Nurse Informatics BC - Models and Theories

Nurse Informatics BC - Models and
Theories
What is the AMIA? - answersThe American Medical Informatics Association.
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What does the AMIA do? - answersThey work to preserve the history of nursing
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informatics as well as promoting the field of informatics to improve health.
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What is the ANA definition of Nurse Informatics? - answersNI is a specialty that integrates
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nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and
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communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice.
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NI supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision making in
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all roles and settings. This support is accomplished through the use of information
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structures, information processes, and information technology.
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What did Schwirian bring to Nurse Informatics? - answersThe NI Pyramid, a model for
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nurse informatics research, and one of the earliest definitions of nurse informatics.
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What is the NI Pyramid? - answersBased on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the NI pyramid
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has four areas, with the Goal on the top.
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What are the four areas of the NI pyramid? - answersRaw Materials - nursing related
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information
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Technology - the computing system b b b b



Users - users/students within the context of their personal and professional systems
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Goal - The objective in which the three preceding elements are directed.
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What is the premise of the Graves and Corcoran Conceptual Framework of Informatics? -
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answersNurse Informatics is a linear progression.
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Data --> Information --> Knowledge.
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What is Mangement & Processing in the Graves/Corcoran Framework? -
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answersManagement & Processing is integrated within each of the elements, depicting
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nursing informatics as the proper management of knowledge.
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What is the premise of the James Turley Model of informatics? - answersTurley said that
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nursing informatics is the intersection between the discipline specific science of nursing
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and the area of informatics.
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In the James Turley Model, what are the core components of informatics as he defined
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bthem? - answersCognitive science
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Information science b



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, What is the premise of the Data Information Knowledge Wisdom Model by Nelson? -
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answersNelson defined NI as a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer
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science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information,
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knowledge, AND WISDOM into nursing practice.
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He said that because of the variable complexity and the increasing
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interactions/interrelationships, nursing informatics will always be in constant flux.
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How did Nelson define wisdom for his model? - answersWisdom: Understanding and
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applying knowledge with compassion.
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Did Nelson believe that Data always leads to Information which always leads to
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Knowledge? - answersNo.
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According to Nelson, processing of information does NOT always result in the
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development of knowledge, BECAUSE of the variable complexity and increasing
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interactions/interrelationships.
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What is a data set? - answersA group of data elements specifically selected for a
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particular clinical purpose.
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What is nomenclature? - answersA systematic approach to naming.
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What is a standardized terminology? - answersWhen a given term means the same to
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everyone.
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Example: Sit at the edge of the bed vs. sit up to dangle.
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What is a taxonomy? - answersLaws and principles guiding the classification process.
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Terms are classified into a taxonomy.
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What terminologies are recognized by the ANA? - answersNMDS (nursing minimum data
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bset)
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NIC (interventions)
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NOC (outcomes) b



NMMDS (nursing management min data set) b b b b b



CCC (clinical care classification)
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PNDS (periop nursing data set)
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INCNP (international classification for nursing)
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PCDS (patient care data set - retired)
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Name some reasons for using coded vocabulary in EHRs. - answersBetter
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documentation
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