WGU D220 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Hospital clinicians have voiced dissatisfaction with the multiple steps and password
required to access the EHRS. The informatics nurse researches the the use of biometric
technology as a solution and plans to propose this technology for approval. What is a
hurdle in implementing biometric technology?
a. Implementation cost
b. Accountability of staff
c. Security concerns
d. Staff engagement - ✔✔Implementation cost
✔✔Which health information system is used by imaging departments and includes
scheduling appointments , storing patient results, generating reports and billing for
imaging services?
a. radiology information systems (RIS)
b. Continuity of care Record (CCR)
c. Laboratory information systems (LIS)
d. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) - ✔✔radiology information systems (RIS)
✔✔What does the acronym HIPAA stand for?
a. Health Information Portability and accessibility act
b. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. Health Insurance Portability and accessibility act
d. health information portability and accountability act - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
✔✔A discharge nurse recognizes patients are often disengaged in discharge education
because they are distracted and impatiently waiting to return home. Which strategy
should the nurse recommend to increase patient engagement toward discharge
education ?
, a. change education to paper instructions for patients to review at home
b. implement a discharge readiness checklist to review throughout the hospital stay
c. perform discharge education with family members instead
d. clearly communicate expectations of participation in discharge education -
✔✔implement a discharge readiness checklist to review throughout the hospital stay
✔✔Which expectations does the Health Insurance Portability and accountability act
(HIPAA) provide in order to protect the health information (PHI)of patients?
a. It standardizes how licensed medical providers protect the personal information of
patients.
b It explains how government regulates patients' permission to use personal health
information.
c. It stipulates how personally identifiable information is protected from fraud and theft.
d. It guides standards for patients about protecting their personal health information. -
✔✔It stipulates how personally identifiable information is protected from fraud and theft.
✔✔What should a nurse assess before teaching patients information about how to care
for their personal health in order to enhance compliance and improve health outcomes?
a. level of education
b. whether a family member should be present
c. level of health literacy
d. socioeconomic status - ✔✔level of health literacy
✔✔Which health literacy guideline is associated with increased compliance for most
patients and requires careful nursing consideration to prepare the patient education
a. use of visual aids is necessary when teaching.
b. written instructions must be 10-point font or greater.
c. written material is harder to understand than spoken instruction.
d. a fifth grade reading level is best for comprehension. - ✔✔a fifth grade reading level
is best for comprehension.
✔✔A patient tells a clinician they would like to have their family participate in patient
training and education. What should the clinician do to leverage patient-centered care to
engage this patient's family in patient care?
a. Write out instructions in several languages for the patient to share with family
members.
b. Ask the patient to create videos to instruct family members about patient care needs.
c. Inform the patient that information can be shared with the family through the patient
education portal.
✔✔Hospital clinicians have voiced dissatisfaction with the multiple steps and password
required to access the EHRS. The informatics nurse researches the the use of biometric
technology as a solution and plans to propose this technology for approval. What is a
hurdle in implementing biometric technology?
a. Implementation cost
b. Accountability of staff
c. Security concerns
d. Staff engagement - ✔✔Implementation cost
✔✔Which health information system is used by imaging departments and includes
scheduling appointments , storing patient results, generating reports and billing for
imaging services?
a. radiology information systems (RIS)
b. Continuity of care Record (CCR)
c. Laboratory information systems (LIS)
d. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) - ✔✔radiology information systems (RIS)
✔✔What does the acronym HIPAA stand for?
a. Health Information Portability and accessibility act
b. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. Health Insurance Portability and accessibility act
d. health information portability and accountability act - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
✔✔A discharge nurse recognizes patients are often disengaged in discharge education
because they are distracted and impatiently waiting to return home. Which strategy
should the nurse recommend to increase patient engagement toward discharge
education ?
, a. change education to paper instructions for patients to review at home
b. implement a discharge readiness checklist to review throughout the hospital stay
c. perform discharge education with family members instead
d. clearly communicate expectations of participation in discharge education -
✔✔implement a discharge readiness checklist to review throughout the hospital stay
✔✔Which expectations does the Health Insurance Portability and accountability act
(HIPAA) provide in order to protect the health information (PHI)of patients?
a. It standardizes how licensed medical providers protect the personal information of
patients.
b It explains how government regulates patients' permission to use personal health
information.
c. It stipulates how personally identifiable information is protected from fraud and theft.
d. It guides standards for patients about protecting their personal health information. -
✔✔It stipulates how personally identifiable information is protected from fraud and theft.
✔✔What should a nurse assess before teaching patients information about how to care
for their personal health in order to enhance compliance and improve health outcomes?
a. level of education
b. whether a family member should be present
c. level of health literacy
d. socioeconomic status - ✔✔level of health literacy
✔✔Which health literacy guideline is associated with increased compliance for most
patients and requires careful nursing consideration to prepare the patient education
a. use of visual aids is necessary when teaching.
b. written instructions must be 10-point font or greater.
c. written material is harder to understand than spoken instruction.
d. a fifth grade reading level is best for comprehension. - ✔✔a fifth grade reading level
is best for comprehension.
✔✔A patient tells a clinician they would like to have their family participate in patient
training and education. What should the clinician do to leverage patient-centered care to
engage this patient's family in patient care?
a. Write out instructions in several languages for the patient to share with family
members.
b. Ask the patient to create videos to instruct family members about patient care needs.
c. Inform the patient that information can be shared with the family through the patient
education portal.
