Practice Exam for NI Certification
Which of the following best describes decision support system?
a. Knowledge and information coming together
b. Getting peers together to determine a solution
c. Computer applications designed to facilitate human decision making
d. Computrs that guide staff in making decsions - Answerc. Computer applications
designed to facilitate human decision-making
What are three clinical decision systems areas in which decision assistance can be
found?
a. Test solutions, monitoring actions, change in condition
b. Optimizing process flow and workflow, monitoring actions, intake and output
c. Intake and output, change in condition, choice of treatment
d. Choice of treatment, test solutions, monitoring actions - Answerd. Choice of
treatment, test solutions, monitoring actions
Bench-marking is:
a. Taking information and comparing it to another's data to identify strengths and
weaknesses
b. Using information from other facilities to identify if they have better reimbursement
than your facility
c. Comparing one nurse to another in different hospitals
d. A method used to develop decision support systems - Answera. Taking information
and comparing it to another's data to identify strengths and weaknesses
How is wisdom defined by Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice?
a. Being an expert in the field of informatics
b. Using data to interpret outcomes for the leaders of the organization
c. Understanding data and knowledge and applying knowledge with compassion
d. Understanding data and knowledge to improve outcomes - Answerc. Understanding
data and knowledge and applying knowledge with compassion
What is the difference between a DSS and an ES?
a. The price and set up of the system
b. A DSS allows for human decision making and an ES selects the best solution for the
problem
c. The DSS selects the best solution for the problem and the ES allows for human
decision making
, d.The DSS will not work without the ES system; they work together - Answerb. A DSS
allows for human decision making and an ES selects the best solution for the problem
What is a clinical practice guideline?
a. Systematically designed statements to assist providers and patients in decision-
making about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances
b. Evidence-based practice guidelines
c. Joint Commission Standards of performance
d. Systematically designed statements to assist only physicians in decision making
about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances - Answera. Systematically
designed statements to assist providers and patients in decision-making about
appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances
While caring for a 40 y/o patient with terminal cancer, the key area of the clinical
practice guideline is to:
a. Reduce waste of resources, assist in telling your patient what is going to happen and
eliminate errors
b. Show the nurse what to do for the patient with a terminal illness
c. Assist the patient with questions to ask the nurse about the cause of cancer
d. Encourage best practice, eliminate errors and reduce unjustified practice variations -
Answerd. Encourage best practice, eliminate errors and reduce unjustified practice
variations
One of the steps in creating a clinical practice guideline is to:
a. Identify what has always been done in the facility
b. Review evidence-based studies
c. Discuss what is the easiest process to meet the goal
d. Send out a survey about what is currently being practiced - Answerb. Review
evidence-based studies
What type of information should be included in the clinical practice guideline?
a. Background material and evidence ranking of strength of evidence
b. Ranking of strength of evidence and age of the information
c. The orders the doctor should write
d. How long the patient will be in the hospital - Answera. Background material and
evidence ranking of strength of evidence
What is one meta-structure to help organize information management and knowledge
generation specific to nursing informatics?
a. Knowledge, wisdom and data
b. Wisdom
Which of the following best describes decision support system?
a. Knowledge and information coming together
b. Getting peers together to determine a solution
c. Computer applications designed to facilitate human decision making
d. Computrs that guide staff in making decsions - Answerc. Computer applications
designed to facilitate human decision-making
What are three clinical decision systems areas in which decision assistance can be
found?
a. Test solutions, monitoring actions, change in condition
b. Optimizing process flow and workflow, monitoring actions, intake and output
c. Intake and output, change in condition, choice of treatment
d. Choice of treatment, test solutions, monitoring actions - Answerd. Choice of
treatment, test solutions, monitoring actions
Bench-marking is:
a. Taking information and comparing it to another's data to identify strengths and
weaknesses
b. Using information from other facilities to identify if they have better reimbursement
than your facility
c. Comparing one nurse to another in different hospitals
d. A method used to develop decision support systems - Answera. Taking information
and comparing it to another's data to identify strengths and weaknesses
How is wisdom defined by Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice?
a. Being an expert in the field of informatics
b. Using data to interpret outcomes for the leaders of the organization
c. Understanding data and knowledge and applying knowledge with compassion
d. Understanding data and knowledge to improve outcomes - Answerc. Understanding
data and knowledge and applying knowledge with compassion
What is the difference between a DSS and an ES?
a. The price and set up of the system
b. A DSS allows for human decision making and an ES selects the best solution for the
problem
c. The DSS selects the best solution for the problem and the ES allows for human
decision making
, d.The DSS will not work without the ES system; they work together - Answerb. A DSS
allows for human decision making and an ES selects the best solution for the problem
What is a clinical practice guideline?
a. Systematically designed statements to assist providers and patients in decision-
making about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances
b. Evidence-based practice guidelines
c. Joint Commission Standards of performance
d. Systematically designed statements to assist only physicians in decision making
about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances - Answera. Systematically
designed statements to assist providers and patients in decision-making about
appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances
While caring for a 40 y/o patient with terminal cancer, the key area of the clinical
practice guideline is to:
a. Reduce waste of resources, assist in telling your patient what is going to happen and
eliminate errors
b. Show the nurse what to do for the patient with a terminal illness
c. Assist the patient with questions to ask the nurse about the cause of cancer
d. Encourage best practice, eliminate errors and reduce unjustified practice variations -
Answerd. Encourage best practice, eliminate errors and reduce unjustified practice
variations
One of the steps in creating a clinical practice guideline is to:
a. Identify what has always been done in the facility
b. Review evidence-based studies
c. Discuss what is the easiest process to meet the goal
d. Send out a survey about what is currently being practiced - Answerb. Review
evidence-based studies
What type of information should be included in the clinical practice guideline?
a. Background material and evidence ranking of strength of evidence
b. Ranking of strength of evidence and age of the information
c. The orders the doctor should write
d. How long the patient will be in the hospital - Answera. Background material and
evidence ranking of strength of evidence
What is one meta-structure to help organize information management and knowledge
generation specific to nursing informatics?
a. Knowledge, wisdom and data
b. Wisdom
