WGU D220 INFORMATIVE NURSING EXAM 2024-2025 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREDY GRADED A+| REAL EXAM!!!
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery - 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 - 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 -
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-It
creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
,9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use - answer-Provider needs to show the
use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse - 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 - answer-Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments - 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) - answer-Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics - 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 - answer-The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU) - answer-
Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing - answer-Trojan
18. What is Data governance - 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 - answer-Encryption
, 20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through implementation -
answer-Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - 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 -
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 - answer-The intake & output chart
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic Health Record (EHR) - answer-
Alert fatigue
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency - answer-Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - answer-American Recover & Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative - answer-Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable the exchange of data -
answer-Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both - answer-Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - answer-Providing clinicians with
knowledge & person specific information
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREDY GRADED A+| REAL EXAM!!!
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a patient's
post-operative care after open-heart surgery - 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 - 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 -
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-It
creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
,9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use - answer-Provider needs to show the
use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse - 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 - answer-Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments - 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) - answer-Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics - 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 - answer-The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU) - answer-
Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing - answer-Trojan
18. What is Data governance - 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 - answer-Encryption
, 20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through implementation -
answer-Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - 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 -
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 - answer-The intake & output chart
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic Health Record (EHR) - answer-
Alert fatigue
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency - answer-Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - answer-American Recover & Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative - answer-Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable the exchange of data -
answer-Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both - answer-Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - answer-Providing clinicians with
knowledge & person specific information
