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The hospital administrator appoints an informatics nurse to lead a team of healthcare and IT
professionals in the selection of electronic health records software? Which first step should the
informatics nurse initiate?
a. establish the team.
b. gather the requirements.
c. schedule on-site demonstrations
d. agree on the purchase plan. - correct answer gather the requirements.
A clinical informatics nurse specialist wants to optimize the electronic health record (HER) software
in order to decrease documentation time. Which method of data collection should this clinical
informatics nurse specialist use to prioritize the areas improvement?
a. organizational leadership interviews
b. interviews with affected users
c. data analytics tools that quantity usage
d. usability tools that describe the user experience - correct answer interviews with affected users
Which data visualization should be used to display the length of stay for oncology patients during
the course of one year at one hospital.
a. histogram chart
b. pie chart
c. bubble chart
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d. spider chart - correct answer histogram chart
Which set of data should be displayed with bar graph?
a. devices which need integration with the electronic health record software
b. blood transfusions which were not charged or compared to the total number of transfusions given
in a department.
c. medications overridden from the medication dispensing machine by the department last month.
d. training schedule for new graduate hires starting next quarter. - correct answer blood transfusions
which were not charged or compared to the total number of transfusions given in a department.
Under which condition can protected health information (PHI)be released without a patient's
consent?
a. When the information requested is required for payment of treatment provided.
b. When there is agreement that the information provided will not be published.
c. When there is a signed request for the information provided to the healthcare entity.
d. When the requesting person works for the treating healthcare facility - correct answer When the
information requested is required for payment of treatment provided.
The nursing director of a hospital is preparing an in-house presentation about the nursing minimum
data set (NMDS)Which information represents the services elements of NMDS?
a. Discharge date, disposition, payer of bill
b. Nursing diagnosis, intervention, outcome
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c. Race, ethnicity, personal identification
d. Gender, date of birth, residence - correct answer Nursing diagnosis, intervention, outcome
Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery - correct answer Provider order
Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels -
correct answer MAR
A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list of
information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this patient -
correct answer The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours.
Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United States
Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards - correct answer Psychotherapy notes
Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual whiteboard for patient tracking. Recently,
surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has increased & blame
the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding the use of the existing
surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue? - correct
answer Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected health information
(ePHI) by unauthorized users - correct answer Make sure all the users adhere to the security &
confidential policy set forth by the facility.
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A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however, the hospital he is being transferred to
does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will they
receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR)? - correct answer Continuity care record from AMR
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient. Where
should the nurse find this information? - correct answer The intake & output chart
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - correct answer American Recovery &
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - correct answer Providing clinicians
with knowledge & person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program - correct answer CMS
(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture how many patients were seen in a day of 24
hours, how would they best see this - correct answer Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - correct answer Root cause
analysis
What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them from sharing
information when stolen? - correct answer Authentication & encryption
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The hospital administrator appoints an informatics nurse to lead a team of healthcare and IT
professionals in the selection of electronic health records software? Which first step should the
informatics nurse initiate?
a. establish the team.
b. gather the requirements.
c. schedule on-site demonstrations
d. agree on the purchase plan. - correct answer gather the requirements.
A clinical informatics nurse specialist wants to optimize the electronic health record (HER) software
in order to decrease documentation time. Which method of data collection should this clinical
informatics nurse specialist use to prioritize the areas improvement?
a. organizational leadership interviews
b. interviews with affected users
c. data analytics tools that quantity usage
d. usability tools that describe the user experience - correct answer interviews with affected users
Which data visualization should be used to display the length of stay for oncology patients during
the course of one year at one hospital.
a. histogram chart
b. pie chart
c. bubble chart
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d. spider chart - correct answer histogram chart
Which set of data should be displayed with bar graph?
a. devices which need integration with the electronic health record software
b. blood transfusions which were not charged or compared to the total number of transfusions given
in a department.
c. medications overridden from the medication dispensing machine by the department last month.
d. training schedule for new graduate hires starting next quarter. - correct answer blood transfusions
which were not charged or compared to the total number of transfusions given in a department.
Under which condition can protected health information (PHI)be released without a patient's
consent?
a. When the information requested is required for payment of treatment provided.
b. When there is agreement that the information provided will not be published.
c. When there is a signed request for the information provided to the healthcare entity.
d. When the requesting person works for the treating healthcare facility - correct answer When the
information requested is required for payment of treatment provided.
The nursing director of a hospital is preparing an in-house presentation about the nursing minimum
data set (NMDS)Which information represents the services elements of NMDS?
a. Discharge date, disposition, payer of bill
b. Nursing diagnosis, intervention, outcome
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c. Race, ethnicity, personal identification
d. Gender, date of birth, residence - correct answer Nursing diagnosis, intervention, outcome
Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery - correct answer Provider order
Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels -
correct answer MAR
A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list of
information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this patient -
correct answer The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours.
Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United States
Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards - correct answer Psychotherapy notes
Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual whiteboard for patient tracking. Recently,
surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has increased & blame
the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding the use of the existing
surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue? - correct
answer Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected health information
(ePHI) by unauthorized users - correct answer Make sure all the users adhere to the security &
confidential policy set forth by the facility.
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A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however, the hospital he is being transferred to
does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will they
receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR)? - correct answer Continuity care record from AMR
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient. Where
should the nurse find this information? - correct answer The intake & output chart
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - correct answer American Recovery &
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - correct answer Providing clinicians
with knowledge & person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program - correct answer CMS
(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture how many patients were seen in a day of 24
hours, how would they best see this - correct answer Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - correct answer Root cause
analysis
What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them from sharing
information when stolen? - correct answer Authentication & encryption
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