Leading and Managing in Nursing: CH16: The Impact of Technology | Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

1. A nurse manager was orienting new staff members to computerized charting. To understand computerized charting, staff members must understand informatics. The three core concepts in informatics are: a. hardware, software, and printers. b. data, information, and knowledge. c. decision making, data gathering, and reporting. d. wireless technology, voice recognition, and handheld devices. - B Informatics is the application of technology to all fields of nursing to facilitate and extend nurses' decision-making abilities and to support nurses in the use, storage, and linkage of clinical information to provide effective and efficient patient care. 2. The nursing manager of a surgical unit has been asked by administration to evaluate client outcomes post cardiac catheterization. Using data about client outcomes post cardiac catheterization for the past 6 months in order to modify practice is an example of: a. information. b. cost-effective care. c. meeting standards. d. evidence-based practice. - D Technology enables evidence-based practice by collecting good clinical knowledge, translating nursing knowledge into reference materials that can be accessed at the point-of-care, and, potentially, assisting nurses to take action based on best evidence for practice. 3. Mr. Cruiser has been surfing the Web. He is looking for healthcare information on low back pain. He shows the clinic nurse a webpage he thinks is great and tells her that he has been following the exercises recommended by the author. He wants to know what she thinks about the site. When the clinic nurse evaluates this site, she discovers that its author is a personal trainer. No credentials are listed. In several testimonials on the page, people (their pictures are included) say how wonderful they feel after having done these exercises. The exercises all have animated demos when you click on the pertinent highlighted text or icon. They seem easy to follow. The site was posted 5 years earlier and was last updated 3 years before. The clinic nurse advises Mr. Cruiser to:a. avoid this site. b. check with his primary healthcare provider. c. continue with the exercises. d. contact the author for additional exercise and feedback. - ANS: A