NURS 208 Midterm – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Nursing Exam
Review
What is clinical informatics? - ANS ✔✔encompasses all medical and health specialties
Improves patient care by using technologies from disciplines such as computer science and
information science
What is nursing informatics? - ANS ✔✔Science and practice that integrates nursing, its
information and knowledge, with management of information and communication technologies
to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide
What is the order of clinical information? - ANS ✔✔Data->information->knowledge-->wisdom
What is evidence-based practices used for? - ANS ✔✔To make deliberate clinical decisions
based on theory and relevant research to guide patient care
What are some basic computer functions? - ANS ✔✔Collect data, process data, store data,
retrieve data
What are the 2 components within a computer? - ANS ✔✔Hardware: physical components
(casing, motherboard, screen)
Software: internal programs (operating, IOS, apps.)
What are the advantages/ disadvantages of cloud computing? - ANS ✔✔Advantages: Backup,
edit in real-time, access from anywhere
Disadvantages: no control, internet access, slow connection
, What is a systemic review and meta-analysis? - ANS ✔✔Compilation and analysis of available
studies on a specific topic
What is CINAHL? - ANS ✔✔Cumulative index to nursing and allied health lit., full text of 1300
journals
What is medline/pubmed? - ANS ✔✔National library of medicine, access to over 5600
worldwide journals
What is Cochrane library? - ANS ✔✔Database of systematic reviews and meta-analysis
What is google search? - ANS ✔✔Broad lit. search, articles from everywhere on the internet,
Steps for searching questions for knowledge? - ANS ✔✔1. Recognize info. needed
2. Seach for appropriate evidence
3. Critically analyze the results
4. Applying/implementing the search findings
5. Evaluating the results and effectiveness of practice change
What is health literacy? - ANS ✔✔Degree to which patients obtain, process, and understand
basic health info. and services to make appropriate decisions
What is cultural competence? - ANS ✔✔Ability to recognize cultural beliefs, values, attitudes,
traditions, language preferences, and health practices of diverse and vulnerable populations
What is health numeracy? - ANS ✔✔Consumers ability to interpret and act on all numerical
info. to make decisions (graphs, probabilistic info.)
Review
What is clinical informatics? - ANS ✔✔encompasses all medical and health specialties
Improves patient care by using technologies from disciplines such as computer science and
information science
What is nursing informatics? - ANS ✔✔Science and practice that integrates nursing, its
information and knowledge, with management of information and communication technologies
to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide
What is the order of clinical information? - ANS ✔✔Data->information->knowledge-->wisdom
What is evidence-based practices used for? - ANS ✔✔To make deliberate clinical decisions
based on theory and relevant research to guide patient care
What are some basic computer functions? - ANS ✔✔Collect data, process data, store data,
retrieve data
What are the 2 components within a computer? - ANS ✔✔Hardware: physical components
(casing, motherboard, screen)
Software: internal programs (operating, IOS, apps.)
What are the advantages/ disadvantages of cloud computing? - ANS ✔✔Advantages: Backup,
edit in real-time, access from anywhere
Disadvantages: no control, internet access, slow connection
, What is a systemic review and meta-analysis? - ANS ✔✔Compilation and analysis of available
studies on a specific topic
What is CINAHL? - ANS ✔✔Cumulative index to nursing and allied health lit., full text of 1300
journals
What is medline/pubmed? - ANS ✔✔National library of medicine, access to over 5600
worldwide journals
What is Cochrane library? - ANS ✔✔Database of systematic reviews and meta-analysis
What is google search? - ANS ✔✔Broad lit. search, articles from everywhere on the internet,
Steps for searching questions for knowledge? - ANS ✔✔1. Recognize info. needed
2. Seach for appropriate evidence
3. Critically analyze the results
4. Applying/implementing the search findings
5. Evaluating the results and effectiveness of practice change
What is health literacy? - ANS ✔✔Degree to which patients obtain, process, and understand
basic health info. and services to make appropriate decisions
What is cultural competence? - ANS ✔✔Ability to recognize cultural beliefs, values, attitudes,
traditions, language preferences, and health practices of diverse and vulnerable populations
What is health numeracy? - ANS ✔✔Consumers ability to interpret and act on all numerical
info. to make decisions (graphs, probabilistic info.)
