Pre-Assessment Information Management And The Applica

1. How is information related to data? Information is data that have been interpreted Information forms the base for accurate data collection Data provide an explanation of information Data is constructed through information synthesis 2. How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing? Choose 2 answers The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice Nurses consistently role-model this behavior in their practice environment Nurses are comfortable in performing data base searches Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches 3. A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record. Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? Information system Information science Information technology Information processing 4. Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? Nurses design and maintain knowledge. Nurses generate knowledge as a product. Nurses evolve knowledge based on information. Nurses provide efficient means of capturing knowledge. 5. Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. YOUR ANSWER Beginning nurse Uses information systems to manage patients Experienced nurse Focuses on nursing's information needs Informatics innovator Generates informatics theory Informatics nurse specialist Pulls trends out of data 6. Label the descriptions as belonging to the role of either the informatics nurse or the informatics nurse specialist. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. YOUR ANSWER The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse YOUR ANSWER Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Informatics nurse specialist Plays an active role in research and theory development Informatics nurse specialist Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Informatics nurse Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Informatics nurse 7. Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends? Evidence-Based Practice Quantitative Analysis Data Mining Digital Library 8. A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway. Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? To ensure cost effectiveness To control communicable disease To promote desired clinical outcomes To meet requirements of the nurse practice act 9. A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system. Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Inadequate training Lack of continued support Lack of end user involvement Ignoring attitudes early in the process 10. A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written. How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care? The computer program could intimidate the nurses and cause them to shy away from the patients. The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could allow the nurses to restock patient rooms. The computer program could interest the nurses more than the patients do, thus entertaining the nurses away froThe time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a time11. Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? Barcode scanning for medication administration Blogging with other nurses about latest treatments Texting another nurse in a patient's room to come help