NR 599 Final Exam Test Questions and Answers
Smart documentation forms
Answer: forms that are tailored based on patient data to emphasize data elements pertinent to the
patient's conditions and healthcare needs.
Order sets, care plans and protocols
Answer: Structured approaches to encourage correct and efficient ordering, promote evidence-based
best practices, and provide different management recommendations for different patient situations.
Parameter guideline
Answer: algorithms to promote correct entry of orders and documentation.
Critiques and "immediate warnings"
Answer: Alerts that are presented just after a user has entered an order, a prescription or a
documentation item, to show a potential hazard or a recommendation for further information.
Relevant data summaries
Answer: A single-patient view that summarizes, organizes and filters a patient's information to highlight
important management issues.
Multiple monitors
Answer: a display of activity among all patients on a care unit, which helps providers prioritize tasks and
ensures that important activities are not omitted while providers are multitasking among patients.
Predictive and retrospective analytics:
Answer: Analytic methods that combine multiple factors using statistical and artificial intelligence
techniques to provide risk predictions, stratify patients and measure progress on broad initiatives.
"Info" buttons
Answer: filtered reference information and knowledge resources within fields or "buttons" where info is
provided to the end user in the context of the current data display also referred to as metadata, or "data
about data".
Expert workup and management advisers
Answer: Diagnostic and expert systems that track and advise a patient workup and management of the
patient based on evidence-based protocols.
Event-triggered alerts
Answer: Warnings triggered within the system based on data that alert the clinical user to a new event
occurring asynchronously, such as an abnormal lab result.
Reminders
Answer: Time-triggered events within the system reminding the clinical user of a task needed to be
based on predetermined time within the system.
, clinical transformation
Answer: relative to workflow redesign; it is a complete alteration of the clinical environment and should
be used cautiously to describe redesign efforts; transformation is defined as "a radical change approach
that produces a more responsive organization that is more capable of performing in unstable and
changing environments that organizations continue to be faced with";
- this would imply that the manner in which work is carried out and the outcomes achieved are
completely different from the prior state. which is not always true when the change involves
implementing technology
- technology can be used to launch or in conjunction with a clinical transformation initiative but the
implementation of technology alone is not considered transformational.
-
Optimization
Answer: - when workflow analysis occurs post implementation, it is often referred to as
________________
- it is the process of moving conditions past their current states and into more efficient and effective
methods of performing tasks.
-it is considered to be the act, process, or methodology of making something (as a design, system or
decision) as fully perfect, functional, and effective as possible.
Process Analysis
Answer: breaking down the work process into a sequential series of steps that can be examined and
assessed to improve effectiveness and efficiency; explains how work takes place, gets done, or how it
can be done.
Workflow analysis
Answer: observation and documentation of workflow to better understand what is happening in the
current environment and how it can be altered is referred to as this process.
- it requires careful attention to detail and the ability to moderate group discussions, organize concepts,
and generate solutions.
- this is part of every functional area the INS engages in.
Process Map
Answer: a typical output of workflow analysis is a visual depiction of the process called a ______
________; this provides an excellent tool to identify specific steps in the workflow analysis process.
- it also provides a vehicle for communication and a tool upon which to build educational material,
procedures and policies.
- an example is the swim-lane technique
workflow
Answer: - a term used to describe the action or execution of a series of tasks in a prescribed sequence.
- a progression of steps (tasks, events, interactions) that consitute:
1) a work process
2) involves two or more persons
3) creates and adds value to the organizations activities.
- also known as a process or process flow particularly in the context of implementation.
swim-lane technique
Smart documentation forms
Answer: forms that are tailored based on patient data to emphasize data elements pertinent to the
patient's conditions and healthcare needs.
Order sets, care plans and protocols
Answer: Structured approaches to encourage correct and efficient ordering, promote evidence-based
best practices, and provide different management recommendations for different patient situations.
Parameter guideline
Answer: algorithms to promote correct entry of orders and documentation.
Critiques and "immediate warnings"
Answer: Alerts that are presented just after a user has entered an order, a prescription or a
documentation item, to show a potential hazard or a recommendation for further information.
Relevant data summaries
Answer: A single-patient view that summarizes, organizes and filters a patient's information to highlight
important management issues.
Multiple monitors
Answer: a display of activity among all patients on a care unit, which helps providers prioritize tasks and
ensures that important activities are not omitted while providers are multitasking among patients.
Predictive and retrospective analytics:
Answer: Analytic methods that combine multiple factors using statistical and artificial intelligence
techniques to provide risk predictions, stratify patients and measure progress on broad initiatives.
"Info" buttons
Answer: filtered reference information and knowledge resources within fields or "buttons" where info is
provided to the end user in the context of the current data display also referred to as metadata, or "data
about data".
Expert workup and management advisers
Answer: Diagnostic and expert systems that track and advise a patient workup and management of the
patient based on evidence-based protocols.
Event-triggered alerts
Answer: Warnings triggered within the system based on data that alert the clinical user to a new event
occurring asynchronously, such as an abnormal lab result.
Reminders
Answer: Time-triggered events within the system reminding the clinical user of a task needed to be
based on predetermined time within the system.
, clinical transformation
Answer: relative to workflow redesign; it is a complete alteration of the clinical environment and should
be used cautiously to describe redesign efforts; transformation is defined as "a radical change approach
that produces a more responsive organization that is more capable of performing in unstable and
changing environments that organizations continue to be faced with";
- this would imply that the manner in which work is carried out and the outcomes achieved are
completely different from the prior state. which is not always true when the change involves
implementing technology
- technology can be used to launch or in conjunction with a clinical transformation initiative but the
implementation of technology alone is not considered transformational.
-
Optimization
Answer: - when workflow analysis occurs post implementation, it is often referred to as
________________
- it is the process of moving conditions past their current states and into more efficient and effective
methods of performing tasks.
-it is considered to be the act, process, or methodology of making something (as a design, system or
decision) as fully perfect, functional, and effective as possible.
Process Analysis
Answer: breaking down the work process into a sequential series of steps that can be examined and
assessed to improve effectiveness and efficiency; explains how work takes place, gets done, or how it
can be done.
Workflow analysis
Answer: observation and documentation of workflow to better understand what is happening in the
current environment and how it can be altered is referred to as this process.
- it requires careful attention to detail and the ability to moderate group discussions, organize concepts,
and generate solutions.
- this is part of every functional area the INS engages in.
Process Map
Answer: a typical output of workflow analysis is a visual depiction of the process called a ______
________; this provides an excellent tool to identify specific steps in the workflow analysis process.
- it also provides a vehicle for communication and a tool upon which to build educational material,
procedures and policies.
- an example is the swim-lane technique
workflow
Answer: - a term used to describe the action or execution of a series of tasks in a prescribed sequence.
- a progression of steps (tasks, events, interactions) that consitute:
1) a work process
2) involves two or more persons
3) creates and adds value to the organizations activities.
- also known as a process or process flow particularly in the context of implementation.
swim-lane technique
