Informatics Nursing
Comprehensive Review
for ANCC Certification
Success
Exam
(Questions and Answers)
2026
Expert Verified
(With A+ Grades
Guarantee)
2026
,Metastructure of NI The ability of the nurse to utilize data, information, and knowledge to make wise clinical
decisions.
Definition of Nursing Informatics A speciality that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical sciences
to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in
nursing practice.
Meaningful Use Using certified electronic health record technology to:
- improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce
health disparities
- engage patients and families
- improve care coordination, population and
public health
Total Quality Management (TQM) Used to depect Quality Management measures. Examples include:
- cause and effect diagrams
- flowcharts
- histograms
- Pareto charts
- Run charts
- Control charts
- scatter diagrams
Quality and Safey Education for Nurses (QSEN) Goal is to tackle the task of preparing nurses to enhance "the quality and safety of the
healthcare systems in which they work" Used in Nursing Education and focuses on six
competencies:
• Patient-centered care
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Evidence-based practice
• Quality improvement
• Safety
• Informatics
Failure mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) A systematic, proactive approach for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might
fail and to assess the relative impact of different failures.
Ishikawa Diagram (Fishbone) Used for brainstorming and to help identify root causes for performance improvement by
visualizing causes and effects. The effect is the "head" and the causes are the
"bones"
Root Cause Analysis Structured method to analyze serious adverse events.
Identifies underlying problems that increase the likelyhood of errors (retrospective
approach)
FOCUS Model and PDCA An preformance improvement model
F- find a process to improve
0- organize an effort
C- clarify current knowledge
U- understand process variation/capability
S- select a strategy for continious improvement
PDCA: repetitive process during FOCUS stages
Plan - Do - Check - Act
Turley's Model of Nursing Informatics Nursing Informatics is is the center of computer, cognitive, and informations sciences under
the umbrella of Nursing Science
Lewin's Theory of Change Used infacilitating change, the concepts of this theory include: Unfreezing - Movement -
Refreezing
Driving and restraining forces
Deals with disconfirmation
Cogintive redefinition
Creation of psychological safety or overcoming learning anxiety
2026
, Lean Six Sigma Focus on removing wasteful practices and making processes smoother and more efficient
Six Sigma Used for process improvement. Project increase quality and yield while reducing defects and
variations.
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
Leapfrog Group Triggers giant leaps in the safety, quality, and affordability of healthcare by:
- supporting informed healthcare decisiona
- promoting high-value healthcare through
incentives and rewards
Good Leapfrog scores - more patients
Regulatory and Accreditation Requirements -Joint Commission
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS)
-Meaningful Use
-HITECH (health information technology for
economic and clinical health)
-Affordable Care Act
-ADA regulations (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Models Supporting Practice Data: 1st step of database design; conceptual
design
Workflow: Swimlane models, Lean Six Sigma, value
stream mapping
Predictive: (Analytics) used to predict future
outcomes
Ludwig Von Bertalanffy Systems theory The Nursing Informatics specialist must understand the fundamentals of systems and how
systems affect the decision-making process; closed versus open systems
Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication Theory Sender - Message - Receiver
Obstacles to effective communication:
- Interference (noise)
- Facilitation
- Block (body language, assumptions)
Communication is a continuous loop
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Depicted as a pyramid, needs listed from the base of the pyramid to the top. Based on
importance to survival.
Physiological needs
Safety
Social
Self-Esteem
Self-actualization
Cognitive Theory -Learning process may be unique to the student
-Learning involves mental associations that cannot
be observed
-Knowledge is organized
-Learning relates information to experience
Benner's Stage's of Clinical Competence Novice: little experience, rule-governed
Novice to Expert Nurse Advanced Beginner: some experience with new
situations
Competent: ability to master new situations, needs
extra planning time, lacks flexibility
Proficient: thinks holistically, relies on experience,
adaptable
Expert: wealth of experience, acts intuitively
Computer Science Foundation of NI; the study of the principles and the use of computers.
2026
Comprehensive Review
for ANCC Certification
Success
Exam
(Questions and Answers)
2026
Expert Verified
(With A+ Grades
Guarantee)
2026
,Metastructure of NI The ability of the nurse to utilize data, information, and knowledge to make wise clinical
decisions.
Definition of Nursing Informatics A speciality that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical sciences
to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in
nursing practice.
Meaningful Use Using certified electronic health record technology to:
- improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce
health disparities
- engage patients and families
- improve care coordination, population and
public health
Total Quality Management (TQM) Used to depect Quality Management measures. Examples include:
- cause and effect diagrams
- flowcharts
- histograms
- Pareto charts
- Run charts
- Control charts
- scatter diagrams
Quality and Safey Education for Nurses (QSEN) Goal is to tackle the task of preparing nurses to enhance "the quality and safety of the
healthcare systems in which they work" Used in Nursing Education and focuses on six
competencies:
• Patient-centered care
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Evidence-based practice
• Quality improvement
• Safety
• Informatics
Failure mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) A systematic, proactive approach for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might
fail and to assess the relative impact of different failures.
Ishikawa Diagram (Fishbone) Used for brainstorming and to help identify root causes for performance improvement by
visualizing causes and effects. The effect is the "head" and the causes are the
"bones"
Root Cause Analysis Structured method to analyze serious adverse events.
Identifies underlying problems that increase the likelyhood of errors (retrospective
approach)
FOCUS Model and PDCA An preformance improvement model
F- find a process to improve
0- organize an effort
C- clarify current knowledge
U- understand process variation/capability
S- select a strategy for continious improvement
PDCA: repetitive process during FOCUS stages
Plan - Do - Check - Act
Turley's Model of Nursing Informatics Nursing Informatics is is the center of computer, cognitive, and informations sciences under
the umbrella of Nursing Science
Lewin's Theory of Change Used infacilitating change, the concepts of this theory include: Unfreezing - Movement -
Refreezing
Driving and restraining forces
Deals with disconfirmation
Cogintive redefinition
Creation of psychological safety or overcoming learning anxiety
2026
, Lean Six Sigma Focus on removing wasteful practices and making processes smoother and more efficient
Six Sigma Used for process improvement. Project increase quality and yield while reducing defects and
variations.
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
Leapfrog Group Triggers giant leaps in the safety, quality, and affordability of healthcare by:
- supporting informed healthcare decisiona
- promoting high-value healthcare through
incentives and rewards
Good Leapfrog scores - more patients
Regulatory and Accreditation Requirements -Joint Commission
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS)
-Meaningful Use
-HITECH (health information technology for
economic and clinical health)
-Affordable Care Act
-ADA regulations (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Models Supporting Practice Data: 1st step of database design; conceptual
design
Workflow: Swimlane models, Lean Six Sigma, value
stream mapping
Predictive: (Analytics) used to predict future
outcomes
Ludwig Von Bertalanffy Systems theory The Nursing Informatics specialist must understand the fundamentals of systems and how
systems affect the decision-making process; closed versus open systems
Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication Theory Sender - Message - Receiver
Obstacles to effective communication:
- Interference (noise)
- Facilitation
- Block (body language, assumptions)
Communication is a continuous loop
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Depicted as a pyramid, needs listed from the base of the pyramid to the top. Based on
importance to survival.
Physiological needs
Safety
Social
Self-Esteem
Self-actualization
Cognitive Theory -Learning process may be unique to the student
-Learning involves mental associations that cannot
be observed
-Knowledge is organized
-Learning relates information to experience
Benner's Stage's of Clinical Competence Novice: little experience, rule-governed
Novice to Expert Nurse Advanced Beginner: some experience with new
situations
Competent: ability to master new situations, needs
extra planning time, lacks flexibility
Proficient: thinks holistically, relies on experience,
adaptable
Expert: wealth of experience, acts intuitively
Computer Science Foundation of NI; the study of the principles and the use of computers.
2026
