WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - (ANSWER)A mechanism provided by a computer
system to assist users by prompting them to complete a task, verify information, or prevent
entry of inappropriate information.
Data scrubbing - (ANSWER)a process that improves data quality to imporve analysis @#
$%^
#$%^&*(
Healthcare data is a valuable commodity. Because it is used to benefit the delivery of &*()
healthcare, there are many ways to maximize its value.
What is a use in maximizing the value of healthcare data? - (ANSWER)It is used to create
clinical decision support tools to augment clinical care
NANDA - (ANSWER)NANDA was created by the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association to provide standardized terms for nursing diagnoses.
DIKW - (ANSWER)Data information knowledge wisdom. Information is a continuum of
progressively developing and clustered data. Relations and interactions are not yet evident
in information alone.
System checks - (ANSWER)System checks are mechanisms provided by the computer
system to minimize incomplete tasks, verify information, and prevent entry of inappropriate
information.
OCR - (ANSWER)Outcomes research. The goal of OCR is to improve the quality of care
through the use of research data to improve outcomes, not the effectiveness of healthcare
processes.
CDS - (ANSWER)Clinical decision support (CDS) systems provide clinicians, staff, patients,
or other individuals with data-driven and patient-specific information at the appropriate
time so that decisions can be made appropriately during the clinical workflow. You have
been asked to look up information related to CDS systems for your organization to
determine their effectiveness. CDS systems are widely used by healthcare organizations
for the value they provide specific to the needs of each organization, not necessarily to be
aligned with one another.
Which statement about data is accurate as it relates to quality improvement initiatives? -
(ANSWER)Data allows measurement of the quality of healthcare delivery to determine
whether planned measures result in improvement.
,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
Business intelligence - (ANSWER)Refers to a strategy or process by which data from
different sources is integrated for the purpose of optimizing its use and understanding its
functionality.
VBM - (ANSWER)The value-based model rewards providers and organizations for quality- @#
driven care based on their ability to meet set quality measures and indicators. $%^
#$%^&*(
&*()
What is the purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)? -
(ANSWER)The AHRQ's mission is to advance excellence in healthcare by producing
evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and
affordable
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - (ANSWER)It promotes excellence in
nursing and healthcare through credentialing programs and educational materials for
nursing specialty-practice areas.
HHS - (ANSWER)The HHS enhances and protects the health and well-being of all
Americans through quality offerings in social services, medicine, and public health.
OVID - (ANSWER)Ovid is a trusted database used for medical and allied healthcare
research
Which source provides tutorials that can be used to help determine the validity of health
information? - (ANSWER)National Library of medicine
The 21st Century Cures Act - (ANSWER)promotes patients' access to their electronic
health information through advanced innovation. It also addresses the need to eliminate
industry-wide information-blocking practices.
What are the five common applications of consumer health informatics? -
(ANSWER)Personal Health Records, Telehealth, Mobile Health, Games for Health, and
Health 2.0.
What is an example of a common data integrity issue that occurs as a result of cloning, or
copying, when documenting in the electronic medical record (EMR)? -
(ANSWER)Documentation of vital signs that do not vary. Documentation that lacks
descriptive content may contribute to data integrity issues but is not considered cloning.
,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
PGHD - (ANSWER)patient generated health data, created, recorded, gathered by or from
patients, fit bits, online, etc.
Health literacy - (ANSWER)involves teaching patients enough information about their
illnesses and about how the health system works so that they can be legitimate partners in @#
the appropriate management of their health. $%^
#$%^&*(
&*()
Administrative information systems - (ANSWER)Systems that support patient care by
managing financial and demographic information and providing reporting capabilities
Admission discharge transfer system - (ANSWER)Tracks patient activities and location from
admission through all transfers within a facility through discharge
Affordable care act - (ANSWER)US legislation intended to improve healthcare quality
through using information technology, ensuring affordable care, and increasing the number
of insured persons.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - (ANSWER)agency within the
department of health and human services devoted to improving healthcare quality and
safety.
Alert/ alarm fatigue - (ANSWER)Phenomenon that occurs when the volume of alerts,
alarms, or warning messages acts contrary to intention through desensitizing the clinician
to the indicators and the purpose.
American Nurses Association (ANA) - (ANSWER)Professional organization that represents
all registered nurses.
Analytics - (ANSWER)the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful
patterns in data
Anesthesia Information Management Systems - (ANSWER)Supports real time anesthetic
management of the patient in the operating suite
antivirus software - (ANSWER)Set of computer programs capable of finding and eliminating
viruses and other malicious programs from scanned disks, computers, and networks
, WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
Association for perioperative registered nurses - (ANSWER)Professional organization
representing perioperative registered nurses
Asynchronous connected health - (ANSWER)Healthcare services in a setting other than
face to face @#
$%^
#$%^&*(
Audiovisual monitor - (ANSWER)An electronic device for displaying video and audio output &*()
from an information source
Audit trail - (ANSWER)Electronic tool that can track system access by individual user, by
user class, or by all persons who viewed a specific client record
Authentication - (ANSWER)Action that verifies the authority of users to receive specified
data
Authorization - (ANSWER)Action that verifies the authority of users to receive specified data
Automatic sign off - (ANSWER)Mechanism that logs a user off the computer after a specific
period of inactivity
Back loaded - (ANSWER)information that is preloaded into the system before the go live
Bandwidth - (ANSWER)Measure of the information carrying capacity of a communication
channel
Best of breed - (ANSWER)Refers to the best available technology solution for a given
purpose
Big data - (ANSWER)very large data sets that are analyzed to reveal patterns, trends, and
associations
Bioinformartics - (ANSWER)applying informatics skills to understand and organize
information associated with life at the molecular and genetic levels, inclusive research,
taxonomies, and standard terminologies
Biometrics - (ANSWER)a unique, measurable characteristic or trait of a human being for
automatically recognizing or verifying identity
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - (ANSWER)A mechanism provided by a computer
system to assist users by prompting them to complete a task, verify information, or prevent
entry of inappropriate information.
Data scrubbing - (ANSWER)a process that improves data quality to imporve analysis @#
$%^
#$%^&*(
Healthcare data is a valuable commodity. Because it is used to benefit the delivery of &*()
healthcare, there are many ways to maximize its value.
What is a use in maximizing the value of healthcare data? - (ANSWER)It is used to create
clinical decision support tools to augment clinical care
NANDA - (ANSWER)NANDA was created by the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association to provide standardized terms for nursing diagnoses.
DIKW - (ANSWER)Data information knowledge wisdom. Information is a continuum of
progressively developing and clustered data. Relations and interactions are not yet evident
in information alone.
System checks - (ANSWER)System checks are mechanisms provided by the computer
system to minimize incomplete tasks, verify information, and prevent entry of inappropriate
information.
OCR - (ANSWER)Outcomes research. The goal of OCR is to improve the quality of care
through the use of research data to improve outcomes, not the effectiveness of healthcare
processes.
CDS - (ANSWER)Clinical decision support (CDS) systems provide clinicians, staff, patients,
or other individuals with data-driven and patient-specific information at the appropriate
time so that decisions can be made appropriately during the clinical workflow. You have
been asked to look up information related to CDS systems for your organization to
determine their effectiveness. CDS systems are widely used by healthcare organizations
for the value they provide specific to the needs of each organization, not necessarily to be
aligned with one another.
Which statement about data is accurate as it relates to quality improvement initiatives? -
(ANSWER)Data allows measurement of the quality of healthcare delivery to determine
whether planned measures result in improvement.
,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
Business intelligence - (ANSWER)Refers to a strategy or process by which data from
different sources is integrated for the purpose of optimizing its use and understanding its
functionality.
VBM - (ANSWER)The value-based model rewards providers and organizations for quality- @#
driven care based on their ability to meet set quality measures and indicators. $%^
#$%^&*(
&*()
What is the purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)? -
(ANSWER)The AHRQ's mission is to advance excellence in healthcare by producing
evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and
affordable
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - (ANSWER)It promotes excellence in
nursing and healthcare through credentialing programs and educational materials for
nursing specialty-practice areas.
HHS - (ANSWER)The HHS enhances and protects the health and well-being of all
Americans through quality offerings in social services, medicine, and public health.
OVID - (ANSWER)Ovid is a trusted database used for medical and allied healthcare
research
Which source provides tutorials that can be used to help determine the validity of health
information? - (ANSWER)National Library of medicine
The 21st Century Cures Act - (ANSWER)promotes patients' access to their electronic
health information through advanced innovation. It also addresses the need to eliminate
industry-wide information-blocking practices.
What are the five common applications of consumer health informatics? -
(ANSWER)Personal Health Records, Telehealth, Mobile Health, Games for Health, and
Health 2.0.
What is an example of a common data integrity issue that occurs as a result of cloning, or
copying, when documenting in the electronic medical record (EMR)? -
(ANSWER)Documentation of vital signs that do not vary. Documentation that lacks
descriptive content may contribute to data integrity issues but is not considered cloning.
,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
PGHD - (ANSWER)patient generated health data, created, recorded, gathered by or from
patients, fit bits, online, etc.
Health literacy - (ANSWER)involves teaching patients enough information about their
illnesses and about how the health system works so that they can be legitimate partners in @#
the appropriate management of their health. $%^
#$%^&*(
&*()
Administrative information systems - (ANSWER)Systems that support patient care by
managing financial and demographic information and providing reporting capabilities
Admission discharge transfer system - (ANSWER)Tracks patient activities and location from
admission through all transfers within a facility through discharge
Affordable care act - (ANSWER)US legislation intended to improve healthcare quality
through using information technology, ensuring affordable care, and increasing the number
of insured persons.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - (ANSWER)agency within the
department of health and human services devoted to improving healthcare quality and
safety.
Alert/ alarm fatigue - (ANSWER)Phenomenon that occurs when the volume of alerts,
alarms, or warning messages acts contrary to intention through desensitizing the clinician
to the indicators and the purpose.
American Nurses Association (ANA) - (ANSWER)Professional organization that represents
all registered nurses.
Analytics - (ANSWER)the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful
patterns in data
Anesthesia Information Management Systems - (ANSWER)Supports real time anesthetic
management of the patient in the operating suite
antivirus software - (ANSWER)Set of computer programs capable of finding and eliminating
viruses and other malicious programs from scanned disks, computers, and networks
, WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM WITH 361
QUESTIONS AND CORRCT ANSWERS.GUARANTEED PASS!!
Association for perioperative registered nurses - (ANSWER)Professional organization
representing perioperative registered nurses
Asynchronous connected health - (ANSWER)Healthcare services in a setting other than
face to face @#
$%^
#$%^&*(
Audiovisual monitor - (ANSWER)An electronic device for displaying video and audio output &*()
from an information source
Audit trail - (ANSWER)Electronic tool that can track system access by individual user, by
user class, or by all persons who viewed a specific client record
Authentication - (ANSWER)Action that verifies the authority of users to receive specified
data
Authorization - (ANSWER)Action that verifies the authority of users to receive specified data
Automatic sign off - (ANSWER)Mechanism that logs a user off the computer after a specific
period of inactivity
Back loaded - (ANSWER)information that is preloaded into the system before the go live
Bandwidth - (ANSWER)Measure of the information carrying capacity of a communication
channel
Best of breed - (ANSWER)Refers to the best available technology solution for a given
purpose
Big data - (ANSWER)very large data sets that are analyzed to reveal patterns, trends, and
associations
Bioinformartics - (ANSWER)applying informatics skills to understand and organize
information associated with life at the molecular and genetic levels, inclusive research,
taxonomies, and standard terminologies
Biometrics - (ANSWER)a unique, measurable characteristic or trait of a human being for
automatically recognizing or verifying identity
