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WGU Information Management - C468
STUDY GUIDE
Information literacy
Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and
use needed information effectively
Information
Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science
Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into knowledge. It also incorporates features
from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in
which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes.
Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker
Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
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Expert/Experienced Nurse
Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of his/her practice, not just for basic data
entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of data
Nursing informatics
Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification exam
Clinical practice guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based
research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system
CPOE, bar code medication administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
The name used to describe the process by which the physician or provider enters orders electronically
into the EHR
RFID
A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that is used to identify and track
supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice
Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are examples of how informatics can affect nursing
practice True, examples of clinical decision support
Nursing informatics
The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of nursing practice
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The foundation of knowledge model
The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed)
A patients height, weight, code status, and date of birth are all examples of what
Less consumer accountability
Not an emerging trend in healthcare
Mission
The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Strategic planning, long-range
The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding the activities and operations of an
organization
They will need to be trained on the system
Why is it not important that selection committee board members understand software and electronic
processes
Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic Planning is a LONG TERM GOAL
Blogging
Not a national trend related to nursing informatics
Needs assessment
WGU Information Management - C468
STUDY GUIDE
Information literacy
Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and
use needed information effectively
Information
Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science
Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into knowledge. It also incorporates features
from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in
which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes.
Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker
Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
,WGU Information Management - C468
STUDY GUIDE
Expert/Experienced Nurse
Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of his/her practice, not just for basic data
entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of data
Nursing informatics
Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification exam
Clinical practice guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced based
research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system
CPOE, bar code medication administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
The name used to describe the process by which the physician or provider enters orders electronically
into the EHR
RFID
A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that is used to identify and track
supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice
Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are examples of how informatics can affect nursing
practice True, examples of clinical decision support
Nursing informatics
The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of nursing practice
, WGU Information Management - C468
STUDY GUIDE
The foundation of knowledge model
The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed)
A patients height, weight, code status, and date of birth are all examples of what
Less consumer accountability
Not an emerging trend in healthcare
Mission
The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Strategic planning, long-range
The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding the activities and operations of an
organization
They will need to be trained on the system
Why is it not important that selection committee board members understand software and electronic
processes
Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic Planning is a LONG TERM GOAL
Blogging
Not a national trend related to nursing informatics
Needs assessment
