WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan &
manage a patient's post-operative care after open-heart surgery - ANSWER:
Provider order
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 - ANSWER: 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 laboratory results
over the last 72 hours.
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to
the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards -
ANSWER: Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual whiteboard 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 the use of the existing surgical
information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue? -
ANSWER: Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected
health information (ePHI) by unauthorized users - ANSWER: Make sure all the
users adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by the facility.
7. 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)?
- ANSWER: Continuity care record from AMR
8. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a
patient. Where should the nurse find this information? - ANSWER: The intake
& output chart
9. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - ANSWER: American $%^&*(*&
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,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
10. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - ANSWER:
Providing clinicians with knowledge & person-specific information.
11. Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program -
ANSWER: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
12. A Nursing Innovator & a med surg nurse want to capture how many patients
were seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they best see this - ANSWER:
Flowsheet
13. Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - ANSWER:
Root cause analysis
14. What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them
from sharing information when stolen? - ANSWER: Authentication &
encryption
15. Which area of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used to guide a nurse on
the task that needs to be completed during the shift - ANSWER: Workflow
16. How does the health information exchange (HIE) improve interoperability within a
healthcare organization - ANSWER: It allows patient information to be
accessible despite where the patient is receiving care.
17. In a healthcare setting, there is resistance to using a new Electronic Health
Record (EHR). The staff insists the prior system was much faster than navigating
this new Electronic Health Record (EHR). Which method should be used to
motivate staff to adopt this Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ANSWER:
Involve staff in the implementation process.
18. Which statement defines electronic protected health information (ePHI) -
ANSWER: It is the information used to specifically identify an individual.
19. An informatics nurse is developing a web-based application for patient care.
Which statement accurately describes the internet? - ANSWER: An
unregulated network of networks
20. What represents privacy & security risks for telehealth technology? - $%^&*(*&
ANSWER: Patients have the option to use the speakerphone in the telehealth %$#$%^&*
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,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
21. A restraint committee has been assembled to oversee the need & proper usage
of restraints. Which data element would this committee find least useful in this
report? - ANSWER: Patient allergy history
22. What is a structured method used to analyze serious adverse events? -
ANSWER: A root cause analysis (RCA)
23. Which form allows stored information in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to be
instantly searched, retrieved, combined, & reported in different ways? -
ANSWER: Text data
24. Why was Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) adopted by healthcare
facilities - ANSWER: To prevent medication administration errors
25. MRSA - ANSWER: contact precautions
26. Which info in Electronic Medical Records will help nurses manage post-op care
for appendectomy - ANSWER: Doctor's orders
27. The act that recognizes patients need more power in their healthcare, & access
to information is key to making that happen or What act puts patients in charge of
their healthcare records? - ANSWER: 21st Century Cures Act
28. Tapping badge - ANSWER: Improves documentation time.
29. Action that demonstrates data mining to improve patient outcomes - ANSWER:
HbA1c
30. What to do when Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System is ignored -
ANSWER: Educate staff on the importance.
31. Spouse requests patient's medical records - ANSWER: Refer the family
member to medical records.
32. Comparing infection rates across the states - ANSWER: bar graph
33. Promoting the adoption & implementation of telehealth programs - ANSWER: $%^&*(*&
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, WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
34. Mom calls asking for the child's info that was seen at the clinic - ANSWER:
Clinic is unable to provide the medical records.
35. Metrics related to stroke care & compare them across the country in a
presentation - ANSWER: Benchmarking
36. Confirming data accuracy or Analyzing a single piece of data in multiple ways -
ANSWER: Triangulation
37. What is included in meaningful use - ANSWER: Use of electronic prescribing
38. What is the goal of the Health Information Exchange - ANSWER: To allow
insurance companies & providers to be able to share data
39. Groups at risk for decreased health literacy? - ANSWER: elderly
40. The main way to keep HIPPA compliance? - ANSWER: passwords
41. The element that is PHI - ANSWER: DOB
42. The best method of Electronic Medical Record charting for nursing?
or
Data Entry fields - ANSWER: Cascading
43. Physical taking care of a patient whose established care is somewhere else
talking about Health Information Exchange - ANSWER: Query-based
44. When can you get notes from the provider quickly? - ANSWER: Health
Information Exchange, Query-based transfer.
45. How to start an admission process when extremely busy? - ANSWER:
Checklist
46. What would be the causes to put someone in isolation? - ANSWER: MRSA,
Influenza, TB, Covid
47. Nurse wants to optimize EH software with the goal of decreasing documentation
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NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan &
manage a patient's post-operative care after open-heart surgery - ANSWER:
Provider order
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 - ANSWER: 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 laboratory results
over the last 72 hours.
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to
the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards -
ANSWER: Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual whiteboard 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 the use of the existing surgical
information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this workflow issue? -
ANSWER: Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected
health information (ePHI) by unauthorized users - ANSWER: Make sure all the
users adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by the facility.
7. 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)?
- ANSWER: Continuity care record from AMR
8. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a
patient. Where should the nurse find this information? - ANSWER: The intake
& output chart
9. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - ANSWER: American $%^&*(*&
Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009 %$#$%^&*
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,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
10. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - ANSWER:
Providing clinicians with knowledge & person-specific information.
11. Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program -
ANSWER: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
12. A Nursing Innovator & a med surg nurse want to capture how many patients
were seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they best see this - ANSWER:
Flowsheet
13. Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - ANSWER:
Root cause analysis
14. What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them
from sharing information when stolen? - ANSWER: Authentication &
encryption
15. Which area of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used to guide a nurse on
the task that needs to be completed during the shift - ANSWER: Workflow
16. How does the health information exchange (HIE) improve interoperability within a
healthcare organization - ANSWER: It allows patient information to be
accessible despite where the patient is receiving care.
17. In a healthcare setting, there is resistance to using a new Electronic Health
Record (EHR). The staff insists the prior system was much faster than navigating
this new Electronic Health Record (EHR). Which method should be used to
motivate staff to adopt this Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ANSWER:
Involve staff in the implementation process.
18. Which statement defines electronic protected health information (ePHI) -
ANSWER: It is the information used to specifically identify an individual.
19. An informatics nurse is developing a web-based application for patient care.
Which statement accurately describes the internet? - ANSWER: An
unregulated network of networks
20. What represents privacy & security risks for telehealth technology? - $%^&*(*&
ANSWER: Patients have the option to use the speakerphone in the telehealth %$#$%^&*
apps. (*&^%$#$
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,WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
21. A restraint committee has been assembled to oversee the need & proper usage
of restraints. Which data element would this committee find least useful in this
report? - ANSWER: Patient allergy history
22. What is a structured method used to analyze serious adverse events? -
ANSWER: A root cause analysis (RCA)
23. Which form allows stored information in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to be
instantly searched, retrieved, combined, & reported in different ways? -
ANSWER: Text data
24. Why was Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) adopted by healthcare
facilities - ANSWER: To prevent medication administration errors
25. MRSA - ANSWER: contact precautions
26. Which info in Electronic Medical Records will help nurses manage post-op care
for appendectomy - ANSWER: Doctor's orders
27. The act that recognizes patients need more power in their healthcare, & access
to information is key to making that happen or What act puts patients in charge of
their healthcare records? - ANSWER: 21st Century Cures Act
28. Tapping badge - ANSWER: Improves documentation time.
29. Action that demonstrates data mining to improve patient outcomes - ANSWER:
HbA1c
30. What to do when Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System is ignored -
ANSWER: Educate staff on the importance.
31. Spouse requests patient's medical records - ANSWER: Refer the family
member to medical records.
32. Comparing infection rates across the states - ANSWER: bar graph
33. Promoting the adoption & implementation of telehealth programs - ANSWER: $%^&*(*&
Advocacy
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, WGU D220- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
NURSING PRACTICE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+
34. Mom calls asking for the child's info that was seen at the clinic - ANSWER:
Clinic is unable to provide the medical records.
35. Metrics related to stroke care & compare them across the country in a
presentation - ANSWER: Benchmarking
36. Confirming data accuracy or Analyzing a single piece of data in multiple ways -
ANSWER: Triangulation
37. What is included in meaningful use - ANSWER: Use of electronic prescribing
38. What is the goal of the Health Information Exchange - ANSWER: To allow
insurance companies & providers to be able to share data
39. Groups at risk for decreased health literacy? - ANSWER: elderly
40. The main way to keep HIPPA compliance? - ANSWER: passwords
41. The element that is PHI - ANSWER: DOB
42. The best method of Electronic Medical Record charting for nursing?
or
Data Entry fields - ANSWER: Cascading
43. Physical taking care of a patient whose established care is somewhere else
talking about Health Information Exchange - ANSWER: Query-based
44. When can you get notes from the provider quickly? - ANSWER: Health
Information Exchange, Query-based transfer.
45. How to start an admission process when extremely busy? - ANSWER:
Checklist
46. What would be the causes to put someone in isolation? - ANSWER: MRSA,
Influenza, TB, Covid
47. Nurse wants to optimize EH software with the goal of decreasing documentation
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time - ANSWER: Surveys
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48. Data visualization of oncology patient length of stays - ANSWER: Line graph (*&^%$#$
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