NS 334 Informatics Quiz With Complete
Questions And Answers
A nurse attends continuing education programs and reads nursing research articles
regularly, thereby:
A. disseminating nursing knowledge.
B. demonstrating professional collaboration.
C. contributing to the nurse's foundation of knowledge.
D. enhancing the nurse's wisdom. - ANSWER C. contributing to the nurse's foundation of
knowledge.
A nurse has committed to lifelong learning and understands that it will come from which
of the following?
A. The knowledge generation and dissemination from other healthcare providers
B. The knowledge acquisition and processing of other healthcare providers
C. The generation of knowledge and research from medical health providers
D. The research generation from nurse researchers and application of evidence -
ANSWER A. The knowledge generation and dissemination from other healthcare
providers
A nurse is caring for a complex patient with a multidisciplinary team. The nurse
demonstrates autonomy, advanced critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. What
challenge might this nurse have in working with the team?
A. Inexperience in leadership
B. Resistance to change
C. Lack of expertise
D. Difficulty making nursing judgments - ANSWER B. Resistance to change
A nurse is caring for a patient who experiences a complication after surgery. The nurse
,understands the cause-and-effect relationship because her knowledge is based in:
A. instinct.
B. intuition.
C. empiricism.
D. reason. - ANSWER D. reason.
A nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Which type of
knowledge will they use?
A. Clinical
B. Explicit
C. Critical
D. Indirect - ANSWER B. Explicit
A nurse is explaining cognitive science to a nursing student. Which statement indicates
that the nursing student understands?
A. "Cognitive science is based on knowledge being derived from experiences or
senses."
B. "Cognitive science is the study of the nature and origin of knowledge."
C. "Cognitive science is computer modeling through artificial neural networks to explain
human intellectual abilities."
D. "Cognitive science pertains to how information is processed in the mind." - ANSWER
D. "Cognitive science pertains to how information is processed in the mind."
A nurse is explaining how cognitive informatics helps improve information technology in
health care. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
A. "Cognitive informatics helps build complex computer systems for human use."
B. "Cognitive informatics examines how humans interact with computers so better
information technology systems can be built."
C. "Cognitive informatics looks at how the human brain processes data and information
that comes from a computer."
,D. "Cognitive informatics examines how the human brain is similar to a computer." -
ANSWER B. "Cognitive informatics examines how humans interact with computers so
better information technology systems can be built."
A nurse is learning about a new nursing skill through observations and interactions. This
process is known as:
A. epistemology.
B. reasoning.
C. development of wisdom.
D. knowledge acquisition. - ANSWER D. knowledge acquisition.
A nurse is teaching a new nurse about knowledge workers. Which statement by the
nurse is correct?
A. "Experienced nurses are knowledge consumers because they know where to find
knowledge."
B. "A new nurse is a knowledge broker because he or she uses resources to find
information."
C. "Advanced practice nurses who are experts in nursing are considered knowledge
generators."
D. "Nurse researchers are knowledge consumers because they collect data that
already exist." - ANSWER C. "Advanced practice nurses who are experts in nursing are
considered knowledge generators."
A nurse takes a continuing education course on a new nursing skill. The application of
this new knowledge in a practical way is known as:
A. wisdom.
B. skill competency.
C. skill execution.
D. reasoning. - ANSWER A. wisdom.
AI frequently functions in an assistive role in healthcare decision-making. This is also
, known as:
A. assisted intelligence.
B. cognitive intelligence.
C. augmented intelligence.
D. computerized intelligence. - ANSWER C. augmented intelligence.
Clinical decision support systems help users to:
A. consider the consequences of alternative actions.
B. provide stores of information.
C. make decisions in unfamiliar circumstances.
D. All of these are correct. - ANSWER D. All of these are correct.
From which perspective does cognitive science study the mind, intelligence, and
behavior?
A. Philosophical
B. Discipline science
C. Information processing
D. Sociological - ANSWER C. Information processing
Reflection on practice to gain insight into why an approach was successful (or not) in a
practice situation helps a professional to build:
A. organizational knowledge.
B. explicit knowledge.
C. tacit knowledge.
D. collaborative knowledge. - ANSWER C. tacit knowledge.
Questions And Answers
A nurse attends continuing education programs and reads nursing research articles
regularly, thereby:
A. disseminating nursing knowledge.
B. demonstrating professional collaboration.
C. contributing to the nurse's foundation of knowledge.
D. enhancing the nurse's wisdom. - ANSWER C. contributing to the nurse's foundation of
knowledge.
A nurse has committed to lifelong learning and understands that it will come from which
of the following?
A. The knowledge generation and dissemination from other healthcare providers
B. The knowledge acquisition and processing of other healthcare providers
C. The generation of knowledge and research from medical health providers
D. The research generation from nurse researchers and application of evidence -
ANSWER A. The knowledge generation and dissemination from other healthcare
providers
A nurse is caring for a complex patient with a multidisciplinary team. The nurse
demonstrates autonomy, advanced critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. What
challenge might this nurse have in working with the team?
A. Inexperience in leadership
B. Resistance to change
C. Lack of expertise
D. Difficulty making nursing judgments - ANSWER B. Resistance to change
A nurse is caring for a patient who experiences a complication after surgery. The nurse
,understands the cause-and-effect relationship because her knowledge is based in:
A. instinct.
B. intuition.
C. empiricism.
D. reason. - ANSWER D. reason.
A nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Which type of
knowledge will they use?
A. Clinical
B. Explicit
C. Critical
D. Indirect - ANSWER B. Explicit
A nurse is explaining cognitive science to a nursing student. Which statement indicates
that the nursing student understands?
A. "Cognitive science is based on knowledge being derived from experiences or
senses."
B. "Cognitive science is the study of the nature and origin of knowledge."
C. "Cognitive science is computer modeling through artificial neural networks to explain
human intellectual abilities."
D. "Cognitive science pertains to how information is processed in the mind." - ANSWER
D. "Cognitive science pertains to how information is processed in the mind."
A nurse is explaining how cognitive informatics helps improve information technology in
health care. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
A. "Cognitive informatics helps build complex computer systems for human use."
B. "Cognitive informatics examines how humans interact with computers so better
information technology systems can be built."
C. "Cognitive informatics looks at how the human brain processes data and information
that comes from a computer."
,D. "Cognitive informatics examines how the human brain is similar to a computer." -
ANSWER B. "Cognitive informatics examines how humans interact with computers so
better information technology systems can be built."
A nurse is learning about a new nursing skill through observations and interactions. This
process is known as:
A. epistemology.
B. reasoning.
C. development of wisdom.
D. knowledge acquisition. - ANSWER D. knowledge acquisition.
A nurse is teaching a new nurse about knowledge workers. Which statement by the
nurse is correct?
A. "Experienced nurses are knowledge consumers because they know where to find
knowledge."
B. "A new nurse is a knowledge broker because he or she uses resources to find
information."
C. "Advanced practice nurses who are experts in nursing are considered knowledge
generators."
D. "Nurse researchers are knowledge consumers because they collect data that
already exist." - ANSWER C. "Advanced practice nurses who are experts in nursing are
considered knowledge generators."
A nurse takes a continuing education course on a new nursing skill. The application of
this new knowledge in a practical way is known as:
A. wisdom.
B. skill competency.
C. skill execution.
D. reasoning. - ANSWER A. wisdom.
AI frequently functions in an assistive role in healthcare decision-making. This is also
, known as:
A. assisted intelligence.
B. cognitive intelligence.
C. augmented intelligence.
D. computerized intelligence. - ANSWER C. augmented intelligence.
Clinical decision support systems help users to:
A. consider the consequences of alternative actions.
B. provide stores of information.
C. make decisions in unfamiliar circumstances.
D. All of these are correct. - ANSWER D. All of these are correct.
From which perspective does cognitive science study the mind, intelligence, and
behavior?
A. Philosophical
B. Discipline science
C. Information processing
D. Sociological - ANSWER C. Information processing
Reflection on practice to gain insight into why an approach was successful (or not) in a
practice situation helps a professional to build:
A. organizational knowledge.
B. explicit knowledge.
C. tacit knowledge.
D. collaborative knowledge. - ANSWER C. tacit knowledge.
