INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Knowledge Answer: Synthesized information so that relationships
can be made about the information and formalized. For example, you
identify that your patient's heart rate has continued to increase over
the last eight (8) hours and the patient continues to be tachycardic,
it is not an isolated incident.
Application of the data and information to answer the "how"
◉ Wisdom Answer: The appropriate use of knowledge to manage
and solve human problems. For example, the patient is tachycardic
due to ineffective pain management post-operatively. The patient's
pain level is 8/10 on pain scale. Only acetaminophen is prescribed
for pain. You contact the surgeon to relay the SBAR information and
the physician orders a narcotic pain medication.
Wisdom is the combination of experience, insight, and reflection.
The evaluation of the understanding
, ◉ When nursing professionals use data, information, knowledge,
and wisdom as a foundational framework to provide care, they are
working in which nursing role? Answer: Knowledge workers
◉ Main goal of nursing informatics Answer: To manage and
communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the
delivery of care
◉ The nurse is reviewing the client's electronic health record and
recognize a diagnosis that they are unfamiliar with. Where should
the nurse start to look for information? Answer: Search the intranet
where they are employed
◉ In the nurse's understanding of information science, it integrates
which of the following sciences? Answer: 1. Cognitive
2. Communication
3. Social
4. Computer
5. Library
◉ Information Science Answer: The processing of information -
linking people and technology. It encompasses many aspects of
science - computer science, cognitive science, social science,
communication science, and library science.
2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Knowledge Answer: Synthesized information so that relationships
can be made about the information and formalized. For example, you
identify that your patient's heart rate has continued to increase over
the last eight (8) hours and the patient continues to be tachycardic,
it is not an isolated incident.
Application of the data and information to answer the "how"
◉ Wisdom Answer: The appropriate use of knowledge to manage
and solve human problems. For example, the patient is tachycardic
due to ineffective pain management post-operatively. The patient's
pain level is 8/10 on pain scale. Only acetaminophen is prescribed
for pain. You contact the surgeon to relay the SBAR information and
the physician orders a narcotic pain medication.
Wisdom is the combination of experience, insight, and reflection.
The evaluation of the understanding
, ◉ When nursing professionals use data, information, knowledge,
and wisdom as a foundational framework to provide care, they are
working in which nursing role? Answer: Knowledge workers
◉ Main goal of nursing informatics Answer: To manage and
communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the
delivery of care
◉ The nurse is reviewing the client's electronic health record and
recognize a diagnosis that they are unfamiliar with. Where should
the nurse start to look for information? Answer: Search the intranet
where they are employed
◉ In the nurse's understanding of information science, it integrates
which of the following sciences? Answer: 1. Cognitive
2. Communication
3. Social
4. Computer
5. Library
◉ Information Science Answer: The processing of information -
linking people and technology. It encompasses many aspects of
science - computer science, cognitive science, social science,
communication science, and library science.
