TEST BANK FOR INFORMATICS AND NURSING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 6th EDITION BY SEWELL/ CONTAINS ALL CHAPTERS

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1. Afterteaching a class about informatics, the instructordetermines 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 s s




B) Use of information technology
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C) Management of information s s




D) Access tothe Internet s s s




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 s s s s s s s




B) Developinga collaborativegovernance to support informationuse for population s s s s s s s s s




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C) Advocating for statewide adoption ofelectronic health record s s s s s s s




D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems s s s s s




3. Whichofthe following would a nurse identifyas the current focus oftoday's practice
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informatics?
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A) Capturing data at the point ofcare s s s s s s




B) Performing secondarydata analysis s s s




C) Using aggregated data s s




D) Making decisions based on data s s s s




4. Anursingstudent isreviewing information about earlycomputerized 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 s s s s s s




B) Abilityto share information among several departments
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C) Creation ofdifferent software systems for different areas s s s s s s s




D) Entryof data occurring only once s s s s s




5. Whendescribing the benefits of informatics to agroupofagencystaff, which ofthe
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following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
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A) Increase usability ofdata s s s




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,B) Promote cost-saving
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C) Promote time-saving
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D) Allow identification ofpatterns
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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 thatthestudents need additionalteaching when they
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identify which of the following as a benefit?
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A) Improvement indocumentation s s




B) Use of data for quality control s s s s s




C) Building ofevidence-based knowledge s s s




D) Increase intime needed for documentation s s s s s




7. Anurse is presenting an in-service programonnursing informaticscompetencies. 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) Temporarystate s




B) Lifelong learning s




C) Task oriented s




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 s s s




B) Generating informatics theory s s




C) Making judgments about trends s s s




D) Communicating via a computer s s s




9. Aninformatics nursespecialist would describe information literacyas essentialfor
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which of the following?
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A) Critical thinking s




B) Problem solving s




C) Data evaluation s




D) Evidence-basedpractice s




10. Whenpreparing for aclassonhealthcare informatics and informationtechnology, 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
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