NURS-272 Exam 3 Questions And 100% Correct Answers
What is the function of HIS? -ANWER They capture, manage, and transmit information
related to health of individual or activities of HC facilities
What examples are there of HIS? -ANWER Staffing, email, organizational outcomes, and
orientations
What are CIS? -ANWER Hardware and software that processes data in the HC facility
What are some examples of CIS? ANSWER HER/EMR, decision support, order entry, etc.
What are administrative information systems (AIS)? ANSWER Extracts information and
uses it for management of daily operations
What are some examples of AIS? ANSWER Appointment scheduling and patient billing
What is nursing informatics? ANSWER Use f information and technology to support all
areas of nursing practice.
What are the benefits to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Enhances nursing practice
for documentation, education, and quality
2. Organizes documentation in user-friendly format
3. Supports nursing, stakeholders, and the healthcare team
4. Identify, manage, develop, link information, alert and warnings
What are some attributes to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Certified system and
standard terms (this is critical for communication and exchanging information)
,2. Reimbursment based policies that's "meaning use" (CMS - Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid)
3. Privacy and security (HIPAA)
What the advantages that informatics have in nursing and HC? - ANSWER 1. Potential to
improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of HC for all
2. Good communication, reducing errors
3. Decreased cost and time
4. Better we access to information, improved documentation
5. Increased satisfaction/time spent with patient
6. Improved regulatory compliance
What is information literacy? - ANSWER Set of abilities allowing individuals to recognize
when info is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed info
What is the accepted language for a nursing diagnosis? - ANSWER NANDA
What guides the standardized terminology for nurses? - ANSWER ANA's Nursing
Process
What is the nursing clinical decision support system? -ANSWER Type of clinical decision
support system specific to nursing; supporting information is evidence-based
What is the nursing info system? -ANSWER Type of CIS; allows nurses to document,
view data, and access info to help make decisions
What is nursing informatics? -ANSWER specialty; supports nursing and health care
team; id, manage, develop/create (ex: paper to electronic docs)
What is AIS? - ANSWER Administrative information system. Program to input patient info
, for appointments, staff scheduling, etc
What is an order entry system? - ANSWER Allows discipline to order supplies from
another department
What are monitoring systems? - ANSWER Record info directly into EMR ex: VS
What are clinical decision support systems? - ANSWER Within EHR/EMR; those
documenting will see reminders, alerts, prompts, reports, and links which help make
clinical decisions at the point of care
What is an EMR? - ANSWER individual health record within a facility
What is an EHR? - ANSWER health record that can be shared among multiple
facilities/agencies
What is CIS? - ANSWER Clinical information systems. Computer based program used for
lab, radiology, pharmacy, social work, providers, therapies and nurses; each group can
enter and communicate data and coordinate patient care
What is HIS? - ANSWER Healthcare information systems. Group of programs used w/in
an organization to support and enhance healthcare
(ex: schedules, email, PTO)
What is health informatics? - ANSWER Discipline that applies technology to sort,
process, organize and retrieve information in healthcare so it can be shared among
providers and consumers; FOCUS IS ON PROVIDING OPTIMAL CARE FOR PATIENTS.
What is knowledge? - ANSWER Knowing a skill
What is competence? - ANSWER The ability to carry out a skill correctly
What is the function of HIS? -ANWER They capture, manage, and transmit information
related to health of individual or activities of HC facilities
What examples are there of HIS? -ANWER Staffing, email, organizational outcomes, and
orientations
What are CIS? -ANWER Hardware and software that processes data in the HC facility
What are some examples of CIS? ANSWER HER/EMR, decision support, order entry, etc.
What are administrative information systems (AIS)? ANSWER Extracts information and
uses it for management of daily operations
What are some examples of AIS? ANSWER Appointment scheduling and patient billing
What is nursing informatics? ANSWER Use f information and technology to support all
areas of nursing practice.
What are the benefits to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Enhances nursing practice
for documentation, education, and quality
2. Organizes documentation in user-friendly format
3. Supports nursing, stakeholders, and the healthcare team
4. Identify, manage, develop, link information, alert and warnings
What are some attributes to nursing informatics? - ANSWER 1. Certified system and
standard terms (this is critical for communication and exchanging information)
,2. Reimbursment based policies that's "meaning use" (CMS - Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid)
3. Privacy and security (HIPAA)
What the advantages that informatics have in nursing and HC? - ANSWER 1. Potential to
improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of HC for all
2. Good communication, reducing errors
3. Decreased cost and time
4. Better we access to information, improved documentation
5. Increased satisfaction/time spent with patient
6. Improved regulatory compliance
What is information literacy? - ANSWER Set of abilities allowing individuals to recognize
when info is needed and how to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed info
What is the accepted language for a nursing diagnosis? - ANSWER NANDA
What guides the standardized terminology for nurses? - ANSWER ANA's Nursing
Process
What is the nursing clinical decision support system? -ANSWER Type of clinical decision
support system specific to nursing; supporting information is evidence-based
What is the nursing info system? -ANSWER Type of CIS; allows nurses to document,
view data, and access info to help make decisions
What is nursing informatics? -ANSWER specialty; supports nursing and health care
team; id, manage, develop/create (ex: paper to electronic docs)
What is AIS? - ANSWER Administrative information system. Program to input patient info
, for appointments, staff scheduling, etc
What is an order entry system? - ANSWER Allows discipline to order supplies from
another department
What are monitoring systems? - ANSWER Record info directly into EMR ex: VS
What are clinical decision support systems? - ANSWER Within EHR/EMR; those
documenting will see reminders, alerts, prompts, reports, and links which help make
clinical decisions at the point of care
What is an EMR? - ANSWER individual health record within a facility
What is an EHR? - ANSWER health record that can be shared among multiple
facilities/agencies
What is CIS? - ANSWER Clinical information systems. Computer based program used for
lab, radiology, pharmacy, social work, providers, therapies and nurses; each group can
enter and communicate data and coordinate patient care
What is HIS? - ANSWER Healthcare information systems. Group of programs used w/in
an organization to support and enhance healthcare
(ex: schedules, email, PTO)
What is health informatics? - ANSWER Discipline that applies technology to sort,
process, organize and retrieve information in healthcare so it can be shared among
providers and consumers; FOCUS IS ON PROVIDING OPTIMAL CARE FOR PATIENTS.
What is knowledge? - ANSWER Knowing a skill
What is competence? - ANSWER The ability to carry out a skill correctly
