NR599: Comprehensive Final Questions
And Answers
Ethical Decision Making - ANS -Process that requires striking a balance between science
and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating
right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - ANS
provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that
can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANS Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity
are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANS The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions,
perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANS The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or
constraint in ones choice and action
veracity - ANS Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANS The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your
own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANS Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of
doing good or right by and for the patient.
Fidelity - ANS Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth - ANS Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to
support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education,
public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet,
store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine - ANS Remote clinical health services
, mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANS -The practice of medicine and public health supported by
mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless
infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical practice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANS -Accessories to a regulated medical device or
are a software that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANS Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or apparatus used
for the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANS Apps that are not intended for
use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or
prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANS -Regulatory body that oversees mobile apps
that are medical devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety if the
mobile app were to not function as intended.
-Also oversee the cybersecurity management of these devices as well as the hospital network
security.
(POC) Point of Care - ANS Testing and diagnosis at the patient's side and can be
conducted anywhere the patient is, such as the home, physician office, ambulance, or hospital
bedside
Privacy - ANS Practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records.
Confidentiality - ANS The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals.
Cybersecurity - ANS -Measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against
unauthorized access or attack.
-FDA is main regulatory agency
Computer-aided Translators - ANS Language translation in which a human translator uses
computer hardware to support and facilitate the translation process.
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANS Enacted in 1996;
federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health
information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
ICD-10 Codes - ANS -Alphanumeric codes used by doctors, health insurance companies,
and public health agencies across the world to represent diagnoses.
And Answers
Ethical Decision Making - ANS -Process that requires striking a balance between science
and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating
right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - ANS
provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that
can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANS Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity
are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANS The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions,
perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANS The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or
constraint in ones choice and action
veracity - ANS Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANS The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your
own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANS Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of
doing good or right by and for the patient.
Fidelity - ANS Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth - ANS Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to
support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education,
public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet,
store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine - ANS Remote clinical health services
, mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANS -The practice of medicine and public health supported by
mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless
infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical practice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANS -Accessories to a regulated medical device or
are a software that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANS Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or apparatus used
for the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANS Apps that are not intended for
use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or
prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANS -Regulatory body that oversees mobile apps
that are medical devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety if the
mobile app were to not function as intended.
-Also oversee the cybersecurity management of these devices as well as the hospital network
security.
(POC) Point of Care - ANS Testing and diagnosis at the patient's side and can be
conducted anywhere the patient is, such as the home, physician office, ambulance, or hospital
bedside
Privacy - ANS Practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records.
Confidentiality - ANS The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals.
Cybersecurity - ANS -Measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against
unauthorized access or attack.
-FDA is main regulatory agency
Computer-aided Translators - ANS Language translation in which a human translator uses
computer hardware to support and facilitate the translation process.
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANS Enacted in 1996;
federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health
information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
ICD-10 Codes - ANS -Alphanumeric codes used by doctors, health insurance companies,
and public health agencies across the world to represent diagnoses.
