HOSMERIT
NURS-272 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADE A+
What is the function of HIS? -ANSWER They capture, manage, and transmit information related
to health of individual or activities of HC facilities
What examples are there of HIS? -ANSWER Staffing, email, organizational outcomes, and
orientations
What are CIS? -ANSWER Hardware and software that processes data in the HC facility
What are some examples of CIS? ANSWER HER/EMR, decision support, order entry, etc.
What are administrative information systems (AIS)? ANSWER Extracts information and uses it
for management of daily operations
What are some examples of AIS? ANSWER Appointment scheduling and patient billing
What is nursing informatics? ANSWER Use f information and technology to support all areas of
nursing practice.
What are the benefits to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Enhances nursing practice for
documentation, education, and quality
2. Organizes documentation in user-friendly format
3. Supports nursing, stakeholders, and the healthcare team
4. Identify, manage, develop, link information, alert and warnings
,What are some attributes to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Certified system and standard
terms (this is critical for communication and exchanging information)
2. Reimbursment based policies that's "meaning use" (CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid)
3. Privacy and security (HIPAA)
What the advantages that informatics have in nursing and HC? - ANSWER 1. Potential to improve
the quality, safety, and efficiency of HC for all
2. Good communication, reducing errors
3. Decreased cost and time
4. Better we access to information, improved documentation
5. Increased satisfaction/time spent with patient
6. Improved regulatory compliance
What is information literacy? - ANSWER Set of abilities allowing individuals to recognize when
info is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed info
What is the accepted language for a nursing diagnosis? - ANSWER NANDA
What guides the standardized terminology for nurses? - ANSWER ANA's Nursing Process
What is the nursing clinical decision support system? -ANSWER Type of clinical decision
support system specific to nursing; supporting information is evidence-based
What is the nursing info system? -ANSWER Type of CIS; allows nurses to document, view data,
and access info to help make decisions
, What is nursing informatics? -ANSWER specialty; supports nursing and health care team; id,
manage, develop/create (ex: paper to electronic docs)
What is AIS? - ANSWER Administrative information system. Program to input patient info
for appointments, staff scheduling, etc
What is an order entry system? - ANSWER Allows discipline to order supplies from another
department
What are monitoring systems? - ANSWER Record info directly into EMR ex: VS
What is knowledge? - ANSWER Knowing a skill
What is competence? - ANSWER The ability to carry out a skill correctly
What is commitment? - ANSWER Continuous learning and professional membership that
supports learning
What is the NCLEX? - ANSWER Guarantees standard knowledge for an RN
What is autonomy? - ANSWER The authority to make decisions about nursing practice
(prioritize)
What are clinical decision support systems? - ANSWER Within EHR/EMR; those documenting
will see reminders, alerts, prompts, reports, and links which help make clinical decisions at the
point of care
NURS-272 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADE A+
What is the function of HIS? -ANSWER They capture, manage, and transmit information related
to health of individual or activities of HC facilities
What examples are there of HIS? -ANSWER Staffing, email, organizational outcomes, and
orientations
What are CIS? -ANSWER Hardware and software that processes data in the HC facility
What are some examples of CIS? ANSWER HER/EMR, decision support, order entry, etc.
What are administrative information systems (AIS)? ANSWER Extracts information and uses it
for management of daily operations
What are some examples of AIS? ANSWER Appointment scheduling and patient billing
What is nursing informatics? ANSWER Use f information and technology to support all areas of
nursing practice.
What are the benefits to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Enhances nursing practice for
documentation, education, and quality
2. Organizes documentation in user-friendly format
3. Supports nursing, stakeholders, and the healthcare team
4. Identify, manage, develop, link information, alert and warnings
,What are some attributes to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Certified system and standard
terms (this is critical for communication and exchanging information)
2. Reimbursment based policies that's "meaning use" (CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid)
3. Privacy and security (HIPAA)
What the advantages that informatics have in nursing and HC? - ANSWER 1. Potential to improve
the quality, safety, and efficiency of HC for all
2. Good communication, reducing errors
3. Decreased cost and time
4. Better we access to information, improved documentation
5. Increased satisfaction/time spent with patient
6. Improved regulatory compliance
What is information literacy? - ANSWER Set of abilities allowing individuals to recognize when
info is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed info
What is the accepted language for a nursing diagnosis? - ANSWER NANDA
What guides the standardized terminology for nurses? - ANSWER ANA's Nursing Process
What is the nursing clinical decision support system? -ANSWER Type of clinical decision
support system specific to nursing; supporting information is evidence-based
What is the nursing info system? -ANSWER Type of CIS; allows nurses to document, view data,
and access info to help make decisions
, What is nursing informatics? -ANSWER specialty; supports nursing and health care team; id,
manage, develop/create (ex: paper to electronic docs)
What is AIS? - ANSWER Administrative information system. Program to input patient info
for appointments, staff scheduling, etc
What is an order entry system? - ANSWER Allows discipline to order supplies from another
department
What are monitoring systems? - ANSWER Record info directly into EMR ex: VS
What is knowledge? - ANSWER Knowing a skill
What is competence? - ANSWER The ability to carry out a skill correctly
What is commitment? - ANSWER Continuous learning and professional membership that
supports learning
What is the NCLEX? - ANSWER Guarantees standard knowledge for an RN
What is autonomy? - ANSWER The authority to make decisions about nursing practice
(prioritize)
What are clinical decision support systems? - ANSWER Within EHR/EMR; those documenting
will see reminders, alerts, prompts, reports, and links which help make clinical decisions at the
point of care
