C468 Nursing Informatics - WGU
Wisdom - ✔✔Using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems
Knowledge - ✔✔Synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single concept or idea
Information - ✔✔Data that has been interpreted
Data - ✔✔a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some
perceived need for analysis
Knowledge worker - ✔✔Individual with a high degree of expertise, education, or experience who
creates, distributes, and applies knowledge
Knowledge builder - ✔✔One who examines, interprets, and compares clinical data and trends with
an eye toward improving clinical practice based on the available evidence
Knowledge user - ✔✔Comparing individual patient data with existing nursing knowledge
Information user - ✔✔One who interprets clinical data and uses it to monitor patients and aid with
decision making
Information literacy - ✔✔Knowing when and how to find and evaluate the quality of information
Information science - ✔✔Incorporates features from 5 other sciences communication science,
computer science, social science, library science, cognitive science
Information System - ✔✔Hardware and software that make up an organizations IT infrastructure
Information processing - ✔✔The acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and
dissemination of information
, Informatics innovator - ✔✔RN who is a visionary in the field of nursing informatics. No formal
education required.
Informatics Nurse Specialist - ✔✔RN with formal training in informatics and is considered a specialist
in the field of nursing informatics
Informatics Nurse - ✔✔RN with experience and advanced knowledge but no formal education in the
area of informatics
Standardized terminology - ✔✔Common terms, nomenclature, classification, or taxonomy designed
to be shared among users.
Data warehouse - ✔✔a place where data is stored and made available for data-mining
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) - ✔✔Tool embedded within EHR that can be used to improve patient
safety and outcomes
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔Tool embedded in the EHR allowing physicians to
directly enter patient orders
Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ✔✔Computerized hospitalization record replacing the former
medical chart, can be multiple records in same healthcare system.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - ✔✔Computerized record of one provider's encounters with a
patient
PHR/CPR - ✔✔Computerized record of patients life-time medical history
Physical security - ✔✔The protection of physical items, objects, or areas from unauthorized access
and misuse
Logistical security - ✔✔The protection of non-tangible items such as software and data integrity from
unauthorized access and misuse
Wisdom - ✔✔Using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems
Knowledge - ✔✔Synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single concept or idea
Information - ✔✔Data that has been interpreted
Data - ✔✔a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some
perceived need for analysis
Knowledge worker - ✔✔Individual with a high degree of expertise, education, or experience who
creates, distributes, and applies knowledge
Knowledge builder - ✔✔One who examines, interprets, and compares clinical data and trends with
an eye toward improving clinical practice based on the available evidence
Knowledge user - ✔✔Comparing individual patient data with existing nursing knowledge
Information user - ✔✔One who interprets clinical data and uses it to monitor patients and aid with
decision making
Information literacy - ✔✔Knowing when and how to find and evaluate the quality of information
Information science - ✔✔Incorporates features from 5 other sciences communication science,
computer science, social science, library science, cognitive science
Information System - ✔✔Hardware and software that make up an organizations IT infrastructure
Information processing - ✔✔The acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and
dissemination of information
, Informatics innovator - ✔✔RN who is a visionary in the field of nursing informatics. No formal
education required.
Informatics Nurse Specialist - ✔✔RN with formal training in informatics and is considered a specialist
in the field of nursing informatics
Informatics Nurse - ✔✔RN with experience and advanced knowledge but no formal education in the
area of informatics
Standardized terminology - ✔✔Common terms, nomenclature, classification, or taxonomy designed
to be shared among users.
Data warehouse - ✔✔a place where data is stored and made available for data-mining
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) - ✔✔Tool embedded within EHR that can be used to improve patient
safety and outcomes
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - ✔✔Tool embedded in the EHR allowing physicians to
directly enter patient orders
Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ✔✔Computerized hospitalization record replacing the former
medical chart, can be multiple records in same healthcare system.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - ✔✔Computerized record of one provider's encounters with a
patient
PHR/CPR - ✔✔Computerized record of patients life-time medical history
Physical security - ✔✔The protection of physical items, objects, or areas from unauthorized access
and misuse
Logistical security - ✔✔The protection of non-tangible items such as software and data integrity from
unauthorized access and misuse
