Nursing Informatics Exam questions with correct answers

What is nursing informatics? CORRECT ANSWER A specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice What are the 3 sciences involved in nursing informatics? CORRECT ANSWER 1. Nursing science 2. Computer science 3. Information science What is information theory? CORRECT ANSWER Processing data to produce information and in combination with knowledge and wisdom. Using information to provide care Describe another theory involved in nursing informatics (2) CORRECT ANSWER - Systems theory: interaction with a system will create something bigger/better than just the sum of the parts - Social technical theory: study how people work and what they do to create improved interaction between technology and an organizations culture Describe the difference between EMR and EHR. CORRECT ANSWER - EMR (Electronic Medical Record): is one provider/organizations record - EHR (Electronic Health Record): is a multiple organizations record What is PHR? Who is responsible for its maintenance? CORRECT ANSWER - Personal Health Record: these can be on paper, a website, or even a usb drive - the patient controls their own health records