Which of the following is the protection of information against threats to its integrity,
inadvertent disclosure, or availability?
A) Information security
B) Survivability
C) Confidentiality
D) Privacy - ANSWER A) Information security
Which of these home health clients is least suited for telehealth services?
A) A 63 year-old man with a large pressure ulcer who requires daily wound assessments
B) A 54 year-old client with congestive heart failure who is developing new onset chest pain
C) A 77 year-old client who requires glucose monitoring and daily foot ulcer assessment
D) A 49 year-old woman who is pregnant for the first time and requires fetal health rate
monitoring - ANSWER B) A 54 year-old client with congestive heart failure who is
developing new onset chest pain
Which of the following is not considered an issue pertaining to the practice of telenursing?
A) Nurses must be certified in telehealth nursing
B) Reimbursement has been limited in several states
C) Liability issues
D) State board of nursing regulations - ANSWER A) Nurses must be certified in telehealth
nursing
Which of the following statements is true about telehealth?
A) Telehealth can be used to treat prisoners
B) Telehealth should not be used to offer mental health services
C) Telehealth is not useful in treating rural patients
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, D) There are not enough funds to support telehealth - ANSWER A) Telehealth can be
used to treat prisoners
Which of the following was the first telehealth service provided?
A) Telephone consultations
B) Robotics telesurgery
C) Prison inmate care
D) Telepsychiatric treatment - ANSWER A) Telephone consultations
Which statement is true regarding telehealth?
A) Access to care may be delayed until the proper equipment can be delivered to the client's
home
B) Clients must travel to special on-sit locations where equipment and telecommunication
devices are available
C) Nurse practitioner services may be reduced because physicians can assess and treat
clients themselves
D) Clients may stay within their own community to be assess and treated, lowering potential
cost - ANSWER D) Clients may stay within their own community to be assess and treated,
lowering potential cost
A nurse is preparing to administer a medication to a patient and uses the bar-code
medication administration system. The nurse understands that this bar-code medication
system:
A) Improves patient outcomes
B) Reduces the risk of malpractice lawsuits
C) Decreases nursing documentation time
D) Reduces pharmacy manpower - ANSWER A) Improves patient outcomes
The informatics nurse specialist who takes on which of the following roles provides expert
advice, opinions, and recommendations based on his or her area or expertise?
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inadvertent disclosure, or availability?
A) Information security
B) Survivability
C) Confidentiality
D) Privacy - ANSWER A) Information security
Which of these home health clients is least suited for telehealth services?
A) A 63 year-old man with a large pressure ulcer who requires daily wound assessments
B) A 54 year-old client with congestive heart failure who is developing new onset chest pain
C) A 77 year-old client who requires glucose monitoring and daily foot ulcer assessment
D) A 49 year-old woman who is pregnant for the first time and requires fetal health rate
monitoring - ANSWER B) A 54 year-old client with congestive heart failure who is
developing new onset chest pain
Which of the following is not considered an issue pertaining to the practice of telenursing?
A) Nurses must be certified in telehealth nursing
B) Reimbursement has been limited in several states
C) Liability issues
D) State board of nursing regulations - ANSWER A) Nurses must be certified in telehealth
nursing
Which of the following statements is true about telehealth?
A) Telehealth can be used to treat prisoners
B) Telehealth should not be used to offer mental health services
C) Telehealth is not useful in treating rural patients
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, D) There are not enough funds to support telehealth - ANSWER A) Telehealth can be
used to treat prisoners
Which of the following was the first telehealth service provided?
A) Telephone consultations
B) Robotics telesurgery
C) Prison inmate care
D) Telepsychiatric treatment - ANSWER A) Telephone consultations
Which statement is true regarding telehealth?
A) Access to care may be delayed until the proper equipment can be delivered to the client's
home
B) Clients must travel to special on-sit locations where equipment and telecommunication
devices are available
C) Nurse practitioner services may be reduced because physicians can assess and treat
clients themselves
D) Clients may stay within their own community to be assess and treated, lowering potential
cost - ANSWER D) Clients may stay within their own community to be assess and treated,
lowering potential cost
A nurse is preparing to administer a medication to a patient and uses the bar-code
medication administration system. The nurse understands that this bar-code medication
system:
A) Improves patient outcomes
B) Reduces the risk of malpractice lawsuits
C) Decreases nursing documentation time
D) Reduces pharmacy manpower - ANSWER A) Improves patient outcomes
The informatics nurse specialist who takes on which of the following roles provides expert
advice, opinions, and recommendations based on his or her area or expertise?
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