TEST BANK COMPLETE NURSING
INFORMATICS AND THE
FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
6TH EDITION – MCGONIGLE
When persons living with a chronic disease use the Internet for blogging
about their health challenges or participating in online discussion forums,
this is known as:
A. self-diagnosis.
B. self-management.
C. peer-to-peer support.
D. None of these is correct.
C. peer-to-peer support.
Which of the following web domain suffixes is more likely to contain quality
health education material?
A. .net
B. .com
C. .org
D. .ca
C. .org
,Which website has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information?
A. HON.
B. NSF.
C. WebMD.
D. MedlinePlus.
D. MedlinePlus.
"Blog" is:
A. being linguistic, on-game.
B. an online journal.
C. the German word for talking.
D. None of these is correct.
B. an online journal.
A nurse researcher is reviewing the results of a telehealth study. Which of the
following would be considered a clinical outcome of the study?
A. Enrollment criteria
B. Demographics of the patient sample
C. Patient and family satisfaction
D. Raw data results
C. Patient and family satisfaction
,A patient asks a telenurse about the efficiency of telenursing. Which of the
following is the appropriate response by the nurse?
A. "Telenursing is not very efficient because telenurses have more
documentation to complete."
B. "Telenursing reduces the need to have face-to-face interactions, which
improves efficiency of care."
C. "Telenursing reduces the amount of care required, which enables better
use of nursing time."
D. "Telenursing increases non-care-related tasks, so telenursing care must
then be efficient."
B. "Telenursing reduces the need to have face-to-face interactions,
which improves efficiency of care."
A patient with the comorbidities of diabetes, hypertension, and fibromyalgia
lives in a home in a rural area. A telenurse remotely monitors the patient's
objective data, which would include:
A. vital signs and blood glucose results.
B. a 24-hour nutritional log.
C. complaints of shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and shakiness.
D. pain scores.
A. vital signs and blood glucose results.
A telenurse reviews a patient's blood sugar level and phones the patient to
instruct them on a change in the dose of insulin. This process is known as
which of the following?
, A. Knowledge gathering
B. Knowledge dissemination
C. Knowledge processing
D. Knowledge generation
B. Knowledge dissemination
An advanced practice nurse is providing telehealth care for patients who are
incarcerated. The nurse understands which of the following?
A. Telehealth is used for this patient population because public safety
outweighs quality of patient care.
B. Patients have increased options of appointment times when telehealth is
delivered in this manner.
C. Patients prefer telehealth when they are incarcerated because they do not
have to leave the facility.
D. Telehealth provides cost-effective care and supports public safety.
D. Telehealth provides cost-effective care and supports public
safety.
An elderly patient who lives alone is homebound and receives telehealth
services. The telenurse has discovered that the patient often forgets to turn
off appliances after use. Which of the following telehealth tools would the
nurse recommend?
A. A medication management device
B. A sensor and activity-monitoring system
INFORMATICS AND THE
FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
6TH EDITION – MCGONIGLE
When persons living with a chronic disease use the Internet for blogging
about their health challenges or participating in online discussion forums,
this is known as:
A. self-diagnosis.
B. self-management.
C. peer-to-peer support.
D. None of these is correct.
C. peer-to-peer support.
Which of the following web domain suffixes is more likely to contain quality
health education material?
A. .net
B. .com
C. .org
D. .ca
C. .org
,Which website has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information?
A. HON.
B. NSF.
C. WebMD.
D. MedlinePlus.
D. MedlinePlus.
"Blog" is:
A. being linguistic, on-game.
B. an online journal.
C. the German word for talking.
D. None of these is correct.
B. an online journal.
A nurse researcher is reviewing the results of a telehealth study. Which of the
following would be considered a clinical outcome of the study?
A. Enrollment criteria
B. Demographics of the patient sample
C. Patient and family satisfaction
D. Raw data results
C. Patient and family satisfaction
,A patient asks a telenurse about the efficiency of telenursing. Which of the
following is the appropriate response by the nurse?
A. "Telenursing is not very efficient because telenurses have more
documentation to complete."
B. "Telenursing reduces the need to have face-to-face interactions, which
improves efficiency of care."
C. "Telenursing reduces the amount of care required, which enables better
use of nursing time."
D. "Telenursing increases non-care-related tasks, so telenursing care must
then be efficient."
B. "Telenursing reduces the need to have face-to-face interactions,
which improves efficiency of care."
A patient with the comorbidities of diabetes, hypertension, and fibromyalgia
lives in a home in a rural area. A telenurse remotely monitors the patient's
objective data, which would include:
A. vital signs and blood glucose results.
B. a 24-hour nutritional log.
C. complaints of shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and shakiness.
D. pain scores.
A. vital signs and blood glucose results.
A telenurse reviews a patient's blood sugar level and phones the patient to
instruct them on a change in the dose of insulin. This process is known as
which of the following?
, A. Knowledge gathering
B. Knowledge dissemination
C. Knowledge processing
D. Knowledge generation
B. Knowledge dissemination
An advanced practice nurse is providing telehealth care for patients who are
incarcerated. The nurse understands which of the following?
A. Telehealth is used for this patient population because public safety
outweighs quality of patient care.
B. Patients have increased options of appointment times when telehealth is
delivered in this manner.
C. Patients prefer telehealth when they are incarcerated because they do not
have to leave the facility.
D. Telehealth provides cost-effective care and supports public safety.
D. Telehealth provides cost-effective care and supports public
safety.
An elderly patient who lives alone is homebound and receives telehealth
services. The telenurse has discovered that the patient often forgets to turn
off appliances after use. Which of the following telehealth tools would the
nurse recommend?
A. A medication management device
B. A sensor and activity-monitoring system
