D029 NURS 5206
Nursing Informatics
Final Assessment Review
(With Solutions)
2025
1. The functional components of informatics are:
a. Data, information, & knowledge
b. Management, processing, & transformation
c. Management, processing, & information
d. Processing, transformation & knowledge
e. None of the above
2. The role of the Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS) encompasses multiple activities
ranging from the development of Informatics theory to the ongoing maintenance &
provision of enhancements to information systems. Which of the following
statements describes the education, experience, & user groups that concern an
INS?
a. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of critical care nurses
b. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of maternal-child nurses
c. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of community health nurses
d. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of all
e. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of psychiatric nurses
3. Security can be defined as:
a. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
b. Physical protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, & destruction
c. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose for which it
was gathered
d. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
e. The belief that the existence, purpose, & type of records in system shall be
public knowledge
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,4. Beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves, & uses information within an organization are
known as the organizations:
a. Mission for information use
b. Philosophy of information use
c. Vision of information use
d. Framework for information technology development and
implementation e. Legal-ethical responsibilities for information use and
storage
5. Privacy can be defined as:
a. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose for which it
was gathered
b. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
c. Protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, & destruction
d. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
e. All of the above
6. Confidentiality can be defined as:
a. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
b. Physical protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, &
destruction c. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose
for which it was
gathered
d. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
e. The belief that the existence, purpose, & type of records in system shall be
public knowledge
7. As a nurse practitioner, you are questioned by a patient about the usefulness of a particular
web site for health information. You do not know the web site and have no computer available
to access the site in your office. Which of the following replies would be the most appropriate
to make to your patient?
a. “If the site showed up on your search engine- it must be good. Go ahead and use it!”
b. “I don’t really know the site, but here are some things to look for. You can also go to
the Health on the Net Foundation and check it out”
c. “Have any of your friends used it? What did they think?”
d. “No Internet sites have any useful information. Let me give you some written
information instead.”
e. “What does your doctor think about the site?”
8. Why are nurses’ natural advocates of consumer health applications?
a. With the nursing shortage, it lightens the workload
b. Nurses are more computer literate than physicians
c. Nurses have always taken a leadership role in patient education
d. Only nurses are exposed to consumer informatics in school
e. It’s easier to get patients to teach themselves than it is to spend the time and teach them
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, 9. A consumer health care application can be described as:
a. An intervention providing health care information through technology
b. An outcome resulting in patient education
c. A care plan detailing the steps in teaching the patient
d. A patient’s application to be accepted into an insurance plan
e. All of the above
10. The four areas in which Informatics Nurse Specialists practice are:
a. Critical care units, neonatal intensive care units, medical-surgical
units, pediatric units
b. Administration, education, research, clinical practice
c. Nursing science, information science, research, computer science
d. Hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, mobile radiology units
e. Long term care facilities, nursing homes, nursing
administration offices, pediatric intensive care
units
11. Which of the following are impediments to the successful implementation of a
computerized medical record?
a. Oversimplification of user needs
b. Oversimplification of the requirements for a new system
c. Little understanding of the manual system that the computerized system will be replacing
d. Clinicians are not aware of what computerized medical records can and cannot
do e. All of the above
12. Which of the following statements represent conditions recommended by the Institute
of Medicine for the future electronic health record?
a. Users must be confident that the information they have entered will integrate
data from all sources reliably
b. Clinicians must actively use the record in the clinical process
c. Clinicians must understand that the record is a resource for use beyond patient care
d. Users must be proficient in the use of information systems in health
service organizations
e. All of the above
13. Inputs in geographic information systems are frequently derived from:
a. Hard copy maps
b. Aerial photographs
c. Reports & survey documents
d. Human input of information
e. All of the above
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Nursing Informatics
Final Assessment Review
(With Solutions)
2025
1. The functional components of informatics are:
a. Data, information, & knowledge
b. Management, processing, & transformation
c. Management, processing, & information
d. Processing, transformation & knowledge
e. None of the above
2. The role of the Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS) encompasses multiple activities
ranging from the development of Informatics theory to the ongoing maintenance &
provision of enhancements to information systems. Which of the following
statements describes the education, experience, & user groups that concern an
INS?
a. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of critical care nurses
b. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of maternal-child nurses
c. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of community health nurses
d. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of all
e. Formal education & practical experience in using computers; supports
the automation needs of psychiatric nurses
3. Security can be defined as:
a. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
b. Physical protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, & destruction
c. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose for which it
was gathered
d. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
e. The belief that the existence, purpose, & type of records in system shall be
public knowledge
1
,4. Beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves, & uses information within an organization are
known as the organizations:
a. Mission for information use
b. Philosophy of information use
c. Vision of information use
d. Framework for information technology development and
implementation e. Legal-ethical responsibilities for information use and
storage
5. Privacy can be defined as:
a. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose for which it
was gathered
b. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
c. Protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, & destruction
d. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
e. All of the above
6. Confidentiality can be defined as:
a. Organizational beliefs about who generates, stores, retrieves & uses information
b. Physical protection of information from unauthorized access, modification, &
destruction c. An expectation that information collected will be used for the purpose
for which it was
gathered
d. The right of individuals to determine at what time, in what way, & to what
extent information about them is communicated to others
e. The belief that the existence, purpose, & type of records in system shall be
public knowledge
7. As a nurse practitioner, you are questioned by a patient about the usefulness of a particular
web site for health information. You do not know the web site and have no computer available
to access the site in your office. Which of the following replies would be the most appropriate
to make to your patient?
a. “If the site showed up on your search engine- it must be good. Go ahead and use it!”
b. “I don’t really know the site, but here are some things to look for. You can also go to
the Health on the Net Foundation and check it out”
c. “Have any of your friends used it? What did they think?”
d. “No Internet sites have any useful information. Let me give you some written
information instead.”
e. “What does your doctor think about the site?”
8. Why are nurses’ natural advocates of consumer health applications?
a. With the nursing shortage, it lightens the workload
b. Nurses are more computer literate than physicians
c. Nurses have always taken a leadership role in patient education
d. Only nurses are exposed to consumer informatics in school
e. It’s easier to get patients to teach themselves than it is to spend the time and teach them
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, 9. A consumer health care application can be described as:
a. An intervention providing health care information through technology
b. An outcome resulting in patient education
c. A care plan detailing the steps in teaching the patient
d. A patient’s application to be accepted into an insurance plan
e. All of the above
10. The four areas in which Informatics Nurse Specialists practice are:
a. Critical care units, neonatal intensive care units, medical-surgical
units, pediatric units
b. Administration, education, research, clinical practice
c. Nursing science, information science, research, computer science
d. Hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, mobile radiology units
e. Long term care facilities, nursing homes, nursing
administration offices, pediatric intensive care
units
11. Which of the following are impediments to the successful implementation of a
computerized medical record?
a. Oversimplification of user needs
b. Oversimplification of the requirements for a new system
c. Little understanding of the manual system that the computerized system will be replacing
d. Clinicians are not aware of what computerized medical records can and cannot
do e. All of the above
12. Which of the following statements represent conditions recommended by the Institute
of Medicine for the future electronic health record?
a. Users must be confident that the information they have entered will integrate
data from all sources reliably
b. Clinicians must actively use the record in the clinical process
c. Clinicians must understand that the record is a resource for use beyond patient care
d. Users must be proficient in the use of information systems in health
service organizations
e. All of the above
13. Inputs in geographic information systems are frequently derived from:
a. Hard copy maps
b. Aerial photographs
c. Reports & survey documents
d. Human input of information
e. All of the above
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