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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Informatics - Answer: The science and art of turning data into information.
Nursing Informatics * - Answer: -The use of information and technology to support all aspects of nursing
practice
-Including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Information Literacy - Answer: -The ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the skills to find,
evaluate and use effectively.
Information - Answer: -Data that has been interpreted
Information Science - Answer: -Focus on how to gather, process and transform info into knowledge.
-Includes 5 Sciences;
Communication, Computer, Social, Library and Cognitive
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in
which way? - Answer: Information System
How can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes? - Answer: Allowing
hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned.
Knowledge Worker - Answer: -Continuous learner
-Uses technology to support and inform nursing practice
-Generate knowledge as a product *
Experienced Nurse - Answer: -Fully intergrade informatics throughout the course of her practice, not
just for basic data entry and retrieval.
-Knows how to pull trends out of data.
Beginner Nurses - Answer: -Uses information systems to manage patients.