WGU C468 Information Management and
Application of Technology | Latest
Questions and Answers | 2026 Update
‣ Information literacy -✓✓Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed
as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
‣ Information -✓✓Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
‣ Information science -✓✓Focus on how to gather, process and transform information
into knowledge. It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
‣ Information systems -✓✓Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured
femur is an example of using the EHR in which way
‣ Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. -✓✓Allowing them hands-on
practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned
‣ Knowledge worker -✓✓Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
‣ Expert/Experienced Nurse -✓✓Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the
course of his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know
how to pull trends out of data
‣ Nursing informatics -✓✓Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National
certification exam
‣ Clinical practice guidelines -✓✓Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of
nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
‣ Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system -✓✓CPOE, bar
code medication administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
, ‣ Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) -✓✓The name used to describe the
process by which the physician or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
‣ RFID -✓✓A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that
is used to identify and track supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
‣ Informatics affecting Nursing Practice -✓✓Clinical pathways and computer generated
care plans are examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples
of clinical decision support
‣ Nursing informatics -✓✓The use of technology and information to help support all
aspects of nursing practice
‣ The foundation of knowledge model -✓✓The basis for which knowledge is used to
meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing
and knowledge dissemination
‣ Data (not information until it has been analyzed) -✓✓A patients height, weight, code
status, and date of birth are all examples of what
‣ Less consumer accountability -✓✓Not an emerging trend in healthcare
‣ Mission -✓✓The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
‣ Strategic planning, long-range -✓✓The development of a comprehensive long range
plan for guiding the activities and operations of an organization
‣ They will need to be trained on the system -✓✓Why is it not important that selection
committee board members understand software and electronic processes
‣ Strategic Planning -✓✓Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic
Planning is a LONG TERM GOAL
‣ Blogging -✓✓Not a national trend related to nursing informatics
‣ Needs assessment -✓✓During which phase of the information life cycle should the
"musts" and "wants" be determined
‣ Information Life Cycle Phases -✓✓1. Needs assessment phase
2. System selection phase
3. System implementation phase
4. Maintenance phase
Application of Technology | Latest
Questions and Answers | 2026 Update
‣ Information literacy -✓✓Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed
as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
‣ Information -✓✓Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
‣ Information science -✓✓Focus on how to gather, process and transform information
into knowledge. It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
‣ Information systems -✓✓Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured
femur is an example of using the EHR in which way
‣ Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. -✓✓Allowing them hands-on
practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned
‣ Knowledge worker -✓✓Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
‣ Expert/Experienced Nurse -✓✓Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the
course of his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know
how to pull trends out of data
‣ Nursing informatics -✓✓Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National
certification exam
‣ Clinical practice guidelines -✓✓Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of
nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
‣ Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system -✓✓CPOE, bar
code medication administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
, ‣ Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) -✓✓The name used to describe the
process by which the physician or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
‣ RFID -✓✓A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that
is used to identify and track supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
‣ Informatics affecting Nursing Practice -✓✓Clinical pathways and computer generated
care plans are examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples
of clinical decision support
‣ Nursing informatics -✓✓The use of technology and information to help support all
aspects of nursing practice
‣ The foundation of knowledge model -✓✓The basis for which knowledge is used to
meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing
and knowledge dissemination
‣ Data (not information until it has been analyzed) -✓✓A patients height, weight, code
status, and date of birth are all examples of what
‣ Less consumer accountability -✓✓Not an emerging trend in healthcare
‣ Mission -✓✓The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
‣ Strategic planning, long-range -✓✓The development of a comprehensive long range
plan for guiding the activities and operations of an organization
‣ They will need to be trained on the system -✓✓Why is it not important that selection
committee board members understand software and electronic processes
‣ Strategic Planning -✓✓Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic
Planning is a LONG TERM GOAL
‣ Blogging -✓✓Not a national trend related to nursing informatics
‣ Needs assessment -✓✓During which phase of the information life cycle should the
"musts" and "wants" be determined
‣ Information Life Cycle Phases -✓✓1. Needs assessment phase
2. System selection phase
3. System implementation phase
4. Maintenance phase
