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Technology in Nursing 2026
Exam Questions and Answers |
A+ Score Assured
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 orders
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 white board 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 use of the existing
surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this
workflow issue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Radio frequency identification (RFID) in
patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis
of a patient admission from the ER - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which tool should
these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
,7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic
protected health information (ePHI) by unauthorized users - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy set forth
by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by
authorized users - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It creates a reliable method to verify the
identities of users accessing health information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provider needs to show the use of the Electronic Health
Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Plans,
coordinates, & facilitates education for all computer applications & software
for nursing or clinical user group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document
patient assessments - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vitals signs capture
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, 13. 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
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔"Computer science, decision science, information science,
management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where
does the nurse look to verify this information - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) &
Meaningful Use (MU) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Trojan
18. What is Data governance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defines who can take what
action, upon what data, in what situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What
should be on his laptop to protect it from data breach - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Encryption
Technology in Nursing 2026
Exam Questions and Answers |
A+ Score Assured
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 orders
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 white board 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 use of the existing
surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this
workflow issue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Radio frequency identification (RFID) in
patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis
of a patient admission from the ER - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which tool should
these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
,7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic
protected health information (ePHI) by unauthorized users - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy set forth
by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by
authorized users - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It creates a reliable method to verify the
identities of users accessing health information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provider needs to show the use of the Electronic Health
Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Plans,
coordinates, & facilitates education for all computer applications & software
for nursing or clinical user group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document
patient assessments - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Vitals signs capture
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
3
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 13. 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
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔"Computer science, decision science, information science,
management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where
does the nurse look to verify this information - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) &
Meaningful Use (MU) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Trojan
18. What is Data governance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defines who can take what
action, upon what data, in what situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What
should be on his laptop to protect it from data breach - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Encryption
