NU 110 Intro to Nursing: FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Informatics managing and processing information necessary to make decisions
Elements of informatics Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
Data unprocessed numbers, symbols, or words with no context
Information organizing groupings of processed data
Knowledge meaningful information created by grouping and compiling information
Wisdom appropriate use of knowledge
Electronic communication method of communication via digital methods such as e-mail, texts, apps, web
conferencing, Telehealth, and blogs/wikis
6 ANA principles for social media - Nurses must not transmit or place online individually identifiable patient
information
- Nurses must observe ethically prescribed professional patient-nurse boundaries
- Nurses should understand that patients, colleagues, organizations, and
employers may view postings.
- Nurses should take advantage of privacy settings and seek to separate personal
and professional information online
- Nurses should bring content that could harm a patient's privacy, rights, or
welfare to the attention of appropriate authorities.
- Nurses should participate in developing organizational policies governing
online conduct.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) a computerized lifelong health care record for an individual that incorporates
data from providers who treat the individual
Benefits of electronic health record - Improves efficiency, productivity, and continuity of care
- Reduces redundancy
- Improves accessibility
- Serves as a clinical support tool
- Reduces physician order entry errors
- Privacy
- Public health benefits
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) a process by which a health care provider directly enters orders for patient care
into the hospital information system
Benefits of CPOE - Eliminates need to decipher physician handwriting
- System checks for proper dosage
Telehealth Use of technology to deliver health-related services and information, including
telemedicine
, Benefits of telehealth - Access to healthcare is increased
- Health outcomes are improved
- Healthcare costs can be reduced
- Telehealth may help with shortages of healthcare providers
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act It sets national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information,
(HIPAA) ensuring its privacy and security.
Impacts how health informatics professionals manage, store, and transmit
electronic health records (EHRs) and other patient data.
Florence Nightingale Founder of modern nursing who advocated for quality care, making nursing a
respected profession, and established sanitary nursing care units
"Lady with the lamp"
American Nurses Association (ANA) The national professional membership association of nurses that works for the
improvement of health standards and the availability of healthcare services,
fosters high professional standards for the nursing profession, and advances the
economic and general welfare of nurses
Aims of Nursing (4) 1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
3. To restore health
4. To facilitate coping with disability or death
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Informatics managing and processing information necessary to make decisions
Elements of informatics Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
Data unprocessed numbers, symbols, or words with no context
Information organizing groupings of processed data
Knowledge meaningful information created by grouping and compiling information
Wisdom appropriate use of knowledge
Electronic communication method of communication via digital methods such as e-mail, texts, apps, web
conferencing, Telehealth, and blogs/wikis
6 ANA principles for social media - Nurses must not transmit or place online individually identifiable patient
information
- Nurses must observe ethically prescribed professional patient-nurse boundaries
- Nurses should understand that patients, colleagues, organizations, and
employers may view postings.
- Nurses should take advantage of privacy settings and seek to separate personal
and professional information online
- Nurses should bring content that could harm a patient's privacy, rights, or
welfare to the attention of appropriate authorities.
- Nurses should participate in developing organizational policies governing
online conduct.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) a computerized lifelong health care record for an individual that incorporates
data from providers who treat the individual
Benefits of electronic health record - Improves efficiency, productivity, and continuity of care
- Reduces redundancy
- Improves accessibility
- Serves as a clinical support tool
- Reduces physician order entry errors
- Privacy
- Public health benefits
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) a process by which a health care provider directly enters orders for patient care
into the hospital information system
Benefits of CPOE - Eliminates need to decipher physician handwriting
- System checks for proper dosage
Telehealth Use of technology to deliver health-related services and information, including
telemedicine
, Benefits of telehealth - Access to healthcare is increased
- Health outcomes are improved
- Healthcare costs can be reduced
- Telehealth may help with shortages of healthcare providers
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act It sets national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information,
(HIPAA) ensuring its privacy and security.
Impacts how health informatics professionals manage, store, and transmit
electronic health records (EHRs) and other patient data.
Florence Nightingale Founder of modern nursing who advocated for quality care, making nursing a
respected profession, and established sanitary nursing care units
"Lady with the lamp"
American Nurses Association (ANA) The national professional membership association of nurses that works for the
improvement of health standards and the availability of healthcare services,
fosters high professional standards for the nursing profession, and advances the
economic and general welfare of nurses
Aims of Nursing (4) 1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
3. To restore health
4. To facilitate coping with disability or death
