WGU C854 NURSING INFORMATICS
CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● AHRQ
Answer: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
●● CCC
Answer: Clinical Care Classification, classification system of nursing
diagnoses and interventions for home health
●● Change Theory
Answer: The study of change in individuals or social systems such as
organizations.
●● Channel
Answer: A physical element that carries a message between a sender and
a receiver. Examples of channels are radio waves, fiber optic lines, and
paper.
●● Chaos Theory
,Answer: The qualitative study of unstable aperiodic behavior in
deterministic, nonlinear dynamical systems
●● Clinical Informatics
Answer: The application of informatics and information technology to
deliver healthcare services.
●● Closed System
Answer: A system that is enclosed in an impermeable boundary and does
not interact with the environment.
●● QI
Answer: quality improvement
●● Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
Answer: An entity consisting of many diverse and autonomous parts that
are interrelated, interdependent, linked through many interconnections,
and behave as a unified whole in learning from experience and in
adjusting to changes in the environment
●● Complexity Theory
Answer: Complexity theory builds on chaos theory using a qualitative
approach to the study of dynamic nonlinear social systems that change
with time and demonstrate complex relationships.
, ●● Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
Answer: A system that automates the way that orders have traditionally
been initiated for patients. Clinicians place orders within these systems
instead of using traditional handwritten transcription onto paper. These
systems provide major safeguards by ensuring that physician orders are
legible and complete, thereby providing a level of patient safety that was
historically missing with paper-based orders. They provide decision
support and automated alert functionality that was previously
unavailable with paper-based orders.
●● Computer science
Answer: The "systematic study of algorithmic methods for representing
and transforming information, including their theory, design,
implementation, application, and efficiency.... The roots of computer
science extend deeply into mathematics and engineering. Mathematics
imparts analysis to the field; engineering imparts design" (University at
Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences;
●● Needs Assessment
Answer: An assessment of needs of a department or organization using
different methods such as surveys, interviews and report gathering.
●● Conceptual Framework
Answer: A description and explanation of concepts and their
relationships and interactions related to a specific phenomenon.
CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● AHRQ
Answer: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
●● CCC
Answer: Clinical Care Classification, classification system of nursing
diagnoses and interventions for home health
●● Change Theory
Answer: The study of change in individuals or social systems such as
organizations.
●● Channel
Answer: A physical element that carries a message between a sender and
a receiver. Examples of channels are radio waves, fiber optic lines, and
paper.
●● Chaos Theory
,Answer: The qualitative study of unstable aperiodic behavior in
deterministic, nonlinear dynamical systems
●● Clinical Informatics
Answer: The application of informatics and information technology to
deliver healthcare services.
●● Closed System
Answer: A system that is enclosed in an impermeable boundary and does
not interact with the environment.
●● QI
Answer: quality improvement
●● Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
Answer: An entity consisting of many diverse and autonomous parts that
are interrelated, interdependent, linked through many interconnections,
and behave as a unified whole in learning from experience and in
adjusting to changes in the environment
●● Complexity Theory
Answer: Complexity theory builds on chaos theory using a qualitative
approach to the study of dynamic nonlinear social systems that change
with time and demonstrate complex relationships.
, ●● Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
Answer: A system that automates the way that orders have traditionally
been initiated for patients. Clinicians place orders within these systems
instead of using traditional handwritten transcription onto paper. These
systems provide major safeguards by ensuring that physician orders are
legible and complete, thereby providing a level of patient safety that was
historically missing with paper-based orders. They provide decision
support and automated alert functionality that was previously
unavailable with paper-based orders.
●● Computer science
Answer: The "systematic study of algorithmic methods for representing
and transforming information, including their theory, design,
implementation, application, and efficiency.... The roots of computer
science extend deeply into mathematics and engineering. Mathematics
imparts analysis to the field; engineering imparts design" (University at
Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences;
●● Needs Assessment
Answer: An assessment of needs of a department or organization using
different methods such as surveys, interviews and report gathering.
●● Conceptual Framework
Answer: A description and explanation of concepts and their
relationships and interactions related to a specific phenomenon.
