NR 599 Final 200+ Questions With Complete
Solutions
Ethical Decision Making - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ When making choices
about ethical issues based on the standards of right vs wrong. ○ It requires a
systematic framework for addressing the complex and often controversial moral
questions.
Bioethical Standards - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ The study of healthcare
ethics ○ Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems seen by healthcare providers
in relation to care
Telehealth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ wide range of health services that are
delivered by telecommunications ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and
computer ○ is needed to help fill the nursing shortage allowing nursing to see more
patients quicker, as well as the aging population ○ Telecommunication
technologies used to deliver health-related services or to connect patients and
healthcare providers to maximize patients' health status. ○ A relatively new term in
the medical/nursing vocabulary, referring to a wide range of health services that
are delivered by telecommunications-ready tools such as the telephone,
videophone, and compute
Medical Applications - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Software developed for
medical purposes, including home medical monitoring system, medical databases
for healthcare professionals, etc.
Medical Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ is any device intended to be used
for medical purposes
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,● Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ An important issue related to personal
information ○ Restricted access of patient information or data
● Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ To ensure that all personal
information is protected by ensuring that limited access is only given to those who
are authorized to view that information.
■ Protecting privacy of personal information or data
Cybersecurity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ the state of being protected against
the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to
achieve this. ○ With the expansion of technology. Facilities are taken more
precautions to prevent cyber attacks. With the move towards advancing
cybersecurity is important, technology continues to grow.
○ Ensure all systems are adequately protected and patients remain safe from harm
○ NI are frequently called on to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new
devices and software.
Computer-aided translators - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ is a form of language
translation in which a human translator uses computer hardware to support and
facilitate the translation process.
HIPPA
when was is established and by who - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ was
established in the U.S. in 1996 to protect an individual's personal health care
information. ○ Signed by Pres. Bill Clinton ○ Healthcare institutions are required
to meet all standards and comply with the appropriate security measures in order to
safeguard patient data. ○ Four parts to HIPAA's Administrative Simplification ■
Electronic transactions and code sets standards requirements. ■ Privacy
requirements. ■ Security requirements. ■ National identifier requirements.
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,ICD-10 Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ An alphanumeric code used by
doctors, health insurance companies, and public health agencies across the world to
represent diagnoses. ○ The system offers accurate and up-to-date procedure codes
to improve health care cost and ensure fair reimbursement policies ○ The current
codes specifically help healthcare providers to identify patients in need of
immediate disease management and to tailor effective disease management
programs.
Similarly ICD and CPT coding go together - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ● Is a
medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures
and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies and
accreditation organizations.
Evaluation and Management Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Is a medical
coding process in support of medical billing ○ Practicing health care providers in
the United States must use E/M coding to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid
programs, or private insurance for patient encounters.
Reimbursement Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Is based on claims and
documentation filed by providers using medical diagnosis and procedure codes. ○
Commercial payers must use standards defined by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) but are largely regulated state-by-state.
Clinical Support Tools - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ are designed to help sift
through enormous amounts of digital data to suggest next steps for treatments, alert
providers to available information they may not have seen, or catch potential
problems, such as dangerous medication interactions ○ Such as CDS clinical
decision support, a program used by providers. ○ Or various applications use by
healthcare professionals to allow for communicate between provider to provider
and provider to patient ○ The tools are all used to benefit patient outcome
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, Workflow analysis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Not an optional part of clinical
implementations, but rather a necessity for safe patient care fostered by
technology. ○ The ultimate goal of workflow analysis is not to "pave the cow
path," but rather to create a future-state solution that maximizes the use of
technology and eliminates non-value-added activities. ○ Although many tools and
methods can be used to accomplish workflow redesign, the best method is the one
that complements the organization and supports the work of clinicians. ○ needs to
be done as well as working in optimization (moving conditions past their current
state into a more effective method of performing.
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Generate patient
specific interventions, assessments and recommendations ○ CDS tools existed
prior to development of EHRs ○ The primary goal of implementing a CDS tool is
to leverage data and the scientific evidence to help guide appropriate decision
making
CDS improving healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Reducing clinical
variation and duplicative testing ○ Ensuring patient safety
○ Avoiding complications that may result in readmissions ○ Create alerts about
drug-drug interactions ○ Drug allergy contraindications
CDS challenging healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Alarm fatigue ○
Clinical burnout ○ Occur with poorly implemented CDS features ○ Financial
burden
Workflow Design - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Used to describe the action or
execution of a series of tasks in a prescribed sequence ○ Progression of steps
(tasks, events, interactions) that constitute a work process ○ In a sequential
workflow, each step depends on the occurrence of the previous step; in a parallel
workflow, two or more steps can occur concurrently. ○ Nursing informatics is
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Solutions
Ethical Decision Making - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ When making choices
about ethical issues based on the standards of right vs wrong. ○ It requires a
systematic framework for addressing the complex and often controversial moral
questions.
Bioethical Standards - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ The study of healthcare
ethics ○ Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems seen by healthcare providers
in relation to care
Telehealth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ wide range of health services that are
delivered by telecommunications ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and
computer ○ is needed to help fill the nursing shortage allowing nursing to see more
patients quicker, as well as the aging population ○ Telecommunication
technologies used to deliver health-related services or to connect patients and
healthcare providers to maximize patients' health status. ○ A relatively new term in
the medical/nursing vocabulary, referring to a wide range of health services that
are delivered by telecommunications-ready tools such as the telephone,
videophone, and compute
Medical Applications - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Software developed for
medical purposes, including home medical monitoring system, medical databases
for healthcare professionals, etc.
Medical Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ is any device intended to be used
for medical purposes
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,● Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ An important issue related to personal
information ○ Restricted access of patient information or data
● Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ To ensure that all personal
information is protected by ensuring that limited access is only given to those who
are authorized to view that information.
■ Protecting privacy of personal information or data
Cybersecurity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ the state of being protected against
the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to
achieve this. ○ With the expansion of technology. Facilities are taken more
precautions to prevent cyber attacks. With the move towards advancing
cybersecurity is important, technology continues to grow.
○ Ensure all systems are adequately protected and patients remain safe from harm
○ NI are frequently called on to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new
devices and software.
Computer-aided translators - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ is a form of language
translation in which a human translator uses computer hardware to support and
facilitate the translation process.
HIPPA
when was is established and by who - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ was
established in the U.S. in 1996 to protect an individual's personal health care
information. ○ Signed by Pres. Bill Clinton ○ Healthcare institutions are required
to meet all standards and comply with the appropriate security measures in order to
safeguard patient data. ○ Four parts to HIPAA's Administrative Simplification ■
Electronic transactions and code sets standards requirements. ■ Privacy
requirements. ■ Security requirements. ■ National identifier requirements.
2|Page
,ICD-10 Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ An alphanumeric code used by
doctors, health insurance companies, and public health agencies across the world to
represent diagnoses. ○ The system offers accurate and up-to-date procedure codes
to improve health care cost and ensure fair reimbursement policies ○ The current
codes specifically help healthcare providers to identify patients in need of
immediate disease management and to tailor effective disease management
programs.
Similarly ICD and CPT coding go together - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ● Is a
medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures
and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies and
accreditation organizations.
Evaluation and Management Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Is a medical
coding process in support of medical billing ○ Practicing health care providers in
the United States must use E/M coding to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid
programs, or private insurance for patient encounters.
Reimbursement Coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Is based on claims and
documentation filed by providers using medical diagnosis and procedure codes. ○
Commercial payers must use standards defined by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) but are largely regulated state-by-state.
Clinical Support Tools - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ are designed to help sift
through enormous amounts of digital data to suggest next steps for treatments, alert
providers to available information they may not have seen, or catch potential
problems, such as dangerous medication interactions ○ Such as CDS clinical
decision support, a program used by providers. ○ Or various applications use by
healthcare professionals to allow for communicate between provider to provider
and provider to patient ○ The tools are all used to benefit patient outcome
3|Page
, Workflow analysis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Not an optional part of clinical
implementations, but rather a necessity for safe patient care fostered by
technology. ○ The ultimate goal of workflow analysis is not to "pave the cow
path," but rather to create a future-state solution that maximizes the use of
technology and eliminates non-value-added activities. ○ Although many tools and
methods can be used to accomplish workflow redesign, the best method is the one
that complements the organization and supports the work of clinicians. ○ needs to
be done as well as working in optimization (moving conditions past their current
state into a more effective method of performing.
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Generate patient
specific interventions, assessments and recommendations ○ CDS tools existed
prior to development of EHRs ○ The primary goal of implementing a CDS tool is
to leverage data and the scientific evidence to help guide appropriate decision
making
CDS improving healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Reducing clinical
variation and duplicative testing ○ Ensuring patient safety
○ Avoiding complications that may result in readmissions ○ Create alerts about
drug-drug interactions ○ Drug allergy contraindications
CDS challenging healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Alarm fatigue ○
Clinical burnout ○ Occur with poorly implemented CDS features ○ Financial
burden
Workflow Design - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- ○ Used to describe the action or
execution of a series of tasks in a prescribed sequence ○ Progression of steps
(tasks, events, interactions) that constitute a work process ○ In a sequential
workflow, each step depends on the occurrence of the previous step; in a parallel
workflow, two or more steps can occur concurrently. ○ Nursing informatics is
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