WGU D220 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING
PRACTICE 2024/2025 ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM(ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS REQUIRED FOR BSN
D220 2024/2025 UPDATE)
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery (correct answer) Provider orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels (correct
answer) MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list of
information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this patient
(correct answer) The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United States
Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards (correct answer) Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual white board for patient tracking. Recently,
surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has increased & blame the
manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding use of the existing surgical
information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue (correct answer) Radio
frequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis of a patient admission from
the ER (correct answer) Which tool should these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic protected health information (ePHI)
by unauthorized users (correct answer) Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy
set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by authorized users (correct
answer) It creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
,9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use (correct answer) Provider needs to
show the use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse (correct answer) Plans, coordinates, & facilitates
education for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report (correct answer) Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments (correct
answer) Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however the hospital he is being transferred to
does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will they receive his
Electronic Health Record (EHR) (correct answer) Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics (correct answer) "Computer science, decision
science, information science, management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where does the nurse look to verify
this information (correct answer) The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU) (correct
answer) Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing (correct answer) Trojan
18. What is Data governance (correct answer) Defines who can take what action, upon what data, in
what situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What should be on his laptop to
protect it from data breach (correct answer) Encryption
, 20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through implementation
(correct answer) Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System (correct answer) This is an
application that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions
22. What is the term for sharing a person's personal information with other individuals electronically
(correct answer) Information sharing
23. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient. Where
should the nurse find this information (correct answer) The intake & output chart
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic Health Record (EHR) (correct
answer) Alert fatigue
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency (correct answer) Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate (correct answer) American Recover &
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative (correct answer) Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable the exchange of data
(correct answer) Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both (correct answer) Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System (correct answer) Providing clinicians
with knowledge & person specific information
PRACTICE 2024/2025 ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM(ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS REQUIRED FOR BSN
D220 2024/2025 UPDATE)
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery (correct answer) Provider orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels (correct
answer) MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list of
information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this patient
(correct answer) The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United States
Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards (correct answer) Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual white board for patient tracking. Recently,
surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has increased & blame the
manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding use of the existing surgical
information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue (correct answer) Radio
frequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis of a patient admission from
the ER (correct answer) Which tool should these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic protected health information (ePHI)
by unauthorized users (correct answer) Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy
set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by authorized users (correct
answer) It creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
,9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use (correct answer) Provider needs to
show the use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse (correct answer) Plans, coordinates, & facilitates
education for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report (correct answer) Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments (correct
answer) Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however the hospital he is being transferred to
does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will they receive his
Electronic Health Record (EHR) (correct answer) Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics (correct answer) "Computer science, decision
science, information science, management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where does the nurse look to verify
this information (correct answer) The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU) (correct
answer) Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing (correct answer) Trojan
18. What is Data governance (correct answer) Defines who can take what action, upon what data, in
what situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What should be on his laptop to
protect it from data breach (correct answer) Encryption
, 20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through implementation
(correct answer) Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System (correct answer) This is an
application that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions
22. What is the term for sharing a person's personal information with other individuals electronically
(correct answer) Information sharing
23. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient. Where
should the nurse find this information (correct answer) The intake & output chart
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic Health Record (EHR) (correct
answer) Alert fatigue
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency (correct answer) Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate (correct answer) American Recover &
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative (correct answer) Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable the exchange of data
(correct answer) Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both (correct answer) Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System (correct answer) Providing clinicians
with knowledge & person specific information
