Communicating via a computer e e e
9. Aninformatics nursespecialist would describe information literacyas essential for
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which of the following?
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A) Critical thinking e
B) Problem solving e
C) Data evaluation e
D) Evidence-based practice e
10. Whenpreparing for a classon healthcare informatics and information technology, the
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instructor would emphasize which of the following as the focus?
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A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage e
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