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Informatics and Nursing Opportunities andChallenges 6th Edition Sewell
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TEST BANK
, Informatics and Nursing
Opportunities and Challenges
6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
Chapter 1
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the students
define informatics as which of the following?
A) Use of computers
B) Use of information technology
C) Management of information
D) Access to the Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health
information technology includes which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support
information use for population health
C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current
focus of today's practice informatics?
A) Capturing data at the point of care
B) Performing secondary data analysis
C) Using aggregated data
D) Making decisions based on data
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early
computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
following would the student identify as characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
B) Ability to share information among several departments
C) Creation of different software systems for different areas
D) Entry of data occurring only once
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of
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,agency staff, which of the following would the presenter
identify as one of the primary benefits?
A) Increase usability of data
B) Promote cost-saving
C) Promote time-saving
D) Allow identification of patterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of
informatics to the nursing profession, the instructor determines
that the students need additional teaching when they identify
which of the following as a benefit?
A) Improvement in documentation
B) Use of data for quality control
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge
D) Increase in time needed for documentation
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing
informatics competencies. When describing the need for computer
fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which of the
following would the presenter include as characterizing this
concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task oriented
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing
informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the group identifies which of the following
competencies as specific to the role of an informatics
innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
C) Making judgments about trends
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information
literacy as essential for which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
D) Evidence-based practice
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Informatics and Nursing Opportunities andChallenges 6th Edition Sewell
Test Bank
TEST BANK
, Informatics and Nursing
Opportunities and Challenges
6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
Chapter 1
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the students
define informatics as which of the following?
A) Use of computers
B) Use of information technology
C) Management of information
D) Access to the Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health
information technology includes which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support
information use for population health
C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current
focus of today's practice informatics?
A) Capturing data at the point of care
B) Performing secondary data analysis
C) Using aggregated data
D) Making decisions based on data
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early
computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
following would the student identify as characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
B) Ability to share information among several departments
C) Creation of different software systems for different areas
D) Entry of data occurring only once
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of
Page 1
,agency staff, which of the following would the presenter
identify as one of the primary benefits?
A) Increase usability of data
B) Promote cost-saving
C) Promote time-saving
D) Allow identification of patterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of
informatics to the nursing profession, the instructor determines
that the students need additional teaching when they identify
which of the following as a benefit?
A) Improvement in documentation
B) Use of data for quality control
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge
D) Increase in time needed for documentation
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing
informatics competencies. When describing the need for computer
fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which of the
following would the presenter include as characterizing this
concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task oriented
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing
informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the group identifies which of the following
competencies as specific to the role of an informatics
innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
C) Making judgments about trends
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information
literacy as essential for which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
D) Evidence-based practice
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