Informatics and Nursing Opportunities and
Challenges 6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
TEST08BA
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, Informatics08and08Nursing08Opportunitie
s08and08Challenges086th08Edition08Sewe
ll08Test08Bank
Chapter081
1. After08teaching08a08class08about08informatics,08the08instructor08determines08that
08the08teaching08was08successful08when08the08students08define08informatics08as0
8which08of08the08following?
A) Use08of08computers
B) Use08of08information08technology
C) Management08of08information
D) Access08to08the08Internet
2. A08strategic08plan08for08the08nationwide08implementation08of08health08infor
mation08technology08includes08which08of08the08following?
A) Discouraging08the08use08of08personal08electronic08health08records
B) Developing08a08collaborative08governance08to08support08information08use0
8for08population08health
C) Advocating08for08statewide08adoption08of08electronic08health08record
D) Limiting08the08use08of08telehealth08systems
3. Which08of08the08following08would08a08nurse08identify08as08the08current08foc
us08of08today's08practice08informatics?
A) Capturing08data08at08the08point08of08care
B) Performing08secondary08data08analysis
C) Using08aggregated08data
D) Making08decisions08based08on08data
4. A08nursing08student08is08reviewing08information08about08early08compu
terized08clinical08information08systems.08Which08of08the08following08w
ould08the08student08identify08as08characteristic?
A) Implementation08to08perform08two08or08three08functions
B) Ability08to08share08information08among08several08departments
C) Creation08of08different08software08systems08for08different08areas
D) Entry08of08data08occurring08only08once
5. When08describing08the08benefits08of08informatics08to08a08group08of08agency
08staff,08which08of08the08following08would08the08presenter08identify08as08on
e08of08the08primary08benefits?
A) Increase08usability08of08data
B) Promote08cost-saving
C) Promote08time-saving
D) Allow08identification08of08patterns
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, 6. After08teaching08a08group08of08students08about08the08benefits08of08informati
cs08to08the08nursing08profession,08the08instructor08determines08that08the08stu
dents08need08additional08teaching08when08they08identify08which08of08the08foll
owing08as08a08benefit?
A) Improvement08in08documentation
B) Use08of08data08for08quality08control
C) Building08of08evidence-based08knowledge
D) Increase08in08time08needed08for08documentation
7. A08nurse08is08presenting08an08in-
service08program08on08nursing08informatics08competencies.08When08describing08th
e08need08for08computer08fluency08for08nursing08informatics08competencies,08whi
ch08of08the08following08would08the08presenter08include08as08characterizing08this
08concept?
A) Temporary08state
B) Lifelong08learning
C) Task08oriented
D) Competency
8. After08teaching08a08class08for08a08group08of08nurses08on08nursing08inform
atics,08the08instructor08determines08that08the08teaching08was08successful08w
hen08the08group08identifies08which08of08the08following08competencies08as08
specific08to08the08role08of08an08informatics08innovator?
A) Using08basic08desktop08software
B) Generating08informatics08theory
C) Making08judgments08about08trends
D) Communicating08via08a08computer
9. An08informatics08nurse08specialist08would08describe08information08literacy08
as08essential08for08which08of08the08following?
A) Critical08thinking
B) Problem08solving
C) Data08evaluation
D) Evidence-based08practice
10. When08preparing08for08a08class08on08healthcare08informatics08and08informatio
n08technology,08the08instructor08would08emphasize08which08of08the08following
08as08the08focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data08storage
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