EXAM 330 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE/WGU D220
NURSING INFORMATICS FINAL EXAM AND
STUDY GUIDE
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a
nurse plan & manage a patient's post- operative care after open-
heart surgery -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Provider orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA),
in addition to the nursing flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse
plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels - ...CORRECT
REPLY>>>MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital
with COVID-19 Which list of information in
the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the
nurse plan the care for this patient - ...ANSWER...The
patient's results over the last 72 hours
laboratory
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients
according to the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI)
standards -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Psychotherapy notes
,5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a
manual white board for patient tracking. Recently,
surgeons
,have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has
increased & blame the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse
recommends expanding use of the existing surgical information system
(SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Radio frequency identification (RFID) in
patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an
analysis of a patient admission from the ER - ...CORRECT
REPLY>>>Which tool should these nurses use for a process
analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic
protected health information (ePHI) by unauthorized users -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Make sure all the users adhere to
security & confidential policy set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information
by authorized users - ...CORRECT REPLY>>>It creates a
reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health
information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Provider needs to show the use of the
Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse
-
...ANSWER...Plans, coordinates, & facilitates
education
, for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user
group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one- time kind of
report - ...CORRECT REPLY>>>Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to
document patient assessments -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another
hospital, however the hospital he is being
transferred to does
not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use
EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR) -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics
- ...CORRECT REPLY>>>"Computer science, decision science,
information science, management science, cognitive science, &
organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review.
Where does the nurse look to verify this information - ...CORRECT
REPLY>>>The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
(MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU) -
...CORRECT REPLY>>>Patient quality care