WGU D220 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Hospital employee falls. Their manager calls & wants an update? - ✔✔Nurse should
not provide info
✔✔HIS system for pt to manage their own stuff? - ✔✔the app
✔✔Electronically capture pt VS without manually entering- - ✔✔Biomedical device
integration
✔✔What to do when CDSS is ignored - ✔✔Educate staff on the importance
✔✔What is the best practices for HIPAA - ✔✔require password
✔✔A pt employer calls asking for information on pt that got hurt at work? - ✔✔· Ask
employer to submit a signed agreement to protect the pt info
✔✔Hiker information given to newspaper? - ✔✔Hospital violates hipaa because they
did not follow their guidelines
✔✔Pt records moved from notes to checkboxes - ✔✔They reduce clinical
documentation time
✔✔Gap analysis? - ✔✔transition to a new EHR
✔✔What does a focus group do? - ✔✔gathering uses to discuss
✔✔What is a peripheral biometric device? - ✔✔high bp monitoring
✔✔What is the goal of Health Information Exchange? - ✔✔· To allow insurance
companies & providers to be able to share data
,✔✔Barcoding scanning. How it affects inventory with pharmacy? - ✔✔alters ordering &
information data
✔✔How would an informatics nurse best evaluate other nurses' opinions on
technology? - ✔✔Survey
✔✔What should a nurse recommend to promote nurse to pt interactions? - ✔✔·
Encourage pt to eliminate personal technology to increase their attention
✔✔Role of an informatics nurse specialist is the knowledge & application of state &
federal laws. Which role falls outside the scope of practice? - ✔✔Enforce operational
procedures
✔✔Situation where nurse carries out an HIE? - ✔✔NP reviews pt records/read dx test
results from remote facility
✔✔A blood pressure cuff or peripheral device linked to the computer or health system is
what kind of technology? - ✔✔Biomedical device integration
✔✔Health literacy universal precaution-AHRQ? - ✔✔· 5th grade reading level is the
best
✔✔Data visualization of oncology pt length of stays? - ✔✔Line graph
✔✔What is a fishbone diagram & what benefit does it provide? - ✔✔A tool for analyzing
the organizational processes & its effectiveness. Helps team members visually diagram
a problem or conditions root causes, allowing them to truly diagnose the problem rather
than focusing on symptoms
✔✔What legislation provides more rigorous enforcement of HIPPA & requires
notification of breaches & allow pt access to their electronic records? - ✔✔HIPPA
Breach notification Rule, US dept of health & human services (HHS) & Office for Civil
rights (OCR) is responsible for enforcing HIPPA
✔✔A facility has recently implemented dictation at the point of care and clinicians have
voiced satisfaction with new technology.What is the expected evaluation outcome of
implementing this feature?
a. Documentation being able to be rapidly sent to transcript for review
b. Improved legibility of documentation without additional equipment
c. Reduced documentation errorsand increased spelling accuracy
d. Clinicians being able to immediately edit and save documentation - ✔✔Clinicians
being able to immediately edit and save documentation
, ✔✔A stroke program coordinator wants to know which stroke metrics were met each
month over the past year? Which type of graph should display this data?
a. Line graph
b. Pie chart
c. Bar graph
d. Mosaic - ✔✔Bar graph
✔✔A doctor receives a urgent phone call from a nurse caring for a patient while the
doctor is at a coffee shop ordering breakfast. How should the doctor proceed in order to
prevnt a possible violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)?
a. The doctor should enter orders into the patient's chart using his phone as a hotspot
from a location in the coffee shop with the least amount of nearby customers.
b. The doctor should connect to Wi-Fi at the coffee shop to enter orders for the patient
as soon as possible into the electronic health record (HER)
c. The doctor should ask questions about the patient and provide the nurse verbal
orders over the phone while waiting for breakfast.
d. The doctor should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling as the doctor is in a
public location and unable to speak with the nurse on the phone at this time - ✔✔The
doctor should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling as the doctor is in a public
location and unable to speak with the nurse on the phone at this time
✔✔During a recent review for a clinical documentation improvement for a ambulator
surgery center a nurse observes that the incorrect current procedural terminology (CPT)
code has been entered for over 100 outpatient procedures. Which set of standards for
professional behaviors is the nurse demonstrating when reporting this occurrence to
supervisor?
a. HIPAA Privacy Rule
b. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics
c. Association for medical Professionals (AMP)
d. Privacy Policy Nursing Informatics Association (NIA) Code of ethics - ✔✔American
Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics
✔✔A nurse has been asked to set up a secure data capture and collection process for
evaluation of a practice process improvement project? Which approach should the
nurse use to help ensure data security?
a. Collect data on secure access servers.
b. Collect data using electronic format.
c. Collect data within the hospital setting.
d. Collect data with patient permission. - ✔✔Collect data on secure access servers.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Hospital employee falls. Their manager calls & wants an update? - ✔✔Nurse should
not provide info
✔✔HIS system for pt to manage their own stuff? - ✔✔the app
✔✔Electronically capture pt VS without manually entering- - ✔✔Biomedical device
integration
✔✔What to do when CDSS is ignored - ✔✔Educate staff on the importance
✔✔What is the best practices for HIPAA - ✔✔require password
✔✔A pt employer calls asking for information on pt that got hurt at work? - ✔✔· Ask
employer to submit a signed agreement to protect the pt info
✔✔Hiker information given to newspaper? - ✔✔Hospital violates hipaa because they
did not follow their guidelines
✔✔Pt records moved from notes to checkboxes - ✔✔They reduce clinical
documentation time
✔✔Gap analysis? - ✔✔transition to a new EHR
✔✔What does a focus group do? - ✔✔gathering uses to discuss
✔✔What is a peripheral biometric device? - ✔✔high bp monitoring
✔✔What is the goal of Health Information Exchange? - ✔✔· To allow insurance
companies & providers to be able to share data
,✔✔Barcoding scanning. How it affects inventory with pharmacy? - ✔✔alters ordering &
information data
✔✔How would an informatics nurse best evaluate other nurses' opinions on
technology? - ✔✔Survey
✔✔What should a nurse recommend to promote nurse to pt interactions? - ✔✔·
Encourage pt to eliminate personal technology to increase their attention
✔✔Role of an informatics nurse specialist is the knowledge & application of state &
federal laws. Which role falls outside the scope of practice? - ✔✔Enforce operational
procedures
✔✔Situation where nurse carries out an HIE? - ✔✔NP reviews pt records/read dx test
results from remote facility
✔✔A blood pressure cuff or peripheral device linked to the computer or health system is
what kind of technology? - ✔✔Biomedical device integration
✔✔Health literacy universal precaution-AHRQ? - ✔✔· 5th grade reading level is the
best
✔✔Data visualization of oncology pt length of stays? - ✔✔Line graph
✔✔What is a fishbone diagram & what benefit does it provide? - ✔✔A tool for analyzing
the organizational processes & its effectiveness. Helps team members visually diagram
a problem or conditions root causes, allowing them to truly diagnose the problem rather
than focusing on symptoms
✔✔What legislation provides more rigorous enforcement of HIPPA & requires
notification of breaches & allow pt access to their electronic records? - ✔✔HIPPA
Breach notification Rule, US dept of health & human services (HHS) & Office for Civil
rights (OCR) is responsible for enforcing HIPPA
✔✔A facility has recently implemented dictation at the point of care and clinicians have
voiced satisfaction with new technology.What is the expected evaluation outcome of
implementing this feature?
a. Documentation being able to be rapidly sent to transcript for review
b. Improved legibility of documentation without additional equipment
c. Reduced documentation errorsand increased spelling accuracy
d. Clinicians being able to immediately edit and save documentation - ✔✔Clinicians
being able to immediately edit and save documentation
, ✔✔A stroke program coordinator wants to know which stroke metrics were met each
month over the past year? Which type of graph should display this data?
a. Line graph
b. Pie chart
c. Bar graph
d. Mosaic - ✔✔Bar graph
✔✔A doctor receives a urgent phone call from a nurse caring for a patient while the
doctor is at a coffee shop ordering breakfast. How should the doctor proceed in order to
prevnt a possible violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)?
a. The doctor should enter orders into the patient's chart using his phone as a hotspot
from a location in the coffee shop with the least amount of nearby customers.
b. The doctor should connect to Wi-Fi at the coffee shop to enter orders for the patient
as soon as possible into the electronic health record (HER)
c. The doctor should ask questions about the patient and provide the nurse verbal
orders over the phone while waiting for breakfast.
d. The doctor should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling as the doctor is in a
public location and unable to speak with the nurse on the phone at this time - ✔✔The
doctor should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling as the doctor is in a public
location and unable to speak with the nurse on the phone at this time
✔✔During a recent review for a clinical documentation improvement for a ambulator
surgery center a nurse observes that the incorrect current procedural terminology (CPT)
code has been entered for over 100 outpatient procedures. Which set of standards for
professional behaviors is the nurse demonstrating when reporting this occurrence to
supervisor?
a. HIPAA Privacy Rule
b. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics
c. Association for medical Professionals (AMP)
d. Privacy Policy Nursing Informatics Association (NIA) Code of ethics - ✔✔American
Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics
✔✔A nurse has been asked to set up a secure data capture and collection process for
evaluation of a practice process improvement project? Which approach should the
nurse use to help ensure data security?
a. Collect data on secure access servers.
b. Collect data using electronic format.
c. Collect data within the hospital setting.
d. Collect data with patient permission. - ✔✔Collect data on secure access servers.
