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Section I Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
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Chapter 1 Nursing Science and Concepts of Knowledge
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Chapter 2 Introduction to Information, Information Science, and
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Chapter 3 Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
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Chapter 4 Introduction to Cognitive Science and Cognitive
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Chapter 5 Ethical Applications of Informatics
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Section II Perspectives on Nursing Informatics
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Chapter 6 History and Evolution of Nursing Informatics
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Chapter 7 Nursing Informatics as a Specialty
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Chapter 8 Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics: HIPAA, HITECH
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Section III Nursing Informatics Administrative Applications: Precare
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Chapter 9 Systems Development Life Cycle: Nursing Informatics and
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Chapter 10 Administrative Information Systems
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Chapter 11 The Human-Technology Interface
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Chapter 12 Electronic Security
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Chapter 13 Achieving Excellence by Managing Workflow and
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Section IV Nursing Informatics Practice Applications: Care Delivery
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Chapter 14 The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics
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Chapter 15 Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety, Quality
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Chapter 16 Patient Engagement and Connected Health
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Chapter 17 Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population
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Chapter 18 Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth
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Section V Education Applications of Nursing Informatics
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Chapter 19 Nursing Informatics and Nursing Education
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Chapter 20 Simulation, Game Mechanics, Virtual Worlds, and the
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Chapter 21 Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and
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Chapter 22 Data Mining as a Research Tool
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Chapter 23 Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice
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Chapter 24 Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, and
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Section VII Imagining the Future of Nursing Informatics
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Chapter 25 The Art of Caring in Technology-Laden Environments
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Chapter 26 Our Expanding Realities
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Chapterw1wNursingwSciencewandwthewFoundationwofwKnowledge
Thewnursewunderstandswthatwnursinginformaticswiswrecognizedwaswawspecialtyareawofwpracticewbywwhich
wstatement?
1. Researchwprioritieswforwnursinginformaticswincludewthewdevelopmentwofwawstandardwnursin
gwlanguagewandwthewdevelopmentwofwdatabaseswforwclinicalwinformation.
2. Awformalweducationalwprogramwatwthewmaster'swlevelwmustwbewcompletedwbeforewawnursew
isweligiblewtowsitwforwthewcredentialingwexamination.
3. Aswawdifferentiatedwpractice,wnursinginformaticswiswfocusedwuponwthewclient,wthewenvironmen
t,whealth,wandwthewnurse.
4. Thereiswawneedwforwnursinginformaticswinterestswtowgainwrepresentationwbyworkwgroupswan
dworganizationswwithinwthewUnitedwStates.
CorrectwAnswer:w1
Rationalew1:wThewdevelopmentwofwresearchwprioritieswiswawkeywpointwinwawspecialtywpractice.w
Althoughwdegreeswatwthewmaster'swlevelwarewavailable,wthewdegreewrequiredwforwcredentialingwi
swtypicallyatwthewbachelor'swlevelwandwincludeswexperiencewinwthewfield.wCurrentwdemandswforwsa
fer,wcost-
effective,wqualitywcarewrequirewevidencewofwthewbestwpracticeswsupportedwbywresearch.
Rationalew2:wSuchwawformalweducationalwprogramwdoeswnotwnecessarilymeanwawspecialtyareawo
fwpractice.wAlthoughwdegreeswatwthewmaster'swlevelwarewavailable,wthewdegreewrequiredwforwcre
dentialingwiswtypicallywatwthewbachelor'swlevelwandwincludeswexperiencewinwthewfield.wThewdeve
lopmentwofwresearchwprioritieswiswawkeywpointwinwawspecialtywpractice.
Rationalew3:wYourwchosenwresponsewreferswtowthewentirewdisciplinewofwnursing.wThewspecialtywofwnursi
ngwinformaticswintegrateswnursingwscience,wcomputerwscience,wandwinformationwsciencewtowmanagew
andwcommunicatewdata,winformation,wknowledge,wandwwisdomwintownursingpractice.wThewdevelopm
entwofwresearchwprioritieswiswawkeywpointwinwawspecialtywpractice.
Rationalew4:wTherewarewmanywworkwgroupswinwthewUnitedwStateswrelatedwtowinformaticswthatwfocuswo
nwthewspecialtyofwinformaticswpractice.wOnewexamplewiswthewNursingwInformaticswSpecialwInterestw
GroupwofwthewInternationalwMedicalwInformaticswAssociation.wThewdevelopmentwofwresearchwprior
itieswiswawkeywpointwinwawspecialtywpractice.
GlobalwRationale: