WGU C468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Standardized healthcare terminology is important to nursing for
which of the following reasons?
Answer: Standardized terminology provides the ability to share accurate,
up-to-date information among different providers and settings while
ensuring uniform meaning and supporting the development of nursing
knowledge.
●● Which of the following statements about virtual reality are true?
Answer: It is a widely used form of multimedia that fully envelops
learners in an environment providing the next best option to performing
the skill on a real person but without any risks to the learner or the
client.
●● How does computer literacy differ from information literacy?
Answer: COMPUTER LITERACY REFERS TO A FAMILIARITY
WITH THE USE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
,WHILE INFORMATION LITERACY IS THE ABILITY TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN INFORMATION IS NEEDED AS WELL AS
THE SKILLS TO FIND,EVALUATE , AND USE NEEDED
INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
●● The delivery of content and stimulation of learning primarily through
the use of telecommunication technologies and often used for corporate
training is...
Answer: E-learning
●● ... uses nursing knowledge, along with information and
communication technology to promote the health of individuals, families
and entire populations.
Answer: Nursing informatics
●● The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Answer: provided funds for health information technology (HIT)
●● What is the role of nursing in the adoption and use of standard
terminologies?
Answer: Nursing needs to adopt standard terminologies as a means to
collect data that has a uniform meaning across settings as a way to
increase the body of nursing knowledge.
,●● The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act were
important to U.S. HIT policy for which of the following reasons?
Answer: The Department of Health and Human Services was authorized
to establish programs to improve healthcare quality, safety, and
efficiency through HIT inclusive of the call for health information
exchange (HIE).
●● A computer program that tells two different systems how to
exchange data is called...
Answer: interface
●● Which of the following statements best describes meaningful use?
Answer: This is the initiative geared to spur the adoption and use of
electronic health records for the purpose of gathering and reporting data
that can then be used to improve population health.
●● In addition to ease of use and potential for unintended error, usability
also considers which of the following?
Answer: efficiency, user satisfaction, and training issues
●● Predictors of Personal Health Records (PHRs) use include which of
the following?
Answer: Awareness of PHRs, ease of access, personal motivation, higher
levels of education and health literacy
, ●● A standard for exchange of clinical data between information
systems by means of an extensive set of rules that apply to all data sent
is the...
Answer: Health Level 7 (HL7)
●● The __________ is a nurse who has received educational preparation
to conduct informatics research and generate informatics theory and who
has a broad vision of what can be attained using information technology.
Answer: Informatics Nurse
●● Which of the following statements best reflects acceptance of the
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) as a standard for
nursing terminology?
Answer: Present nursing classification systems map it to a very high
degree.
●● ...is the continual process of measuring services and practices against
the toughest competitors in the healthcare industry.
Answer: Benchmarking
●● Which of the following best typifies the role of the Informatics Nurse
Specialist (INS) in relationship to legislation?
Answer: The INS needs to be aware of the implications of legislation for
HIT design and use and to appropriately educate users.
AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Standardized healthcare terminology is important to nursing for
which of the following reasons?
Answer: Standardized terminology provides the ability to share accurate,
up-to-date information among different providers and settings while
ensuring uniform meaning and supporting the development of nursing
knowledge.
●● Which of the following statements about virtual reality are true?
Answer: It is a widely used form of multimedia that fully envelops
learners in an environment providing the next best option to performing
the skill on a real person but without any risks to the learner or the
client.
●● How does computer literacy differ from information literacy?
Answer: COMPUTER LITERACY REFERS TO A FAMILIARITY
WITH THE USE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
,WHILE INFORMATION LITERACY IS THE ABILITY TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN INFORMATION IS NEEDED AS WELL AS
THE SKILLS TO FIND,EVALUATE , AND USE NEEDED
INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
●● The delivery of content and stimulation of learning primarily through
the use of telecommunication technologies and often used for corporate
training is...
Answer: E-learning
●● ... uses nursing knowledge, along with information and
communication technology to promote the health of individuals, families
and entire populations.
Answer: Nursing informatics
●● The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Answer: provided funds for health information technology (HIT)
●● What is the role of nursing in the adoption and use of standard
terminologies?
Answer: Nursing needs to adopt standard terminologies as a means to
collect data that has a uniform meaning across settings as a way to
increase the body of nursing knowledge.
,●● The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act were
important to U.S. HIT policy for which of the following reasons?
Answer: The Department of Health and Human Services was authorized
to establish programs to improve healthcare quality, safety, and
efficiency through HIT inclusive of the call for health information
exchange (HIE).
●● A computer program that tells two different systems how to
exchange data is called...
Answer: interface
●● Which of the following statements best describes meaningful use?
Answer: This is the initiative geared to spur the adoption and use of
electronic health records for the purpose of gathering and reporting data
that can then be used to improve population health.
●● In addition to ease of use and potential for unintended error, usability
also considers which of the following?
Answer: efficiency, user satisfaction, and training issues
●● Predictors of Personal Health Records (PHRs) use include which of
the following?
Answer: Awareness of PHRs, ease of access, personal motivation, higher
levels of education and health literacy
, ●● A standard for exchange of clinical data between information
systems by means of an extensive set of rules that apply to all data sent
is the...
Answer: Health Level 7 (HL7)
●● The __________ is a nurse who has received educational preparation
to conduct informatics research and generate informatics theory and who
has a broad vision of what can be attained using information technology.
Answer: Informatics Nurse
●● Which of the following statements best reflects acceptance of the
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) as a standard for
nursing terminology?
Answer: Present nursing classification systems map it to a very high
degree.
●● ...is the continual process of measuring services and practices against
the toughest competitors in the healthcare industry.
Answer: Benchmarking
●● Which of the following best typifies the role of the Informatics Nurse
Specialist (INS) in relationship to legislation?
Answer: The INS needs to be aware of the implications of legislation for
HIT design and use and to appropriately educate users.
