NUR 205 FINAL 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Applications of nursing informatics
Answer: - Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Decision-making
- Professional Education
- Intra and Interprofessional Care
- Networking
- Dissemination of Information
- Electronic Health Records
- Telehealth
- Mobile Devices
- Clinical of Biomedical Devices
- Research
◉ what nursing informatics ISN'T
Answer: - Tinkering with computers
- Managing information or analyzing large datasets
,- Functioning in a circumscribed IT role
◉ data (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - A collection of numbers, characters or facts
- Often collected during admission process
- Data has little meaning by itself
◉ information (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - Data that has been interpreted
- Accumulated as nurses perform and record ongoing assessments
◉ knowledge (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - Synthesis of information
- Process of analyzing and provides organization and order of
thoughts
◉ characteristics of quality information
Answer: -Accurate
-Quantifiable: data backing it up
-Verifiable
-Available
-Free from bias or modification: example wikipedia
,-Comprehensive
-Appropriate
-Current: info younger than 2-3 years
◉ URL stands for
Answer: Uniform Resource Locator
◉ General Computer Literacy
Answer: Hardware:
•Functions: basic functions of computers
•Central Processing Unit (CPU)
•ROM & RAM: memory, how fast compute goes, how much memory
the computer can hold
•Binary Code
•Storage
•Software: talks to hardware to get computer to do what you want it
to do
•Task-specific
•Examples: Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database management,
Presentation, Communication, Web browsers
◉ search engine unifier
, Answer: puts multiple search engines together
◉ metasearch site
Answer: shorten search time by searching search engines at one
time, filters for duplicates and presents results
ex: www.dogpile.com
www.search.com
◉ Boolean Operators
Answer: Use terms or qualifiers to narrow down search
•Terms:
-AND
-OR
-NOT
◉ database
Answer: -Organized collection of data for one or more purposes
-Answers a query
-Supports evidence-based practice
◉ types of databases
Answer: -Private: within the institution/place of work
EVALUATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Applications of nursing informatics
Answer: - Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Decision-making
- Professional Education
- Intra and Interprofessional Care
- Networking
- Dissemination of Information
- Electronic Health Records
- Telehealth
- Mobile Devices
- Clinical of Biomedical Devices
- Research
◉ what nursing informatics ISN'T
Answer: - Tinkering with computers
- Managing information or analyzing large datasets
,- Functioning in a circumscribed IT role
◉ data (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - A collection of numbers, characters or facts
- Often collected during admission process
- Data has little meaning by itself
◉ information (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - Data that has been interpreted
- Accumulated as nurses perform and record ongoing assessments
◉ knowledge (Nursing informatics)
Answer: - Synthesis of information
- Process of analyzing and provides organization and order of
thoughts
◉ characteristics of quality information
Answer: -Accurate
-Quantifiable: data backing it up
-Verifiable
-Available
-Free from bias or modification: example wikipedia
,-Comprehensive
-Appropriate
-Current: info younger than 2-3 years
◉ URL stands for
Answer: Uniform Resource Locator
◉ General Computer Literacy
Answer: Hardware:
•Functions: basic functions of computers
•Central Processing Unit (CPU)
•ROM & RAM: memory, how fast compute goes, how much memory
the computer can hold
•Binary Code
•Storage
•Software: talks to hardware to get computer to do what you want it
to do
•Task-specific
•Examples: Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database management,
Presentation, Communication, Web browsers
◉ search engine unifier
, Answer: puts multiple search engines together
◉ metasearch site
Answer: shorten search time by searching search engines at one
time, filters for duplicates and presents results
ex: www.dogpile.com
www.search.com
◉ Boolean Operators
Answer: Use terms or qualifiers to narrow down search
•Terms:
-AND
-OR
-NOT
◉ database
Answer: -Organized collection of data for one or more purposes
-Answers a query
-Supports evidence-based practice
◉ types of databases
Answer: -Private: within the institution/place of work
