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n Practice Nurse 2nd Edition McBride Tietze
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2 out of 2 points
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After teaching a group of students about the benefits of
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informatics to the nursing profession, the instructor
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determines that the students need additional teaching when
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they identify which of the following as a benefit?
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Selected
Answer: Increase in time needed for n n n n
documentation
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Answers: Improvement in documentation n n
Use of data for quality control
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Building of evidence-based n n
knowledge
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Increase in time needed for n n n n
documentation
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Response Ans: D Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
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Feedback Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
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: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
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n 14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedback:
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n Documentation can be improved using informatics, n n n n n
n and when done properly, the time needed for
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n documentation would decrease. In addition, nursing n n n n n
n informatics will not only enhance practice but will n n n n n n n
n also allow information to be available to
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n researchers for building evidence-based nursing n n n n
n knowledge. It can remind users to provide data that n n n n n n n n
n might be forgotten. The data could be used for both
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n quality control and research. n n n
• Question 2 n
2 out of 2 points
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When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of
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agency staff, which of the following would the presenter
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nidentify as one of the primary benefits?
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, Selected
Answer: Increase usability of n n
data
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Increase usability of n n
data
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Promote cost-saving n
Promote time-saving n
Allow identification of n n
patterns
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Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
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Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
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: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
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n 13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: Although
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n informatics saves time and money and allows n n n n n n
n patterns to be identified from data, one of the primary
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n benefits of informatics is that data that were
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n previously buried in inaccessible records become
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n usable.
• Question 3 n
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When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and
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information technology, the instructor would emphasize
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nwhich of the following as the focus?
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Selected
Answer: Informati
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, Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
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Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
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: Teaching/Learning Objective: 3 Page and Header: 6,
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n Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The focus of n n n n n
n healthcare informatics is managing information in n n n n n
n healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information n n n n n n n
n (subject), not the computer (tool). Access and data n n n n n n n
n storage, retrieval, capture, and sharing are n n n n n
n components of healthcare informatics. n n n
• Question 4 n
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A nursing student is reviewing information about early
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computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
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following would the student identify as characteristic?
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Selected
Answer: Ability to share information among several n n n n n
ndepartments
Answers: Implementation to perform two or three n n n n n
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Ability to share information among several n n n n n
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Entry of data occurring only once n n n n n
Response Ans: C Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
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: Teaching/Learning Objective: 1 Page and Header:
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n 12, Progression of Information Systems Feedback:
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n Early computerized clinical information systems
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n were process-oriented, implemented to
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n computerize a single process such as billing or lab n n n n n n n n
n reports. Subsequently, different software programs
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n had to be created for different departments that
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n could not share data, creating a need for
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n clinicians