WGU - C468 Information Management and the Application of
Technology PA questions with verified answers
A a student is behind on morning medication administration. The instructor is
pressuring the student to pass quickly without any errors. One of the clients
assigned to the student's care asks for pain medication.
Which nursing intervention is questionable? Ans✓✓✓ Computer scan the meds
and come back later to administer them
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait
until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the
program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver
patient-centered care? Ans✓✓✓ The time spent waiting for the program to
register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
A local medical clinic is attempting to develop an electronic health record (EHR)
system.
Which challenges should the organization anticipate?
Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ Identifying data needs for differing nursing practice
specialties
Implementing standardization of documentation across physician offices
,A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic
health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in his situation? Ans✓✓✓
Information system
A nurse is administering a new medication to a patient who has never taken this
medication in the past. The patient is already taking seven different medications
at this time.
Which nursing intervention should the nurse do before administering this
medication? Ans✓✓✓ A nurse is administering a new medication to a patient
who has never taken this medication in the past. The patient is already taking
seven different medications at this time.
Which nursing intervention should the nurse do before administering this
medication?
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Review the drug-to-drug, drug-allergy check in electronic health record
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic
medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before
discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
, Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Ans✓✓✓ To
promote desired clinical outcomes
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's
worsening heart failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this
situation?
Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
The provider has access to the data being discussed.
A nurse learns that a colleague has accessed electronically stored health
information of a patient that the colleague is not involved in treating.
What should the nurse do? Ans✓✓✓ Report the colleague to their employer
A nurse manager identifies several advanced practice nurses at an ICU
workstation responding to multiple patient alarms. She notices that the acuity of
one patient drastically increases the demand for staff resources.
How can workflow analysis impact practice in this situation? Ans✓✓✓ It provides
observation and documentation of what is happening in the current environment.
Technology PA questions with verified answers
A a student is behind on morning medication administration. The instructor is
pressuring the student to pass quickly without any errors. One of the clients
assigned to the student's care asks for pain medication.
Which nursing intervention is questionable? Ans✓✓✓ Computer scan the meds
and come back later to administer them
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait
until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the
program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver
patient-centered care? Ans✓✓✓ The time spent waiting for the program to
register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
A local medical clinic is attempting to develop an electronic health record (EHR)
system.
Which challenges should the organization anticipate?
Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ Identifying data needs for differing nursing practice
specialties
Implementing standardization of documentation across physician offices
,A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic
health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in his situation? Ans✓✓✓
Information system
A nurse is administering a new medication to a patient who has never taken this
medication in the past. The patient is already taking seven different medications
at this time.
Which nursing intervention should the nurse do before administering this
medication? Ans✓✓✓ A nurse is administering a new medication to a patient
who has never taken this medication in the past. The patient is already taking
seven different medications at this time.
Which nursing intervention should the nurse do before administering this
medication?
YOUR
ANSWER CORRECT
ANSWER
Review the drug-to-drug, drug-allergy check in electronic health record
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic
medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before
discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
, Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Ans✓✓✓ To
promote desired clinical outcomes
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's
worsening heart failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this
situation?
Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
The provider has access to the data being discussed.
A nurse learns that a colleague has accessed electronically stored health
information of a patient that the colleague is not involved in treating.
What should the nurse do? Ans✓✓✓ Report the colleague to their employer
A nurse manager identifies several advanced practice nurses at an ICU
workstation responding to multiple patient alarms. She notices that the acuity of
one patient drastically increases the demand for staff resources.
How can workflow analysis impact practice in this situation? Ans✓✓✓ It provides
observation and documentation of what is happening in the current environment.
