WGU D278 Scripting & Programming Foundations: OA & Pre-Assessment Guide 2025

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WGU D278 OA AND PRE-ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2025

TEST BANK| D278 SCRIPTING AND PROGRAMMING

FOUNDATIONS FINAL EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE

300 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED

ANWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)

Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a

nurse plan & manage a patient's post-operative care after

open-heart surgery .....ANSWER..... Provider order

Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA),

in addition to the nursing flowsheets & provider orders, helps a

nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels

.....ANSWER..... MAR

A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the

hospital with COVID-19 Which list of information in the electronic

medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this

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patient .....ANSWER..... The patient's laboratory results over the

last 72 hours.

Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with

patients according to the United States Core Data for

Interoperability (USC DI) standards .....ANSWER.....

Psychotherapy notes

Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual

whiteboard for patient tracking. Recently, surgeons have

complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has

increased & blame the manual tracking system. An informatics

nurse recommends expanding the use of the existing surgical

information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this

workflow issue? .....ANSWER..... Radiofrequency identification

(RFID) in patient labels

What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to

electronic protected health information (ePHI) by unauthorized

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users .....ANSWER..... Make sure all the users adhere to the

security & confidential policy set forth by the facility.

A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however, the

hospital he is being transferred to does not have access to the

Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will they

receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR)? .....ANSWER.....

Continuity care record from AMR

When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the

fluid status of a patient. Where should the nurse find this

information? .....ANSWER..... The intake & output chart

Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate

.....ANSWER..... American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

act in 2009

What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System

.....ANSWER..... Providing clinicians with knowledge & person-

specific information.

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Which government organization oversees the meaningful use

program .....ANSWER..... CMS (Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services

A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture how

many patients were seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they

best see this .....ANSWER..... Flowsheet

Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution

.....ANSWER..... Root cause analysis

What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to

protect them from sharing information when stolen?

.....ANSWER..... Authentication & encryption

Which area of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used to

guide a nurse on the task that needs to be completed during the

shift .....ANSWER..... Workflow

How does the health information exchange (HIE) improve

interoperability within a healthcare organization .....ANSWER.....