WGU D320 OA EXAM LATEST
2024-2025 EXAM AND STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual
whiteboard for patient tracking. Recently, surgeons have
complained that the turnaround time between surgical
cases has increased & blame the manual tracking system.
An informatics nurse recommends expanding the use of
the existing surgical information system (SIS). Which
resolution can improve this workflow issue? - ANSWER-
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
,What is a peripheral biometric device? - ANSWER-high bp
monitoring
What is the goal of Health Information Exchange? -
ANSWER-· To allow insurance companies & providers to
be able to share data
Barcoding scanning. How it affects inventory with
pharmacy? - ANSWER-alters ordering & information data
How would an informatics nurse best evaluate other
nurses' opinions on technology? - ANSWER-Survey
What should a nurse recommend to promote nurse to pt
interactions? - ANSWER-· Encourage pt to eliminate
personal technology to increase their attention
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to
electronic protected health information (ePHI) by
,unauthorized users - ANSWER-Make sure all the users
adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by
the facility.
A patient is being transferred to another hospital,
however, the hospital he is being transferred to does not
have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since
they use EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health
Record (EHR)? - ANSWER-Continuity care record from
AMR
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked
about the fluid status of a patient. Where should the
nurse find this information? - ANSWER-The intake &
output chart
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate -
ANSWER-American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
act in 2009
, What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
System - ANSWER-Providing clinicians with knowledge &
person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful
use program - ANSWER-CMS (Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture
how many patients were seen in a day of 24 hours, how
would they best see this - ANSWER-Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the
solution - ANSWER-Root cause analysis
What should providers have on their personal mobile
devices to protect them from sharing information when
stolen? - ANSWER-Authentication & encryption
2024-2025 EXAM AND STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual
whiteboard for patient tracking. Recently, surgeons have
complained that the turnaround time between surgical
cases has increased & blame the manual tracking system.
An informatics nurse recommends expanding the use of
the existing surgical information system (SIS). Which
resolution can improve this workflow issue? - ANSWER-
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
,What is a peripheral biometric device? - ANSWER-high bp
monitoring
What is the goal of Health Information Exchange? -
ANSWER-· To allow insurance companies & providers to
be able to share data
Barcoding scanning. How it affects inventory with
pharmacy? - ANSWER-alters ordering & information data
How would an informatics nurse best evaluate other
nurses' opinions on technology? - ANSWER-Survey
What should a nurse recommend to promote nurse to pt
interactions? - ANSWER-· Encourage pt to eliminate
personal technology to increase their attention
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to
electronic protected health information (ePHI) by
,unauthorized users - ANSWER-Make sure all the users
adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by
the facility.
A patient is being transferred to another hospital,
however, the hospital he is being transferred to does not
have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since
they use EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health
Record (EHR)? - ANSWER-Continuity care record from
AMR
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked
about the fluid status of a patient. Where should the
nurse find this information? - ANSWER-The intake &
output chart
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate -
ANSWER-American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
act in 2009
, What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
System - ANSWER-Providing clinicians with knowledge &
person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful
use program - ANSWER-CMS (Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture
how many patients were seen in a day of 24 hours, how
would they best see this - ANSWER-Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the
solution - ANSWER-Root cause analysis
What should providers have on their personal mobile
devices to protect them from sharing information when
stolen? - ANSWER-Authentication & encryption
