1. Because several disciplines support the foundation of informatics nursing, it is
important for the informatics nurse to understand that:
a. Informatics nursing differs from other disciplines, as it focuses on supporting the
process of obtaining data.
b. Informatics nursing uses the concepts, tools, and methods of various disciplines to
facilitate nursing process.
c. Information technology and nursing technology are synonymous, as they have the
same goal.
d. The boundaries between the various disciplines are clearly defined.
2. Knowledge that is patterned for use in reasoning is known as:
a. Artificial intelligence.
b. Knowledge query.
c. Knowledge representation.
d. Neural computing.
3. Ease of navigation, appropriate language, efficiency of use, ease of learning, and
intuitiveness are all examples of:
a. affective skills.
b. behavioral needs.
c. system usability.
d. user ergonomics.
4. Applications that are designed to run on a common platform, operate in a common
environment, and communicate through direct data transfer are known as:
a. integrated.
b. interfaced.
c. normalized.
d. optimized.
5. What is the most common risk to patient privacy and confidentiality?
a. An organization's employees.
b. Inadequate firewall protection.
c. Inadequate system design.
d. Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
6. The informatics nurse violates a patient's legal right to privacy and confidentiality,
by:
a. discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.
b. discussing care-related information with the patient's physical therapist.
, c. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results while he or she is
hospitalized.
d. providing a handoff report containing patient information to another department.
7. A downtime of the electronic health record (EHR) system is planned for three
months from today. The informatics nurse is formulating a communication plan for
the clinical staff about the downtime. The nurse plans to:
a. announce the upcoming downtime at system-wide meetings, and at department
meetings of specific system hospitals affected by the downtime.
b. bring copies of the communication plan to IT meetings, and discuss it with the IT
directors and managers.
c. present the information at the super-user meetings, department and unit
meetings, and at other specialty clinician meetings, in addition to having a message
posted on the message-of-the-day screen in the EHR.
d. print fliers with the downtime plan and post them in bathrooms and breakrooms, as
well as on bulletin boards in various locations in the hospitals.
8. Adult learners most effectively learn about a new clinical information system when
the instructor:
a. assumes that the learner knows nothing about the system.
b. begins the formal training as early as possible in the implementation process.
c. emphasizes the technical specifications of the structure of the system.
d. encourages the learner to use previous experience to interpret new learning.
9. As an ambulatory provider reviews the patient's chart, the provider reads lab data
from an external organization. This scenario exemplifies:
a. a health information exchange.
b. a system to update patient records.
c. a violation of privacy regulations.
d. an electronic health record.
10. Integrating clinical practice guidelines with an electronic health record facilitates
quality improvement measurement by:
a. comparing guideline parameters to clinical outcomes.
b. presenting results at the point of treatment decisions.
c. providing reference information to measurement staff.
d. representing patient acuity data.
important for the informatics nurse to understand that:
a. Informatics nursing differs from other disciplines, as it focuses on supporting the
process of obtaining data.
b. Informatics nursing uses the concepts, tools, and methods of various disciplines to
facilitate nursing process.
c. Information technology and nursing technology are synonymous, as they have the
same goal.
d. The boundaries between the various disciplines are clearly defined.
2. Knowledge that is patterned for use in reasoning is known as:
a. Artificial intelligence.
b. Knowledge query.
c. Knowledge representation.
d. Neural computing.
3. Ease of navigation, appropriate language, efficiency of use, ease of learning, and
intuitiveness are all examples of:
a. affective skills.
b. behavioral needs.
c. system usability.
d. user ergonomics.
4. Applications that are designed to run on a common platform, operate in a common
environment, and communicate through direct data transfer are known as:
a. integrated.
b. interfaced.
c. normalized.
d. optimized.
5. What is the most common risk to patient privacy and confidentiality?
a. An organization's employees.
b. Inadequate firewall protection.
c. Inadequate system design.
d. Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
6. The informatics nurse violates a patient's legal right to privacy and confidentiality,
by:
a. discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.
b. discussing care-related information with the patient's physical therapist.
, c. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results while he or she is
hospitalized.
d. providing a handoff report containing patient information to another department.
7. A downtime of the electronic health record (EHR) system is planned for three
months from today. The informatics nurse is formulating a communication plan for
the clinical staff about the downtime. The nurse plans to:
a. announce the upcoming downtime at system-wide meetings, and at department
meetings of specific system hospitals affected by the downtime.
b. bring copies of the communication plan to IT meetings, and discuss it with the IT
directors and managers.
c. present the information at the super-user meetings, department and unit
meetings, and at other specialty clinician meetings, in addition to having a message
posted on the message-of-the-day screen in the EHR.
d. print fliers with the downtime plan and post them in bathrooms and breakrooms, as
well as on bulletin boards in various locations in the hospitals.
8. Adult learners most effectively learn about a new clinical information system when
the instructor:
a. assumes that the learner knows nothing about the system.
b. begins the formal training as early as possible in the implementation process.
c. emphasizes the technical specifications of the structure of the system.
d. encourages the learner to use previous experience to interpret new learning.
9. As an ambulatory provider reviews the patient's chart, the provider reads lab data
from an external organization. This scenario exemplifies:
a. a health information exchange.
b. a system to update patient records.
c. a violation of privacy regulations.
d. an electronic health record.
10. Integrating clinical practice guidelines with an electronic health record facilitates
quality improvement measurement by:
a. comparing guideline parameters to clinical outcomes.
b. presenting results at the point of treatment decisions.
c. providing reference information to measurement staff.
d. representing patient acuity data.
