WGU D220 Pre-Assessment (Latest 2023/
2024 Update) Information Technology in
Nursing Practice | Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: Pharmacy adds a field into the medication administration record to document the lot number
when a chemo medication is administered, but fails to communicate this to the nurse responsible
for the medication administration documentation. What is a consequence of this action?
Answer:
Pharmacy cannot determine if there is a problem with a medication batch.
Q: A nurse thinks the electronic health record (EHR) has too many documentation fields,
making it difficult to know where to document some items. As a result, the nurse uses the notes
instead or in addition to documenting in a specific field in the health record. What is the least
significant impact of this action?
Answer:
Duplicate documentation appears multiple times in the chart.
Q: A nurse is working in a medical-surgical unit assigned care for five patients. The nurse has
many tasks to accomplish during a shift. Which informatics solution assists in ensuring these
tasks are accomplished?
Answer:
Electronic checklist
Q: Which barrier to healthcare informatics use does the HITECH Act aim to reduce?
Answer:
Financial
, Q: A project team is moving a hospital from using paper charting to using an electronic health
record for documentation. How should the project team roll out the software to reduce the impact
on the hospital?
Answer:
A large stand-alone department should go live first.
Q: Which patients are ideally positioned to fully engage in their care?
Answer:
Patients that are recovering well after a full night of sleep.
Q: A nurse is teaching a patient-centered health education course at a hospital. As an
informatics nurse leveraging technology to help improve patient understanding, which learner
would be more likely to have a low health literacy and require more focus?
Answer:
An elderly person
Q: What is true about improving health literacy?
Answer:
Improving health literacy leads to better patient outcomes.
Q: A nurse assists with implementing a new remote patient monitoring (RPM) system for
collecting patient data, which improves patient outcomes. Which task is a high priority for an
informatics clinician when implementing a new technology for patient data collection?
Answer:
2024 Update) Information Technology in
Nursing Practice | Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: Pharmacy adds a field into the medication administration record to document the lot number
when a chemo medication is administered, but fails to communicate this to the nurse responsible
for the medication administration documentation. What is a consequence of this action?
Answer:
Pharmacy cannot determine if there is a problem with a medication batch.
Q: A nurse thinks the electronic health record (EHR) has too many documentation fields,
making it difficult to know where to document some items. As a result, the nurse uses the notes
instead or in addition to documenting in a specific field in the health record. What is the least
significant impact of this action?
Answer:
Duplicate documentation appears multiple times in the chart.
Q: A nurse is working in a medical-surgical unit assigned care for five patients. The nurse has
many tasks to accomplish during a shift. Which informatics solution assists in ensuring these
tasks are accomplished?
Answer:
Electronic checklist
Q: Which barrier to healthcare informatics use does the HITECH Act aim to reduce?
Answer:
Financial
, Q: A project team is moving a hospital from using paper charting to using an electronic health
record for documentation. How should the project team roll out the software to reduce the impact
on the hospital?
Answer:
A large stand-alone department should go live first.
Q: Which patients are ideally positioned to fully engage in their care?
Answer:
Patients that are recovering well after a full night of sleep.
Q: A nurse is teaching a patient-centered health education course at a hospital. As an
informatics nurse leveraging technology to help improve patient understanding, which learner
would be more likely to have a low health literacy and require more focus?
Answer:
An elderly person
Q: What is true about improving health literacy?
Answer:
Improving health literacy leads to better patient outcomes.
Q: A nurse assists with implementing a new remote patient monitoring (RPM) system for
collecting patient data, which improves patient outcomes. Which task is a high priority for an
informatics clinician when implementing a new technology for patient data collection?
Answer:
