WGU C468 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Match the situation with the appropriate and effective telecommunication
strategy.
Answers options may be used more than once or not at all.
1 -An elderly homebound patient is concerned about the palpitations she is
feeling.
2 -A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while
completing her Masters.
3 -A cardiologist with a rural office practice has no one to cover his patients
when he is away.
4 -A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is
restless and agitated during the night.: 1=Real-time remote monitoring
2=Online classroom
3=Teleconsultants
4=Real-time remote monitoring
2. Which example is a telehealth non-clinical application?: -Distant patient ed-
ucation via computer
3. What is a prominent socioeconomic factor driving telehealth medicine?: -An
increase in chronic disease conditions
4. What is an important legal consideration in the use of telehealth nursing?-
: -The nurse is licensed in each state in which the remote clients are located.
5. What are two common characteristics of telehealth?
Choose 2 answers: -The use of video streaming technology
-Transmission of biological data from a remote location
6. Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large
, amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends?: -Data Mining
7. A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the elec-
tronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine
before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
1. Match the situation with the appropriate and effective telecommunication
strategy.
Answers options may be used more than once or not at all.
1 -An elderly homebound patient is concerned about the palpitations she is
feeling.
2 -A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while
completing her Masters.
3 -A cardiologist with a rural office practice has no one to cover his patients
when he is away.
4 -A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is
restless and agitated during the night.: 1=Real-time remote monitoring
2=Online classroom
3=Teleconsultants
4=Real-time remote monitoring
2. Which example is a telehealth non-clinical application?: -Distant patient ed-
ucation via computer
3. What is a prominent socioeconomic factor driving telehealth medicine?: -An
increase in chronic disease conditions
4. What is an important legal consideration in the use of telehealth nursing?-
: -The nurse is licensed in each state in which the remote clients are located.
5. What are two common characteristics of telehealth?
Choose 2 answers: -The use of video streaming technology
-Transmission of biological data from a remote location
6. Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large
, amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends?: -Data Mining
7. A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the elec-
tronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine
before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
