TEST BANK
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, Informatics and Nursing Opportunities and
Challenges 6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
Chapter 1
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the students define informatics as which of the following?
A) Use of computers
B) Use of information technology
C) Management of information
D) Access to the Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technology
includes which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for population
health
C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current focus of today's practice
informatics?
A) Capturing data at the point of care
B) Performing secondary data analysis
C) Using aggregated data
D) Making decisions based on data
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinical
information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as
characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
B) Ability to share information among several departments
C) Creation of different software systems for different areas
D) Entry of data occurring only once
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of the
following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
A) Increase usability of data
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,B) Promote cost-saving
C) Promote time-saving
D) Allow identification of patterns
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, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
profession, the instructor determines that the students need additional teaching when
they identify which of the following as a benefit?
A) Improvement in documentation
B) Use of data for quality control
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge
D) Increase in time needed for documentation
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies. When
describing the need for computer fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which
of the following would the presenter include as characterizing this concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task oriented
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the
following competencies as specific to the role of an informatics innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
C) Making judgments about trends
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information literacy as essential for
which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
D) Evidence-based practice
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and information technology, the
instructor would emphasize which of the following as the focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage
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,11. When fdescribing fthe fcomponents fneeded fto fprovide fevidence-based fcare
fthrough f informatics, fwhich fof fthe f following fwould f be f needed? fSelect fall
fthat fapply.
A) Information fpresented fin fa fdigital fformat
B) Standards ffor fexchange fof finformation
C) Limited fability fto fcapture frelevant fdata
D) Multiple flanguage fstructures ffor fdocumentation
E) Competency fof fpractitioners fusing fthe finformation
12. A fnurse fis freviewing fan farticle fabout fthe fstrategic fplan ffor fhealth
f information ftechnology fas frelated fto fpopulation fhealth. fWhich fof fthe
ffollowing fwould fthe fnurse fexpect fto ffind fas f being f supported fby fthis fgoal?
fSelect fall fthat fapply.
A) Biomedical fresearch
B) Cost-efficient fpatient fcare
C) Public health
D) Quality improvement
E) Emergency preparedness
13. A fnurse fis fpreparing fan fin-service fprogram fabout fforces fdriving ftoward fthe
f increased fuse fof finformatics fin fhealthcare. fWhich fof fthe f following fwould fthe
fnurse finclude fas fa f national f force? fSelect fall fthat fapply.
A) Creation fof fthe fPresident's fInformation fTechnology fAdvisory fCommittee
f(PITAC)
B) The fInstitute fof fMedicine f(IOM) freport fon fHealth fProfessions fEducation
C) National fAdvisory fCouncil fon fNurse fEducation fand fPractice frecommendations
D) National fLeague ffor fNursing f(NLN) fposition fpaper fon fnurse fpreparation
E) Technology fInformatics fGuiding fEducational fReform f(TIGER) finitiative
14. A fnurse fworking fin finformatics fis fanalyzing finformation fgathered fabout frates fof
f infection fof fpatients fon fa fspecific f hospital funit. fThe fnurse f is fusing fthis
f information fto fdetermine fappropriate finterventions ffor foverall finfection fcontrol.
fThe fnurse f is finvolved fwith fwhich fof fthe f following?
A) Point fof fcare finformatics
B) Secondary fdata fanalysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerized fprovider forder fentry
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,15. A fnurse finvolved fin finformatics fidentifies fthe fneed ffor finformation fand
fdemonstrates fability fto flocate, fevaluate, fand feffectively fuse fit. fThe fnurse fis
fdemonstrating fwhich fof fthe f following?
A) Information fliteracy
B) Computer fliteracy
C) Computer ffluency
D) Information fmanagement
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, Answer fKey
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. A, fB, fE
12. A, fC, fD, fE
13. A, fB
14. B
15. A
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, Informatics and Nursing Opportunities and
Challenges 6th Edition Sewell Test Bank
Chapter 1
1. After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the students define informatics as which of the following?
A) Use of computers
B) Use of information technology
C) Management of information
D) Access to the Internet
2. A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technology
includes which of the following?
A) Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records
B) Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for population
health
C) Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record
D) Limiting the use of telehealth systems
3. Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current focus of today's practice
informatics?
A) Capturing data at the point of care
B) Performing secondary data analysis
C) Using aggregated data
D) Making decisions based on data
4. A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinical
information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as
characteristic?
A) Implementation to perform two or three functions
B) Ability to share information among several departments
C) Creation of different software systems for different areas
D) Entry of data occurring only once
5. When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of the
following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?
A) Increase usability of data
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,B) Promote cost-saving
C) Promote time-saving
D) Allow identification of patterns
Page 3
, 6. After teaching a group of students about the benefits of informatics to the nursing
profession, the instructor determines that the students need additional teaching when
they identify which of the following as a benefit?
A) Improvement in documentation
B) Use of data for quality control
C) Building of evidence-based knowledge
D) Increase in time needed for documentation
7. A nurse is presenting an in-service program on nursing informatics competencies. When
describing the need for computer fluency for nursing informatics competencies, which
of the following would the presenter include as characterizing this concept?
A) Temporary state
B) Lifelong learning
C) Task oriented
D) Competency
8. After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the
following competencies as specific to the role of an informatics innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software
B) Generating informatics theory
C) Making judgments about trends
D) Communicating via a computer
9. An informatics nurse specialist would describe information literacy as essential for
which of the following?
A) Critical thinking
B) Problem solving
C) Data evaluation
D) Evidence-based practice
10. When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and information technology, the
instructor would emphasize which of the following as the focus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Data storage
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,11. When fdescribing fthe fcomponents fneeded fto fprovide fevidence-based fcare
fthrough f informatics, fwhich fof fthe f following fwould f be f needed? fSelect fall
fthat fapply.
A) Information fpresented fin fa fdigital fformat
B) Standards ffor fexchange fof finformation
C) Limited fability fto fcapture frelevant fdata
D) Multiple flanguage fstructures ffor fdocumentation
E) Competency fof fpractitioners fusing fthe finformation
12. A fnurse fis freviewing fan farticle fabout fthe fstrategic fplan ffor fhealth
f information ftechnology fas frelated fto fpopulation fhealth. fWhich fof fthe
ffollowing fwould fthe fnurse fexpect fto ffind fas f being f supported fby fthis fgoal?
fSelect fall fthat fapply.
A) Biomedical fresearch
B) Cost-efficient fpatient fcare
C) Public health
D) Quality improvement
E) Emergency preparedness
13. A fnurse fis fpreparing fan fin-service fprogram fabout fforces fdriving ftoward fthe
f increased fuse fof finformatics fin fhealthcare. fWhich fof fthe f following fwould fthe
fnurse finclude fas fa f national f force? fSelect fall fthat fapply.
A) Creation fof fthe fPresident's fInformation fTechnology fAdvisory fCommittee
f(PITAC)
B) The fInstitute fof fMedicine f(IOM) freport fon fHealth fProfessions fEducation
C) National fAdvisory fCouncil fon fNurse fEducation fand fPractice frecommendations
D) National fLeague ffor fNursing f(NLN) fposition fpaper fon fnurse fpreparation
E) Technology fInformatics fGuiding fEducational fReform f(TIGER) finitiative
14. A fnurse fworking fin finformatics fis fanalyzing finformation fgathered fabout frates fof
f infection fof fpatients fon fa fspecific f hospital funit. fThe fnurse f is fusing fthis
f information fto fdetermine fappropriate finterventions ffor foverall finfection fcontrol.
fThe fnurse f is finvolved fwith fwhich fof fthe f following?
A) Point fof fcare finformatics
B) Secondary fdata fanalysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerized fprovider forder fentry
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,15. A fnurse finvolved fin finformatics fidentifies fthe fneed ffor finformation fand
fdemonstrates fability fto flocate, fevaluate, fand feffectively fuse fit. fThe fnurse fis
fdemonstrating fwhich fof fthe f following?
A) Information fliteracy
B) Computer fliteracy
C) Computer ffluency
D) Information fmanagement
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, Answer fKey
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. A, fB, fE
12. A, fC, fD, fE
13. A, fB
14. B
15. A
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