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v Opportunities and Challenges 6th EditionSewell - v v v v v v
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Challenges 6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
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1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
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successful when the students define informatics as which of the following?
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A) Use of computers v v
B) Use of information technology
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C) Management of information v v
D) Access to the Internet v v v
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technology
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includes which of the following?
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A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records v v v v v v v
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for population v v v v v v v v v
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C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record v v v v v v v
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems v v v v v
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current focus of today's practice
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informatics?
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A) Capturing data at the point of care v v v v v v
B) Performing secondary data analysis v v v
C) Using aggregated data v v
D) Making decisions based on data v v v v
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinical
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information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as
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characteristic?
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A) Implementation to perform two or three functions v v v v v v
B) Ability to share information among several departments
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C) Creation of different software systems for different areas v v v v v v v
D) Entry of data occurring only once v v v v v
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group ofagency staff, which of the
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following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
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A) Increase usability of data v v v
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,B) Promotecost-saving
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C) Promote time-saving
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D) Allow identification of patterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
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profession, the instructor determines that the students need additionalteaching when
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they identify which of the following as a benefit?
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A) Improvement in documentation v v
B) Use of data for quality control v v v v v
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge v v v
D) Increase in time needed for documentation v v v v v
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies. When
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describing the need for computer fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which of
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the following would the presenter include as characterizing this concept?
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A) Temporary state v
B) Lifelong learning v
C) Task oriented v
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor
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determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the
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following competencies as specific to the role of an informatics innovator?
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A) Using basic desktop software v v v
B) Generating informatics theory v v
C) Making judgments about trends v v v
D) Communicating via a computer v v v
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information literacy as essential for
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which of the following?
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A) Criticalthinking v
B) Problem solving v
C) Data evaluation v
D) Evidence-based practice v
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and information technology, the
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instructor would emphasize which of the following as the focus?
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A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage v
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