NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE
FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE 6TH
EDITION – MCGONIGLE COMPLETED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Transmitting radiologic images to specialists is:
A. telemedicine.
B. telenursing.
C. teleradiology.
D. telepathology.
C. teleradiology.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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."
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."
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.
D. knowledge acquisition.
A nurse is teaching a new nurse about knowledge workers. Which statement
by the nurse is correct?
FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE 6TH
EDITION – MCGONIGLE COMPLETED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Transmitting radiologic images to specialists is:
A. telemedicine.
B. telenursing.
C. teleradiology.
D. telepathology.
C. teleradiology.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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."
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."
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.
D. knowledge acquisition.
A nurse is teaching a new nurse about knowledge workers. Which statement
by the nurse is correct?
