NURSING INFORMATICS FOR THE ADVANCED PRACTISE NURSE 2nd EDITION MCBRIDE TIETZE FULL TESTBANK

Question 1 After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing profession, the instructor 2 out of 2 points determines that the students need additional teaching when they identify which of the following as a benefit? Selected Answer: Increase in time needed for documentation Answers: Improvement in documentation Use of data for quality control Building of evidence-based knowledge Response Feedback : Increase in time needed for documentation Ans: D Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header: 14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedback: Documentation can be improved using informatics, and when done properly, the time needed for documentation would decrease. In addition, nursing informatics will not only enhance practice but will also allow information to be available to researchers for building evidence-based nursing knowledge. It can remind users to provide data that might be forgotten. The data could be used for both quality control and research. • Question 2 When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of the following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits? 2 out of 2 points Selected Answer: Increase usability of data Answers: Response Feedback : Increase usability of data Promote cost-saving Promote time-saving Allow identification of patterns Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header: 13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: Although informatics saves time and money and allows patterns to be identified from data, one of the primary benefits of informatics is that data that were previously buried in inaccessible records become usable. • Question 3 2 out of 2 points When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and information technology, the instructor would emphasize which of the following as the focus? Selected Answer: Informati on Answers: Informati on Computer Access Data storage Response Feedback : Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 3 Page and Header: 6, Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The focus of healthcare informatics is managing information in healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information (subject), not the computer (tool). Access and data storage, retrieval, capture, and sharing are components of healthcare informatics. • Question 4 A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinical information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as characteristic? Selected Answer: Ability to share information among several departments Answers: Implementation to perform two or three functions Ability to share information among several departments 0 out of 2 points Response Feedback : Creation of different software systems for different areas Entry of data occurring only once Ans: C Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 1 Page and Header: 12, Progression of Information Systems Feedback: Early computerized clinical information systems were process-oriented, implemented to computerize a single process such as billing or lab reports. Subsequently, different software programs had to be created for different departments that could not share data, creating a need for clinicians to enter data more than once. Sharing data was difficult and sometimes impossible. • Question 5 2 out of 2 points An informatics nurse specialist would describe information literacy as essential for which of the following? Selected Answer: Evidence-based practice Answers: Critical thinking Problem solving Data evaluation Response Feedback : Evidence-based practice Ans: D Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 6 Page and Header: 16, Information Literacy Feedback: Information literacy is an important part of the foundation for evidence-based practice and provides nurses with the ability to be intelligent information consumers in today's electronic environment. It involves critical thinking and problem solving and the ability to know when information is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively. • Question 6 A nurse involved in informatics identifies the need for 2 out of 2 points information and demonstrates ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use it. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following? Selected Answer: Information literacy Answers: Response Feedback : Information literacy Computer literacy Computer fluency Information management Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 6 Page and Header: 16, Information Literacy Feedback: Information literacy is the ability to know when one needs information and how to locate, evaluate, and effectively use it. Computer literacy refers to the ability to perform various tasks with a computer. Computer fluency, an extension of computer literacy, refers to a lifelong commitment for acquiring new skills for being more effective in work and personal life. Information management is the underlying theme of informatics, the use of large amounts of information that is organized and processed. • Question 7 After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students define informatics as which of the following? Selected Answer: Management of