NU 425
Nursing Informatics
LATEST FINAL EXAM GUIDE
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,1. What is the primary purpose of a Clinical Decision Support
System (CDSS) in nursing informatics?
- A. To record patient information
- B. To schedule staff shifts
- C. To assist in clinical decision making
- D. To manage hospital finances
Answer: C
Rationale: CDSS is designed to support healthcare
professionals in making clinical decisions by providing evidence-
based information and patient-specific recommendations.
2. Which of the following standards is primarily used for
electronic health record (EHR) interoperability?
- A. ICD-10
- B. CPT
- C. HL7
- D. DSM-5
Answer: C
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, Rationale: HL7 (Health Level Seven International) is a set of
international standards for the transfer of clinical and administrative
data between software applications used by various healthcare
providers.
3. What type of data mining is often used to identify trends and
patterns within large sets of nursing and patient data?
- A. Sequential pattern mining
- B. Association rule mining
- C. Regression analysis
- D. Cluster analysis
Answer: D
Rationale: Cluster analysis is used to group sets of objects in
such a way that objects in the same group (cluster) are more similar
to each other than to those in other groups, making it useful for
identifying trends and patterns in nursing and patient data.
4. Which of the following best describes the concept of
"interoperability" in nursing informatics?
- A. The ability to implement new software quickly
- B. Consistent user interfaces across devices
- C. The capacity of different systems to exchange and use
information
© HU 2024/2025
Nursing Informatics
LATEST FINAL EXAM GUIDE
© HU 2024/2025
,1. What is the primary purpose of a Clinical Decision Support
System (CDSS) in nursing informatics?
- A. To record patient information
- B. To schedule staff shifts
- C. To assist in clinical decision making
- D. To manage hospital finances
Answer: C
Rationale: CDSS is designed to support healthcare
professionals in making clinical decisions by providing evidence-
based information and patient-specific recommendations.
2. Which of the following standards is primarily used for
electronic health record (EHR) interoperability?
- A. ICD-10
- B. CPT
- C. HL7
- D. DSM-5
Answer: C
© HU 2024/2025
, Rationale: HL7 (Health Level Seven International) is a set of
international standards for the transfer of clinical and administrative
data between software applications used by various healthcare
providers.
3. What type of data mining is often used to identify trends and
patterns within large sets of nursing and patient data?
- A. Sequential pattern mining
- B. Association rule mining
- C. Regression analysis
- D. Cluster analysis
Answer: D
Rationale: Cluster analysis is used to group sets of objects in
such a way that objects in the same group (cluster) are more similar
to each other than to those in other groups, making it useful for
identifying trends and patterns in nursing and patient data.
4. Which of the following best describes the concept of
"interoperability" in nursing informatics?
- A. The ability to implement new software quickly
- B. Consistent user interfaces across devices
- C. The capacity of different systems to exchange and use
information
© HU 2024/2025
