NURSING INFORMATICS OA TEST 8 EXAM
PREP UPDATED STUDY GUIDE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Role of Informatics in Clinical Nursing.
Answer: Coordinating the implementation of electronic health
records
Act as the liaison between the nurse and the IT programmers
Create the training courses on the new technologies
◉ Data.
Answer: Collection of information acquired by observation,
measurement, or experiment and used as a basis for calculation or
inference
◉ Example of Data.
Answer: Vitals, ethnicity, LOS, age
◉ information.
Answer: data that is interpreted
◉ information example.
,Answer: vitals that are plotted on a graph
◉ knowledge.
Answer: synthesis of information
◉ Example of Knowledge.
Answer: assessment of vital signs
◉ wisdom.
Answer: Process that occurs when knowledge is evaluated and then
used to identify patterns and solve problem
◉ What action did the American Nursing Association (ANA) take in
1995 to recognize the importance of nursing informatics?.
Answer: Established the informatics certification examination
◉ The nurse who effectively uses information technologies is most
importantly affecting what aspect of professional nursing in the
future?.
Answer: Assuring that patient care is meeting an acknowledged
standard of care
◉ What is the foundational focus of nursing informatics?.
,Answer: The management of patient-focused information
◉ An example of information would be vital signs plotted on a
graph. T/F.
Answer: True
◉ The focus of informatics is information management, not
computers. T/F.
Answer: True
◉ Which of the following are examples of informatics applied in
nursing?.
Answer: nursing science, information science, computer science
◉ what is a sciences that make ups nursing informatics?.
Answer: electronic health record (EHR)
◉ Five criteria for online sources for health information.
Answer: source, data, funding, privacy, evidence
◉ what action is moat important for a patient to take when
considering whether to base health decisions on information found
on the web?.
, Answer: discuss information with HCP
◉ What is the greatest concern about information presented on the
World Wide Web?.
Answer: its validity isn't guaranteed
◉ Healthcare.gov is an example of what type of internet site?.
Answer: health portal
◉ All health related websites can be trusted to provide reliable
information. True or False.
Answer: False
◉ Which is an example of sensational writing style?.
Answer: Drop 30 pounds in five days with this new miracle pill!!!!
◉ When you are conducting research online, it is important to know
who funds the website. True or False.
Answer: True
◉ Which topics should you consider when determining whether the
website is trustworthy?.
Answer: date of publication, privacy, source
PREP UPDATED STUDY GUIDE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Role of Informatics in Clinical Nursing.
Answer: Coordinating the implementation of electronic health
records
Act as the liaison between the nurse and the IT programmers
Create the training courses on the new technologies
◉ Data.
Answer: Collection of information acquired by observation,
measurement, or experiment and used as a basis for calculation or
inference
◉ Example of Data.
Answer: Vitals, ethnicity, LOS, age
◉ information.
Answer: data that is interpreted
◉ information example.
,Answer: vitals that are plotted on a graph
◉ knowledge.
Answer: synthesis of information
◉ Example of Knowledge.
Answer: assessment of vital signs
◉ wisdom.
Answer: Process that occurs when knowledge is evaluated and then
used to identify patterns and solve problem
◉ What action did the American Nursing Association (ANA) take in
1995 to recognize the importance of nursing informatics?.
Answer: Established the informatics certification examination
◉ The nurse who effectively uses information technologies is most
importantly affecting what aspect of professional nursing in the
future?.
Answer: Assuring that patient care is meeting an acknowledged
standard of care
◉ What is the foundational focus of nursing informatics?.
,Answer: The management of patient-focused information
◉ An example of information would be vital signs plotted on a
graph. T/F.
Answer: True
◉ The focus of informatics is information management, not
computers. T/F.
Answer: True
◉ Which of the following are examples of informatics applied in
nursing?.
Answer: nursing science, information science, computer science
◉ what is a sciences that make ups nursing informatics?.
Answer: electronic health record (EHR)
◉ Five criteria for online sources for health information.
Answer: source, data, funding, privacy, evidence
◉ what action is moat important for a patient to take when
considering whether to base health decisions on information found
on the web?.
, Answer: discuss information with HCP
◉ What is the greatest concern about information presented on the
World Wide Web?.
Answer: its validity isn't guaranteed
◉ Healthcare.gov is an example of what type of internet site?.
Answer: health portal
◉ All health related websites can be trusted to provide reliable
information. True or False.
Answer: False
◉ Which is an example of sensational writing style?.
Answer: Drop 30 pounds in five days with this new miracle pill!!!!
◉ When you are conducting research online, it is important to know
who funds the website. True or False.
Answer: True
◉ Which topics should you consider when determining whether the
website is trustworthy?.
Answer: date of publication, privacy, source
