NR 599 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE INFORMATICS
FULL EXAM READINESS GUIDE 2026
◉ A nurse is reading an online journal article about the development
of
standardized healthcare terminologies. Which statement best
reflects these terminologies? Answer: Client mortality and morbidity
were used as the basis for early terminologies.
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management
team that is working with a new clinical information system.
Currently, the team is working to customize the system to meet the
needs of the organization. The team is in which stage of the systems
life cycle? Answer: executing
◉ A nurse is using a mobile device and stores his calendar, contacts,
and notes. The nurse understands that this information is stored at
which location? Answer: ROM
◉ A nurse is part of a committee that is working to develop and
implement an electronic documentation system. Which step would
the committee do first during the initiating phase? Answer: Identify
the project goal
,◉ A nurse wants to share the address of the clinical facility with
another nurse colleague in the group via beaming. The nurses must:
Answer: have IR, Bluetooth, or NFC on both devices.
◉ A nurse is working on a committee that is involved with electronic
documentation. The committee is currently working on stage 1. On
which action would the committee be focusing? Answer: Data
capturing and sharing
◉ A nurse is reviewing information about standardized terminology.
The nurse demonstrates the need for additional reading when
identifying which as an interface terminology? Answer: USA-NMDS
◉ A committee is evaluating several vendors for a health
information system, and the members notice that one of the vendors
describes some new and amazing features that are in development,
along with an upcoming release of a new product that is designed to
increase the user friendliness of the system. Unfortunately, the
vendor fails to deliver on these features. The committee interprets
this as: Answer: vaporware.
◉ When using the International Classification of Nursing Practice,
which axis would the nurse expect to find? Answer: Focus
,◉ A nurse superuser is part of a group testing a new clinical
information system. The group is faced with several situations that
involve something going wrong with the system. The nurse
superuser identifies this as which testing? Answer: Test scripts
◉ A nurse is documenting electronically and selects a problem from
a drop-down menu to enter into the record. The nurse is using
which feature? Answer: Linear list
◉ A new clinical information system is being implemented. Project
planners have decided to continue the old system for a time while
specific units will be targeted for a specific date to switch over to the
new system. Which approach is being used? Answer: Parallel
conversion
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management
team that was responsible for implementing an agency-wide clinical
information system. The system was implemented in January of this
year. The team plans to conduct a planned evaluation of the system
at which time after implementation? Answer: July
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is preparing a class on electronic
documentation for a group of staff nurses. As part of the class, the
nurse specialist is planning to describe nursing documentation of
the past. Which characteristic would the nurse specialist most likely
include? Answer: It used simplistic language
, ◉ Which statement best reflects the status of the adoption of
electronic records in the United States? Answer: Over three quarters
of the hospitals have at least a basic EHR
system.
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is describing the benefits of
electronic records to a group of facility administrators. The nurse
specialist would address which aspect as resulting from searchable
and analyzable information? Answer: Creation of knowledge for
informed practice
◉ A nurse is using a PDA when caring for clients. The PDA contains
clinical data. Which feature would be most important for use of this
PDA? Answer: Password encryption
◉ When describing meaningful use, which statement would
be most appropriate to include? Answer: Use of information from
EHRs to improve healthcare delivery
◉ During a presentation on standardized nursing terminologies, a
nurse asks the nursing informatics specialist, "If standardized
terminology is so great, why is it so difficult to get the terminologies
to work together? Which response by the nurse specialist would be
FULL EXAM READINESS GUIDE 2026
◉ A nurse is reading an online journal article about the development
of
standardized healthcare terminologies. Which statement best
reflects these terminologies? Answer: Client mortality and morbidity
were used as the basis for early terminologies.
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management
team that is working with a new clinical information system.
Currently, the team is working to customize the system to meet the
needs of the organization. The team is in which stage of the systems
life cycle? Answer: executing
◉ A nurse is using a mobile device and stores his calendar, contacts,
and notes. The nurse understands that this information is stored at
which location? Answer: ROM
◉ A nurse is part of a committee that is working to develop and
implement an electronic documentation system. Which step would
the committee do first during the initiating phase? Answer: Identify
the project goal
,◉ A nurse wants to share the address of the clinical facility with
another nurse colleague in the group via beaming. The nurses must:
Answer: have IR, Bluetooth, or NFC on both devices.
◉ A nurse is working on a committee that is involved with electronic
documentation. The committee is currently working on stage 1. On
which action would the committee be focusing? Answer: Data
capturing and sharing
◉ A nurse is reviewing information about standardized terminology.
The nurse demonstrates the need for additional reading when
identifying which as an interface terminology? Answer: USA-NMDS
◉ A committee is evaluating several vendors for a health
information system, and the members notice that one of the vendors
describes some new and amazing features that are in development,
along with an upcoming release of a new product that is designed to
increase the user friendliness of the system. Unfortunately, the
vendor fails to deliver on these features. The committee interprets
this as: Answer: vaporware.
◉ When using the International Classification of Nursing Practice,
which axis would the nurse expect to find? Answer: Focus
,◉ A nurse superuser is part of a group testing a new clinical
information system. The group is faced with several situations that
involve something going wrong with the system. The nurse
superuser identifies this as which testing? Answer: Test scripts
◉ A nurse is documenting electronically and selects a problem from
a drop-down menu to enter into the record. The nurse is using
which feature? Answer: Linear list
◉ A new clinical information system is being implemented. Project
planners have decided to continue the old system for a time while
specific units will be targeted for a specific date to switch over to the
new system. Which approach is being used? Answer: Parallel
conversion
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management
team that was responsible for implementing an agency-wide clinical
information system. The system was implemented in January of this
year. The team plans to conduct a planned evaluation of the system
at which time after implementation? Answer: July
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is preparing a class on electronic
documentation for a group of staff nurses. As part of the class, the
nurse specialist is planning to describe nursing documentation of
the past. Which characteristic would the nurse specialist most likely
include? Answer: It used simplistic language
, ◉ Which statement best reflects the status of the adoption of
electronic records in the United States? Answer: Over three quarters
of the hospitals have at least a basic EHR
system.
◉ A nursing informatics specialist is describing the benefits of
electronic records to a group of facility administrators. The nurse
specialist would address which aspect as resulting from searchable
and analyzable information? Answer: Creation of knowledge for
informed practice
◉ A nurse is using a PDA when caring for clients. The PDA contains
clinical data. Which feature would be most important for use of this
PDA? Answer: Password encryption
◉ When describing meaningful use, which statement would
be most appropriate to include? Answer: Use of information from
EHRs to improve healthcare delivery
◉ During a presentation on standardized nursing terminologies, a
nurse asks the nursing informatics specialist, "If standardized
terminology is so great, why is it so difficult to get the terminologies
to work together? Which response by the nurse specialist would be
