Nursing Informatics for the Advanced
Practice Nurse 2nd Edition McBride
Tietze Test Bank
,• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Increase in time needed for
documentation
Answers: Improvement in documentation
Use of data for quality control
Building of evidence-based
knowledge
Increase in time needed for
documentation
Response Ans: D Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedback:
Documentation can be improved using informatics,
and when done properly, the time needed for
documentation would decrease. In addition, nursing
informatics will not only enhance practice but will
also allow information to be available to
researchers for building evidence-based nursing
knowledge. It can remind users to provide data that
might be forgotten. The data could be used for both
quality control and research.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
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?
, Selected
Answer: Increase usability of
data
Answers:
Increase usability of
data
Promote cost-saving
Promote time-saving
Allow identification of
patterns
Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: Although
informatics saves time and money and allows
patterns to be identified from data, one of the
primary benefits of informatics is that data that
were previously buried in inaccessible records
become usable.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and
information technology, the instructor would emphasize which
of the following as the focus?
Selected
Answer: Informati
on
Answers:
Informati
on
Computer
Access
Data
storage
, Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 3 Page and Header: 6,
Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The focus of
healthcare informatics is managing information in
healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information
(subject), not the computer (tool). Access and data
storage, retrieval, capture, and sharing are
components of healthcare informatics.
• Question 4
0 out of 2 points
A nursing student is reviewing information about early
computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
following would the student identify as characteristic?
Selected
Answer: Ability to share information among several
departments
Answers: Implementation to perform two or three
functions
Ability to share information among several
departments
Creation of different software systems for
different areas
Entry of data occurring only once
Response Ans: C Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 1 Page and Header:
12, Progression of Information Systems Feedback:
Early computerized clinical information systems
were process-oriented, implemented to
computerize a single process such as billing or lab
reports. Subsequently, different software programs
had to be created for different departments that
could not share data, creating a need for clinicians
Practice Nurse 2nd Edition McBride
Tietze Test Bank
,• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
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?
Selected
Answer: Increase in time needed for
documentation
Answers: Improvement in documentation
Use of data for quality control
Building of evidence-based
knowledge
Increase in time needed for
documentation
Response Ans: D Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedback:
Documentation can be improved using informatics,
and when done properly, the time needed for
documentation would decrease. In addition, nursing
informatics will not only enhance practice but will
also allow information to be available to
researchers for building evidence-based nursing
knowledge. It can remind users to provide data that
might be forgotten. The data could be used for both
quality control and research.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
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?
, Selected
Answer: Increase usability of
data
Answers:
Increase usability of
data
Promote cost-saving
Promote time-saving
Allow identification of
patterns
Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 5 Page and Header:
13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: Although
informatics saves time and money and allows
patterns to be identified from data, one of the
primary benefits of informatics is that data that
were previously buried in inaccessible records
become usable.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and
information technology, the instructor would emphasize which
of the following as the focus?
Selected
Answer: Informati
on
Answers:
Informati
on
Computer
Access
Data
storage
, Response Ans: A Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 3 Page and Header: 6,
Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The focus of
healthcare informatics is managing information in
healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information
(subject), not the computer (tool). Access and data
storage, retrieval, capture, and sharing are
components of healthcare informatics.
• Question 4
0 out of 2 points
A nursing student is reviewing information about early
computerized clinical information systems. Which of the
following would the student identify as characteristic?
Selected
Answer: Ability to share information among several
departments
Answers: Implementation to perform two or three
functions
Ability to share information among several
departments
Creation of different software systems for
different areas
Entry of data occurring only once
Response Ans: C Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A-1 Cognitive Level:
Feedback Application Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process:
: Teaching/Learning Objective: 1 Page and Header:
12, Progression of Information Systems Feedback:
Early computerized clinical information systems
were process-oriented, implemented to
computerize a single process such as billing or lab
reports. Subsequently, different software programs
had to be created for different departments that
could not share data, creating a need for clinicians
