Test Bank for Informatics andͅ Nursing: Opportunities andͅ
Challenges 7th Edͅition by Kristi Sanborn Miller
, Informatics andͅ Nursing Opportunities andͅ
Challenges 7th Edͅition Kristi Sanborn
Miller Test Bank
Chapter 1
ͅ
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the
ͅ
teaching was successful when the students ͅ
define informatics as which of the
following?
A) Use of computers
Use of information
B) technology Management of
information Access to the
C) Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwideͅ implementation of health information
technology includesͅ which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health recordsͅ
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for
population
health
ͅ
C) Advocating for statewideͅ adoption
ͅ of electronic health
recordͅ D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following wouldͅ a nurse identify
ͅ ͅ
as the current focus of to day's
practice informatics?
A) Capturing dataͅ at the point of
care Performing secondaryͅ ͅ
data
B) analysis Using aggregatedͅ data
ͅ
ͅ
Making decisions basedͅ on data
ͅ
C)
ͅ
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerizedͅ
clinical information systems. Which of the following woul dͅ the stu dent
ͅ
ͅ
identify as characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
Ability to share information among several
B) dͅepartments Creation of different
ͅ software systems
ͅ
for different ͅ
areas Entry of data occurring only once
C)
ͅ
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of
the following wouldͅ the presenter identify
ͅ as one of the primary benefits?
ͅ
A) Increase usability of data
Promote cost-saving
B) Promote time-saving
ͅ
Allow identification of
C) patterns
, ͅ
6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
ͅ
profession, the instructor determines that the students ͅ nee dͅ adͅditional
ͅ teaching
ͅ
when they identify which of the following as a benefit?
ͅ
A) Improvement in documentation
ͅ
B) Use of data for quality control
ͅ
C) Building ͅ
of evidence-base dͅ knowledge
ͅ
D) Increase in time needeͅ dͅ for documentation
ͅ
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies.
ͅ
When describing the needͅ for computer fluency for nursing informatics
competencies, which of the following wouldͅ the presenter includeͅ as characterizing
this concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task orientedͅ
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the
ͅ
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group
ͅ
identifies which of the following competencies as specific to the role of an
informatics innovator?
ͅ
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
ͅ
C) Making judgments about trendsͅ
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist wouldͅ describe
ͅ information literacy as essential
for which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
ͅ
D) Evidence-base dͅ practice
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics andͅ information
technology, the instructor wouldͅ emphasize which of the following as the focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage
, ͅ
11. When describing the components needeͅ dͅ to provideͅ evidence-base
ͅ dͅ care
ͅ ͅ ͅ
through informatics, which of the following would be needed? Select all that
apply.
A) Information presentedͅ in a digital
ͅ format
ͅ dsͅ for exchange of information
B) Standar
C) Limitedͅ ability to capture relevant data
ͅ
D) Multiple language structures for
dͅocumentation
E) Competency of practitioners using the information
12. A nurse is reviewing an article about the strategic plan for health information
technology as relatedͅ to population health. Which of the following woul dͅ the
nurse expect to findͅ as being supportedͅ by this goal? Select all that apply.
ͅ
A) Biomedical research
B) Cost-efficient patient care
C) Public health
D) Quality improvement
E) Emergency preparedness ͅ
13. A nurse is preparing an in-service program about forces driving ͅ towar dͅ the
increasedͅ use of informatics in healthcare. Which of the following woul dͅ the
nurse includeͅ as a national force? Select all that apply.
ͅ
A) Creation of the President's ͅ
Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)
ͅ
B) The Institute of Medicine ͅ
(IOM) report on Health Professions E ducation
ͅ
C) National Advisory ͅ
Council on Nurse Education andͅ Practice recommen dations
ͅ D)
National League for Nursing (NLN) position paper on nurse preparation
Technology Informatics Guiding ͅ ͅ
Educational Reform (TIGER) initiative E)
14. A nurse working in informatics is analyzing information gathere dͅ about rates of
infection of patients on a specific hospital unit. The nurse is using this information
ͅ
to determine appropriate interventions for overall infection control. The nurse is
involvedͅ with which of the following?
A) Point of care informatics
ͅ
B) Secondary ͅ
data analysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerizedͅ providerͅ orderͅ entry
Challenges 7th Edͅition by Kristi Sanborn Miller
, Informatics andͅ Nursing Opportunities andͅ
Challenges 7th Edͅition Kristi Sanborn
Miller Test Bank
Chapter 1
ͅ
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the
ͅ
teaching was successful when the students ͅ
define informatics as which of the
following?
A) Use of computers
Use of information
B) technology Management of
information Access to the
C) Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwideͅ implementation of health information
technology includesͅ which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health recordsͅ
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for
population
health
ͅ
C) Advocating for statewideͅ adoption
ͅ of electronic health
recordͅ D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following wouldͅ a nurse identify
ͅ ͅ
as the current focus of to day's
practice informatics?
A) Capturing dataͅ at the point of
care Performing secondaryͅ ͅ
data
B) analysis Using aggregatedͅ data
ͅ
ͅ
Making decisions basedͅ on data
ͅ
C)
ͅ
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerizedͅ
clinical information systems. Which of the following woul dͅ the stu dent
ͅ
ͅ
identify as characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
Ability to share information among several
B) dͅepartments Creation of different
ͅ software systems
ͅ
for different ͅ
areas Entry of data occurring only once
C)
ͅ
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of
the following wouldͅ the presenter identify
ͅ as one of the primary benefits?
ͅ
A) Increase usability of data
Promote cost-saving
B) Promote time-saving
ͅ
Allow identification of
C) patterns
, ͅ
6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
ͅ
profession, the instructor determines that the students ͅ nee dͅ adͅditional
ͅ teaching
ͅ
when they identify which of the following as a benefit?
ͅ
A) Improvement in documentation
ͅ
B) Use of data for quality control
ͅ
C) Building ͅ
of evidence-base dͅ knowledge
ͅ
D) Increase in time needeͅ dͅ for documentation
ͅ
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies.
ͅ
When describing the needͅ for computer fluency for nursing informatics
competencies, which of the following wouldͅ the presenter includeͅ as characterizing
this concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task orientedͅ
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the
ͅ
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group
ͅ
identifies which of the following competencies as specific to the role of an
informatics innovator?
ͅ
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
ͅ
C) Making judgments about trendsͅ
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist wouldͅ describe
ͅ information literacy as essential
for which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
ͅ
D) Evidence-base dͅ practice
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics andͅ information
technology, the instructor wouldͅ emphasize which of the following as the focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage
, ͅ
11. When describing the components needeͅ dͅ to provideͅ evidence-base
ͅ dͅ care
ͅ ͅ ͅ
through informatics, which of the following would be needed? Select all that
apply.
A) Information presentedͅ in a digital
ͅ format
ͅ dsͅ for exchange of information
B) Standar
C) Limitedͅ ability to capture relevant data
ͅ
D) Multiple language structures for
dͅocumentation
E) Competency of practitioners using the information
12. A nurse is reviewing an article about the strategic plan for health information
technology as relatedͅ to population health. Which of the following woul dͅ the
nurse expect to findͅ as being supportedͅ by this goal? Select all that apply.
ͅ
A) Biomedical research
B) Cost-efficient patient care
C) Public health
D) Quality improvement
E) Emergency preparedness ͅ
13. A nurse is preparing an in-service program about forces driving ͅ towar dͅ the
increasedͅ use of informatics in healthcare. Which of the following woul dͅ the
nurse includeͅ as a national force? Select all that apply.
ͅ
A) Creation of the President's ͅ
Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)
ͅ
B) The Institute of Medicine ͅ
(IOM) report on Health Professions E ducation
ͅ
C) National Advisory ͅ
Council on Nurse Education andͅ Practice recommen dations
ͅ D)
National League for Nursing (NLN) position paper on nurse preparation
Technology Informatics Guiding ͅ ͅ
Educational Reform (TIGER) initiative E)
14. A nurse working in informatics is analyzing information gathere dͅ about rates of
infection of patients on a specific hospital unit. The nurse is using this information
ͅ
to determine appropriate interventions for overall infection control. The nurse is
involvedͅ with which of the following?
A) Point of care informatics
ͅ
B) Secondary ͅ
data analysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerizedͅ providerͅ orderͅ entry
