WGU Information Management - C468
Information literacy - ✔✔Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as
the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
Information - ✔✔Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science - ✔✔Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into
knowledge. It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems - ✔✔Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an
example of using the EHR in which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. - ✔✔Allowing them hands-on practice and
immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker - ✔✔Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
Expert/Experienced Nurse - ✔✔Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of
his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of
data
Nursing informatics - ✔✔Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification
exam
, Clinical practice guidelines - ✔✔Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing
policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system - ✔✔CPOE, bar code medication
administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔The name used to describe the process by which
the physician or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
RFID - ✔✔A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that is used to
identify and track supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice - ✔✔Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are
examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
Nursing informatics - ✔✔The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of
nursing practice
The foundation of knowledge model - ✔✔The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs
of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed) - ✔✔A patients height, weight, code status, and
date of birth are all examples of what
Less consumer accountability - ✔✔Not an emerging trend in healthcare
Mission - ✔✔The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Strategic planning, long-range - ✔✔The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization
Information literacy - ✔✔Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as
the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
Information - ✔✔Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science - ✔✔Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into
knowledge. It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems - ✔✔Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an
example of using the EHR in which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. - ✔✔Allowing them hands-on practice and
immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker - ✔✔Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
Expert/Experienced Nurse - ✔✔Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of
his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of
data
Nursing informatics - ✔✔Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification
exam
, Clinical practice guidelines - ✔✔Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing
policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system - ✔✔CPOE, bar code medication
administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔The name used to describe the process by which
the physician or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
RFID - ✔✔A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of (information) technology that is used to
identify and track supplies and medications within a healthcare environment
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice - ✔✔Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are
examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
Nursing informatics - ✔✔The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of
nursing practice
The foundation of knowledge model - ✔✔The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs
of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed) - ✔✔A patients height, weight, code status, and
date of birth are all examples of what
Less consumer accountability - ✔✔Not an emerging trend in healthcare
Mission - ✔✔The purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Strategic planning, long-range - ✔✔The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization
