Informatics and Nursing Opportunities andChallenges 6th Edition
Sewell Test Bank
TEST BANK
, Informatics and Nursing Opportunities andChallenges
6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
Chapter 1
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching wassuccessful when the
students define informatics as which of the following?
A) Use of computers
B) Use of information technology
C) Management of information
D) Access to the Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technologyincludes which of the
following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for populationhealth
C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current focus of today's practiceinformatics?
A) Capturing data at the point of care
B) Performing secondary data analysis
C) Using aggregated data
D) Making decisions based on data
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinicalinformation systems.
Which of the following would the student identify as characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
B) Ability to share information among several departments
C) Creation of different software systems for different areas
D) Entry of data occurring only once
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of thefollowing would the
presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
A) Increase usability of data
B) Promote cost-saving
C) Promote time-saving
D) Allow identification of patterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing profession, the
instructor determines that the students need additional teaching whenthey identify which of the following
as a benefit?
A) Improvement in documentation
B) Use of data for quality control
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge
D) Increase in time needed for documentation
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies. Whendescribing the need for
computer fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which of the following would the presenter include as
characterizing this concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task oriented
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor determines that the
teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the following competencies as specific to the
role of an informatics innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
C) Making judgments about trends
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information literacy as essential forwhich of the
following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
D) Evidence-based practice
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and information technology, theinstructor would
emphasize which of the following as the focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage
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, 11. When describing the components needed to provide evidence-based care throughinformatics, which of
the following would be needed? Select all that apply.
A) Information presented in a digital format
B) Standards for exchange of information
C) Limited ability to capture relevant data
D) Multiple language structures for documentation
E) Competency of practitioners using the information
12. A nurse is reviewing an article about the strategic plan for health information technology as related to
population health. Which of the following would the nurseexpect to find as being supported by this goal?
Select all that apply.
A) Biomedical research
B) Cost-efficient patient care
C) Public health
D) Quality improvement
E) Emergency preparedness
13. A nurse is preparing an in-service program about forces driving toward the increased use of informatics in
healthcare. Which of the following would the nurse include as anational force? Select all that apply.
A) Creation of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)
B) The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on Health Professions Education
C) National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice recommendations
D) National League for Nursing (NLN) position paper on nurse preparation
E) Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) initiative
14. A nurse working in informatics is analyzing information gathered about rates of infection of patients on a
specific hospital unit. The nurse is using this information to determine appropriate interventions for overall
infection control. The nurse is involvedwith which of the following?
A) Point of care informatics
B) Secondary data analysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerized provider order entry
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