Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse 2nd Edition McBride Tietze Test Bank Questions With Verified Complete Solutions

Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice
Nurse 2nd Edition McBride Tietze Test Bank

,• Question 1 |


2 |out |of |2 |points
After teaching a group of students about the benefits of
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informatics to the nursing profession, the instructor
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determines that the students need additional teaching when
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they identify which of the following as a benefit?
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Selected
Answer: Increase in time needed for | | | |


|documentation
Answers: Improvement in documentation | |



Use of data for quality control
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Building of evidence-based | |


knowledge
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Increase in time needed for | | | |


|documentation
Response Ans: |D |Chapter: |1 |Client |Needs: |A-1 |Cognitive |Level:
|Feedbac
|Analysis |Difficulty: |Moderate |Integrated |Process:

k |Teaching/Learning |Objective: |5 |Page |and |Header:
:
14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedback:
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Documentation can be improved using informatics,
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and when done properly, the time needed for
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documentation would decrease. In addition, nursing
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informatics will not only enhance practice but will
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also allow information to be available to
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|researchers for building evidence-based nursing | | | |


knowledge. It can remind users to provide data that
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might be forgotten. The data could be used for both
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quality control and research.
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• Question 2 |


2 |out |of |2 |points
When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of
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agency staff, which of the following would the presenter
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identify as one of the primary benefits?
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, Selected
Answer: Increase usability of | |


data
Answers:
Increase usability of | |


|data
Promote cost-saving |



| Promote time-saving |



Allow identification of | |


patterns
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Response Ans: |A |Chapter: |1 |Client |Needs: |A-1 |Cognitive |Level:
|Feedbac
|Application |Difficulty: |Moderate |Integrated |Process:

k |Teaching/Learning |Objective: |5 |Page |and |Header:
:
13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: Although
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informatics saves time and money and allows
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patterns to be identified from data, one of the
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primary benefits of informatics is that data that
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were previously buried in inaccessible records
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become usable.
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• Question 3 |


2 |out |of |2 |points
When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and
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information technology, the instructor would emphasize which
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of the following as the focus?
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Selected
Answer: Informati
|on
Answers:
Informati
|on
Computer
| Access
Data
storag
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e

, Response Ans: |A |Chapter: |1 |Client |Needs: |A-1 |Cognitive |Level:
|Feedbac
|Application |Difficulty: |Moderate |Integrated |Process:

k |Teaching/Learning |Objective: |3 |Page |and |Header: |6,
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Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The focus of
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healthcare informatics is managing information in
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healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information
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(subject), not the computer (tool). Access and data
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storage, retrieval, capture, and sharing are
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components of healthcare informatics.
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• Question 4 |


0 |out |of |2 |points
A nursing student is reviewing information about early
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computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
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following would the student identify as characteristic?
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Selected
Answer: Ability to share information among several
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departments
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Answers: Implementation to perform two or three | | | | |


|functions
Ability to share information among several
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departments
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Creation of different software systems for | | | | |


different areas
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Entry of data occurring only once
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Response Ans: |C |Chapter: |1 |Client |Needs: |A-1 |Cognitive |Level:
|Feedbac
|Application |Difficulty: |Moderate |Integrated |Process:

k |Teaching/Learning |Objective: |1 |Page |and |Header:
:
12, Progression of Information Systems Feedback:
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Early computerized clinical information systems
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were process-oriented, implemented to
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computerize a single process such as billing or lab
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reports. Subsequently, different software programs
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had to be created for different departments that
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could not share data, creating a need for clinicians
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