WDU 220-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE EXAM
1. Computer literacyANSWER The ability to use computers for basic tasks, such as devel-
oping documents, sending emails and searching the internet for information. %^&*(
2. Nursing informaticsANSWER uses information and technology to communicate, manage
knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
3. Translational BioinformaticsANSWER Deals with the storage, analysis, and interpreta-
tion of large volumes of data.
4. Clinical research informaticsANSWER Discovery and management of new knowledge
pertinent to health and disease from clinical trials and secondary data use.
5. Clinical InformaticsANSWER delivery of timely, safe, efficient, effective, evidence-
based and patient-centered care
6. Consumer health informatics (CHI)ANSWER focus is on the consumer, or patient, view
and the structure and processes that enables consumers to manage their own health.
Applications for consumer health informaticsANSWER
-Personal health record
-telehealth
-mobile health
-games for health
-health 2.0
7. Public health informaticsANSWER surveillance, prevention, health promotion and pre-
paredness
8. DataANSWER numbers, characters, or facts gathered for analysis and possible action
9. InformationANSWER the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data
10. KnowledgeANSWER synthesis of information from several sources to produce a
single concept
11. NANDAANSWER North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, purpose is to
define, refine, and promote a taxonomy of nursing diagnostic terminology of general use to
professional nurses.
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, 12. Quantative MethodsANSWER focus on numbers and frequencies, with the goal
of finding relationships or variables specific to an outcome.
13. Qualitative MethodsANSWER attempt to collect information about the social world
that cannot be readily converted to numeric form
14. EBPANSWER Evidence-based practiceANSWER nursing care provided that is
supported by sound scientific rationale
15. Big DataANSWER very large data sets that are beyond human capability to analyze
or manage without the aid of information technology.
16. Information literacyANSWER the ability to recognize when information is needed as
well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively.
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1. Computer literacyANSWER The ability to use computers for basic tasks, such as devel-
oping documents, sending emails and searching the internet for information. %^&*(
2. Nursing informaticsANSWER uses information and technology to communicate, manage
knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
3. Translational BioinformaticsANSWER Deals with the storage, analysis, and interpreta-
tion of large volumes of data.
4. Clinical research informaticsANSWER Discovery and management of new knowledge
pertinent to health and disease from clinical trials and secondary data use.
5. Clinical InformaticsANSWER delivery of timely, safe, efficient, effective, evidence-
based and patient-centered care
6. Consumer health informatics (CHI)ANSWER focus is on the consumer, or patient, view
and the structure and processes that enables consumers to manage their own health.
Applications for consumer health informaticsANSWER
-Personal health record
-telehealth
-mobile health
-games for health
-health 2.0
7. Public health informaticsANSWER surveillance, prevention, health promotion and pre-
paredness
8. DataANSWER numbers, characters, or facts gathered for analysis and possible action
9. InformationANSWER the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data
10. KnowledgeANSWER synthesis of information from several sources to produce a
single concept
11. NANDAANSWER North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, purpose is to
define, refine, and promote a taxonomy of nursing diagnostic terminology of general use to
professional nurses.
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, 12. Quantative MethodsANSWER focus on numbers and frequencies, with the goal
of finding relationships or variables specific to an outcome.
13. Qualitative MethodsANSWER attempt to collect information about the social world
that cannot be readily converted to numeric form
14. EBPANSWER Evidence-based practiceANSWER nursing care provided that is
supported by sound scientific rationale
15. Big DataANSWER very large data sets that are beyond human capability to analyze
or manage without the aid of information technology.
16. Information literacyANSWER the ability to recognize when information is needed as
well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively.
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