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1. Match the situation with the appropriate and effective telecommunication
strategy.
Answers options may be used more than once or not at all.
1 -An elderly homebound patient is concerned about the palpitations she is
feeling.
2 -A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while
completing her Masters.
3 -A cardiologist with a rural office practice has no one to cover his patients
when he is away.
4 -A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is
restless and agitated during the night.: 1=Real-time remote monitoring
2=Online classroom
3=Teleconsultants
4=Real-time remote monitoring
2. Which example is a telehealth non-clinical application?: -Distant patient
education via computer
3. What is a prominent socioeconomic factor driving telehealth medicine?: -
-An increase in chronic disease conditions
4. What is an important legal consideration in the use of telehealth nursing?-
: -The nurse is licensed in each state in which the remote clients are located.
5. What are two common characteristics of telehealth?
Choose 2 answers: -The use of video streaming technology
-Transmission of biological data from a remote location
6. Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large
amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends?: -Data Mining
7. A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the elec-
tronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine
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before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner?: -To promote
desired clinical outcomes
8. A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a
clinical information system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She
obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the specific EHR. She
noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the
EHR, but she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She
implemented the system after all nurses were trained about the EHR. There
were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics
Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario?: -Lack
of continued support
9. A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses
to wait until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered
into the program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be
written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver
patient-centered care?: -The time spent waiting for the program to register the
patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
10. How is information related to data?: -Information is data that have been
interpreted
11. How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-prac-
tice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers: -The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied
to practice
-Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet
searches
12. A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the elec-
tronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation?: -Infor-
mation system