NR512 WEEK 2 INFORMATICS KEY TERMS QUIZ
REVIEW AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Feedback. Answer: Input in the form of opinions about or
reactions to something such as shared knowledge. In an information
system, feedback refers to information from the system that is used
to make modifications in the input, processing actions, or outputs.
◉ Foundation of Knowledge Model. Answer: Model proposing that
humans are organic information systems constantly acquiring,
processing, and generating information or knowledge in both their
professional and personal lives. The organizing framework of this
text.
◉ Information. Answer: Data that are interpreted, organized, or
structured. Data processed using knowledge or data made functional
through the application of knowledge.
◉ Knowledge. Answer: The awareness and understanding of a set of
information and ways that information can be made useful to
support a specific task or arrive at a decision; abounds with others'
thoughts and information. Information that is synthesized so that
relationships are identified and formalized. Understanding that
comes through a process of interaction or experience with the world
around us. Information that has judgment applied to it or meaning
,extracted from it. Processed information that helps to clarify or
explain some portion of our environment or world that we can use
as a basis for action or upon which we can act. Internal process of
thinking or cognition. External process of testing, senses,
observation, and interacting.
◉ Knowledge Acquisition. Answer: The act of getting knowledge
◉ Knowledge Dissemination. Answer: Distribution and sharing of
knowledge.
◉ Knowledge Generation. Answer: The creation of new knowledge
by changing and evolving knowledge based on one's experience,
education, and input from others.
◉ Knowledge Processing. Answer: The activity or process of
gathering or collecting, perceiving, analyzing, synthesizing, saving or
storing, manipulating, conveying, and transmitting knowledge.
◉ Knowledge Worker. Answer: Those who work with information
and generate information and knowledge as a product.
◉ Nursing Informatics. Answer: A specialty that integrates nursing
science, computer science, and information science to manage and
,communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
practice
◉ Nursing Science. Answer: The ethical application of knowledge
acquired through education, research, and practice to provide
services and interventions to patients so as to maintain, enhance, or
restore their health; to advocate for health; and to acquire, process,
generate, and disseminate nursing knowledge to advance the
nursing profession.
◉ Nursing Theory. Answer: Concepts, propositions, and definitions
that represent a methodical viewpoint and provide a framework for
organizing and standardizing nursing actions.
◉ Relational Database. Answer: A database that can store and
retrieve data very rapidly. "Relational" refers to how the data are
stored in the database andhow they are organized.
◉ Acquisition. Answer: The act of acquiring; to locate and hold. We
acquire data and information.
◉ Alerts. Answer: Warnings or additional information provided to
clinicians to help with decision making; the action of the clinician or
system triggers the generation of an alert. For example, an alert
could be generated if the patient's serum potassium level is high and
he is on potassium chloride; the system would alert the nurse on the
, screen (soft copy alert) with or without audio and/or by a printed
(hard copy alert) warning. Also known as triggers.
◉ Analysis. Answer: Separating a whole into its elements or
component parts; examination of a concept or phenomena, its
elements, and their relations.
◉ Chief Information Officer. Answer: Person involved with the
information technology infrastructure of an organization. This role
is sometimes called chief knowledge officer.
◉ Chief Technical Officer. Answer: Person focused on
organizationally based scientific and technical issues and
responsible for technological research and development as part of
the organization's products and services.
◉ Chief Technology Officer. Answer: Person focused on
organizationally based scientific and technical issues and
responsible for technological research and development as part of
the organization's products and services.
◉ Cognitive Science. Answer: Interdisciplinary field that studies the
mind, intelligence, and behavior from an information processing
perspective.
REVIEW AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Feedback. Answer: Input in the form of opinions about or
reactions to something such as shared knowledge. In an information
system, feedback refers to information from the system that is used
to make modifications in the input, processing actions, or outputs.
◉ Foundation of Knowledge Model. Answer: Model proposing that
humans are organic information systems constantly acquiring,
processing, and generating information or knowledge in both their
professional and personal lives. The organizing framework of this
text.
◉ Information. Answer: Data that are interpreted, organized, or
structured. Data processed using knowledge or data made functional
through the application of knowledge.
◉ Knowledge. Answer: The awareness and understanding of a set of
information and ways that information can be made useful to
support a specific task or arrive at a decision; abounds with others'
thoughts and information. Information that is synthesized so that
relationships are identified and formalized. Understanding that
comes through a process of interaction or experience with the world
around us. Information that has judgment applied to it or meaning
,extracted from it. Processed information that helps to clarify or
explain some portion of our environment or world that we can use
as a basis for action or upon which we can act. Internal process of
thinking or cognition. External process of testing, senses,
observation, and interacting.
◉ Knowledge Acquisition. Answer: The act of getting knowledge
◉ Knowledge Dissemination. Answer: Distribution and sharing of
knowledge.
◉ Knowledge Generation. Answer: The creation of new knowledge
by changing and evolving knowledge based on one's experience,
education, and input from others.
◉ Knowledge Processing. Answer: The activity or process of
gathering or collecting, perceiving, analyzing, synthesizing, saving or
storing, manipulating, conveying, and transmitting knowledge.
◉ Knowledge Worker. Answer: Those who work with information
and generate information and knowledge as a product.
◉ Nursing Informatics. Answer: A specialty that integrates nursing
science, computer science, and information science to manage and
,communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
practice
◉ Nursing Science. Answer: The ethical application of knowledge
acquired through education, research, and practice to provide
services and interventions to patients so as to maintain, enhance, or
restore their health; to advocate for health; and to acquire, process,
generate, and disseminate nursing knowledge to advance the
nursing profession.
◉ Nursing Theory. Answer: Concepts, propositions, and definitions
that represent a methodical viewpoint and provide a framework for
organizing and standardizing nursing actions.
◉ Relational Database. Answer: A database that can store and
retrieve data very rapidly. "Relational" refers to how the data are
stored in the database andhow they are organized.
◉ Acquisition. Answer: The act of acquiring; to locate and hold. We
acquire data and information.
◉ Alerts. Answer: Warnings or additional information provided to
clinicians to help with decision making; the action of the clinician or
system triggers the generation of an alert. For example, an alert
could be generated if the patient's serum potassium level is high and
he is on potassium chloride; the system would alert the nurse on the
, screen (soft copy alert) with or without audio and/or by a printed
(hard copy alert) warning. Also known as triggers.
◉ Analysis. Answer: Separating a whole into its elements or
component parts; examination of a concept or phenomena, its
elements, and their relations.
◉ Chief Information Officer. Answer: Person involved with the
information technology infrastructure of an organization. This role
is sometimes called chief knowledge officer.
◉ Chief Technical Officer. Answer: Person focused on
organizationally based scientific and technical issues and
responsible for technological research and development as part of
the organization's products and services.
◉ Chief Technology Officer. Answer: Person focused on
organizationally based scientific and technical issues and
responsible for technological research and development as part of
the organization's products and services.
◉ Cognitive Science. Answer: Interdisciplinary field that studies the
mind, intelligence, and behavior from an information processing
perspective.
