WGU D220 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔1. Standardized terminology was implemented to promote interoperability across
electronic health records (EHRs). Which terminology is specific to laboratory tests,
orders, and results? - ✔✔LOINC
✔✔1. A nurse performing patient discharge from a facility provides a continuity of care
document (CCD) to a patient and explains the document and contents at discharge.
What is a benefit provided by the CCD? - ✔✔It provides a summary of care to patients
and clinicians.
✔✔1. What are patient portals? - ✔✔Patient portals are facility-owned and associated
with an electronic health record.
✔✔1. A hospital notes a decreased use of barcoded medication administration (BCMA)
along with an increase in medication errors. What should be the next course of action? -
✔✔Monitor BCMA usage reports for trends.
✔✔1. A heparin medication error and a subsequent failure mode effects analysis
(FMEA) results in the purchase of smart pumps. How do smart pumps reduce the
potential for medication errors? - ✔✔Dosing limits and alerts are provided.
✔✔1. Mobile health (mHealth) apps have demonstrated benefits to patients by
increasing engagement and participation in care. What is a benefit for clinicians? -
✔✔Integrates with electronic health records (EHRs)
✔✔1. A facility has noted a decrease in revenue related to inaccuracies in coding. A
nurse recommends computer-assisted coding (CAC) as a solution. What is the financial
benefit of CAC? - ✔✔CAC improves coding accuracy.
, ✔✔1. A nurse manager is informed that bedside nurses have begun using a
workaround for scanning a patient's armband prior to medication administration. The
nurse manager finds that several patients are missing armbands and that their
armbands are connected to their bed frames. What is the nurse manager's first course
of action for this workaround to bedside-scanning technology? - ✔✔Question nursing
staff about what issues have caused this.
1
✔✔1. Currently, a facility uses phones and pagers for clinician communication. This
technology is due for replacement. A nurse recommends replacing with all-in-one
mobile devices. What is the benefit of all-in-one mobile technology over the current
devices? - ✔✔It integrates functionality within the EHR.
✔✔1. A nurse in a primary care provider's office needs to review results from a patient's
cardiology consultation. Using health information exchange (HIE) technology, the nurse
requests this information from the cardiologist's office. Which type of exchange is
described? - ✔✔Query based.
✔✔1. An informatics nurse is working on genomics data to facilitate disease
identification and develop individualized treatment plans for patients in a complex
medical facility. What is considered a fundamental requirement for valid interpretation of
genomics data? - ✔✔High throughput computing system
✔✔1. Which medical device is useful in establishing an effective monitoring system for
a patient with acute brain injury? - ✔✔Temperature probe
✔✔1. An informatics nurse is collaborating with a nursing director of a long-term care
facility to address an ongoing issue with medication errors. Which solution should they
consider? - ✔✔Use digital platform and barcode systems.
✔✔1. What are the correct steps in medication administration that require scanning
verification? - ✔✔Scan the serial numbers on the medication label and patient's
identification bracelet.
✔✔1. Which healthcare data set would allow identification of performance gaps and
establishment of realistic targets for improvement? - ✔✔Healthcare Effectiveness Data
and Information Set (HEDIS)
✔✔1. Which situation places a clinical decision support system (CDSS) at risk for
corrupt datasets? - ✔✔A nurse updates a patient's medical history after learning of a
medical condition via social media.
SET A+
✔✔1. Standardized terminology was implemented to promote interoperability across
electronic health records (EHRs). Which terminology is specific to laboratory tests,
orders, and results? - ✔✔LOINC
✔✔1. A nurse performing patient discharge from a facility provides a continuity of care
document (CCD) to a patient and explains the document and contents at discharge.
What is a benefit provided by the CCD? - ✔✔It provides a summary of care to patients
and clinicians.
✔✔1. What are patient portals? - ✔✔Patient portals are facility-owned and associated
with an electronic health record.
✔✔1. A hospital notes a decreased use of barcoded medication administration (BCMA)
along with an increase in medication errors. What should be the next course of action? -
✔✔Monitor BCMA usage reports for trends.
✔✔1. A heparin medication error and a subsequent failure mode effects analysis
(FMEA) results in the purchase of smart pumps. How do smart pumps reduce the
potential for medication errors? - ✔✔Dosing limits and alerts are provided.
✔✔1. Mobile health (mHealth) apps have demonstrated benefits to patients by
increasing engagement and participation in care. What is a benefit for clinicians? -
✔✔Integrates with electronic health records (EHRs)
✔✔1. A facility has noted a decrease in revenue related to inaccuracies in coding. A
nurse recommends computer-assisted coding (CAC) as a solution. What is the financial
benefit of CAC? - ✔✔CAC improves coding accuracy.
, ✔✔1. A nurse manager is informed that bedside nurses have begun using a
workaround for scanning a patient's armband prior to medication administration. The
nurse manager finds that several patients are missing armbands and that their
armbands are connected to their bed frames. What is the nurse manager's first course
of action for this workaround to bedside-scanning technology? - ✔✔Question nursing
staff about what issues have caused this.
1
✔✔1. Currently, a facility uses phones and pagers for clinician communication. This
technology is due for replacement. A nurse recommends replacing with all-in-one
mobile devices. What is the benefit of all-in-one mobile technology over the current
devices? - ✔✔It integrates functionality within the EHR.
✔✔1. A nurse in a primary care provider's office needs to review results from a patient's
cardiology consultation. Using health information exchange (HIE) technology, the nurse
requests this information from the cardiologist's office. Which type of exchange is
described? - ✔✔Query based.
✔✔1. An informatics nurse is working on genomics data to facilitate disease
identification and develop individualized treatment plans for patients in a complex
medical facility. What is considered a fundamental requirement for valid interpretation of
genomics data? - ✔✔High throughput computing system
✔✔1. Which medical device is useful in establishing an effective monitoring system for
a patient with acute brain injury? - ✔✔Temperature probe
✔✔1. An informatics nurse is collaborating with a nursing director of a long-term care
facility to address an ongoing issue with medication errors. Which solution should they
consider? - ✔✔Use digital platform and barcode systems.
✔✔1. What are the correct steps in medication administration that require scanning
verification? - ✔✔Scan the serial numbers on the medication label and patient's
identification bracelet.
✔✔1. Which healthcare data set would allow identification of performance gaps and
establishment of realistic targets for improvement? - ✔✔Healthcare Effectiveness Data
and Information Set (HEDIS)
✔✔1. Which situation places a clinical decision support system (CDSS) at risk for
corrupt datasets? - ✔✔A nurse updates a patient's medical history after learning of a
medical condition via social media.
