Test Bank Nursing Informatics and the
Foundation of Knowledge
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024-2025
What is consumer informatics? - Branch of medical informatics that studies the use of
electronic information and communication to improve medical outcomes and the health
care decision-making process from the patient/consumer perspective
What is information literacy? - The ability to recognize when information is needed as
well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively
What is the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative? - Legislation
requiring nurses learn informatics
What is the difference in informatics competencies needed for nurses entering into
practice, experienced nurses, and informatics nurses and nurse specialists? - Entry
Possess basic computer skills
Use information technology to support clinical and administrative processes Access
data and charts electronically
Support patient safety initiatives using information technology
Recognize role of informatics in nursing
Experienced
Possess basic computer skills
Support specialty area, including quality improvement and other activities, via IT
Use evidence-based databases
Promote technology applications
Use information systems and work with IT staff to enact system improvements
Informatics Nurse
Proficient with informatics applications to support all areas of nursing practice
Fiscal management
Integration of multidisciplinary language/standards of practice
Demonstrates critical-thinking, data-management, decision-making, and system
development and computer skills
Nurse Specialist
, More sophisticated level of understanding and skills
Innovator
Conducts informatics research and generates informatics theory
What is the relationship between major issues in healthcare and the deployment of
information technology? - Push for patient safety
The nursing shortage
The move toward evidence-based practice
Genomics
Demands for cost-efficient, quality care
Research
Pay for performance
What are some examples of how nursing informatics impacts the healthcare consumer,
professional practice, administration, and research? - Prompts to improve
documentation
Improved safety with better patient identification, decision support, and tracking
Improved communication and access to information
Support for work processes
Improved records
Decreased redundancy
Increased convenience
Improved data collection
How can storage conditions affect data integrity? - Speed/frequency of access needed
Environmental conditions and hazards
Control of equipment and media
Contingency planning
Storage period for each record type
Media degradation
Obsolescence of hardware and software
Maintenance of access devices
What are the relative merits of outsourcing data storage? - Must consider costs:
Personnel
Space
Equipment
Maintenance
Expertise
What factors that should be addressed when planning for data retrieval? - Performance
response
Foundation of Knowledge
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024-2025
What is consumer informatics? - Branch of medical informatics that studies the use of
electronic information and communication to improve medical outcomes and the health
care decision-making process from the patient/consumer perspective
What is information literacy? - The ability to recognize when information is needed as
well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively
What is the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative? - Legislation
requiring nurses learn informatics
What is the difference in informatics competencies needed for nurses entering into
practice, experienced nurses, and informatics nurses and nurse specialists? - Entry
Possess basic computer skills
Use information technology to support clinical and administrative processes Access
data and charts electronically
Support patient safety initiatives using information technology
Recognize role of informatics in nursing
Experienced
Possess basic computer skills
Support specialty area, including quality improvement and other activities, via IT
Use evidence-based databases
Promote technology applications
Use information systems and work with IT staff to enact system improvements
Informatics Nurse
Proficient with informatics applications to support all areas of nursing practice
Fiscal management
Integration of multidisciplinary language/standards of practice
Demonstrates critical-thinking, data-management, decision-making, and system
development and computer skills
Nurse Specialist
, More sophisticated level of understanding and skills
Innovator
Conducts informatics research and generates informatics theory
What is the relationship between major issues in healthcare and the deployment of
information technology? - Push for patient safety
The nursing shortage
The move toward evidence-based practice
Genomics
Demands for cost-efficient, quality care
Research
Pay for performance
What are some examples of how nursing informatics impacts the healthcare consumer,
professional practice, administration, and research? - Prompts to improve
documentation
Improved safety with better patient identification, decision support, and tracking
Improved communication and access to information
Support for work processes
Improved records
Decreased redundancy
Increased convenience
Improved data collection
How can storage conditions affect data integrity? - Speed/frequency of access needed
Environmental conditions and hazards
Control of equipment and media
Contingency planning
Storage period for each record type
Media degradation
Obsolescence of hardware and software
Maintenance of access devices
What are the relative merits of outsourcing data storage? - Must consider costs:
Personnel
Space
Equipment
Maintenance
Expertise
What factors that should be addressed when planning for data retrieval? - Performance
response
