WGU C468 PRE-ASSESSMENT: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY PIGC

PRE-ASSESSMENT: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY PIGC Attempt #1 Status: Passed 1. How is information related to data? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER 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 supportthe use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing? Choose 2 answers YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER The nurse can discern research ndings 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. 3/27/2020 WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report 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? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Information system Information science Information technology Information processing 4. Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Nurses design and maintain knowledge. Nurses generate knowledge as a product. Nurses evolve knowledge based on information. Nurses provide efcient 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 CORRECT ANSWER Beginning nurse Uses information systems to manage patients Uses information systems to manage patients Experienced nurse Pulls trends out of data Pulls trends out of data 3/27/2020 WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Informatics innovator Generates informatics theory Generates informatics theory Informatics nurse specialist Focuses on nursing's information needs Focuses on nursing's information needs 6. Labelthe 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 CORRECT ANSWER The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse Informatics nurse Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Informatics nurse Informatics nurse Plays an active role in research and theory development Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse specialist Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse specialist Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse 7. Which ofthe following uses database applications to siftthrough large amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER 3/27/2020 WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER 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 meetthe requirements of a current clinical pathway. Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER 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 inputfrom nurses regarding selection of the specic 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 benets. She implemented the system after all nurses were trained aboutthe EHR. There were numerous complaints aboutthe EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system. Which barrier to implementing technology is presentin the scenario? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Inadequate training 3/27/2020 WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Lack of continued support Lack of end user involvement Ignoring attitudes early in the process 10. A computer program was implemented at a hospitalthat required nurses to wait untilthe patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for criticaltime-sensitive treatment could be written. How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER 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 from their focus on the patient. The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner. 11. Which nationaltrend is related to nursing informatics? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Barcode scanning for medication administration Blogging with other nurses about latest treatments Texting another nurse in a patient's room to come help Taking pictures with smartphones of patients' wounds 3/27/2020 WGU Student Portal | Coaching Report 12. Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and nursing outcomes? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER NIC NOC ICNP NANDA 13. Which ofthe following requires standardized nursing terminology to meetits criteria? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER HIPAA Meaningful Use HITECH Act The TIGER initiative 14. Whatis a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies?