WGU D220 Information Technology in Nursing 2025 Practice QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || A+ GRADE ASSURED < LATEST VERSION >

WGU D220 Information Technology in Nursing 2025 Practice QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || A+ GRADE ASSURED &lt; LATEST VERSION &gt; 1. Health information technology data drives much of the research that produces evidence-based practice. However, it is not enough to simply have the data to implement evidence-based practice. What is an element of change that must be in place for the successful implementation of evidence-based practice? - ANSWER Readiness and willingness of organization to recognize the need for change 2. Three challenges healthcare organizations are faced with in collecting info on diverse groups: race ethnicity, gender, language - ANSWER How to ask patients and enrollees questions about race, ethnicity, and language and communication needs. How to train staff to elicit this information in a respectful and efficient manner that is sensitive to the patient. How to address the educational or cultural discomfort of registration and admission staff about requesting this information. How to address potential patient refusal to respond respectfully. How to address system level issues that result in changes to previously collected information that is incongruent to current information. 3. Safety culture key features - ANSWER -blame free environment, report w/out fear of being punished -acknowledge high risk nature and work towards safe operations -encourage collaboration to seek solutions to pt safety problems -organization commitment to address safety concerns 4. Connected health - ANSWER fusion of healthcare with technology 5. As adults age, there are challenges inherent to learning. Often, they are faced with complex health decisions and knowledge of how to manage their way around the healthcare system. Which category of health literacy challenges are older adults usually faced with? Cognitive challenges Social challenges Mobility challenges - ANSWER Cognitive challenges Aging contributes to challenges in processing information, focusing, and memory. 6. Healthcare professionals are failing in promoting health literacy because they are failing in the ways they conduct health education. What is the most common example of this failure? Healthcare professionals use the internet to send information to their patients. Healthcare professionals use a variety of modalities to send information to their patients. Healthcare professionals use terms they are comfortable with. Healthcare professionals provide education and instructions to patients after their hospital admission or after their healthcare visit. - ANSWER Healthcare professionals use terms they are comfortable with. The most common challenge in advancing health literacy is assuming that patients understand the medical terminology that healthcare professionals are comfortable with. 7. True or False Health literacy enables patients to interact with the internet and learn about ways to remain engaged in their healthcare while information literacy enables patients to know when and why information is needed and how to apply it. - ANSWER False Computer literacy allows patients to interact with the internet. Health literacy is not restricted to knowing how to interact with the internet for their health information. 8. When using PGHD in research, some challenges that researchers encounter include managing the consent process and obtaining high quality data from the care delivery process. What is another challenge? Determining participant eligibility Following up on any adverse reactions from the research process Recruiting participants to enroll in the research Determining research compensation for the participants Unanswered - ANSWER Determining participant eligibility Without in-person enrollment, verifying that a patient is eligible to participate in a study can be difficult. 9. Submit and Compare One of the challenges in advancing health literacy is the lack of transparency in the US healthcare system. Explain the reasons why this issue is a challenge. - ANSWER When patients are given options for the management of their healthcare, the cost of these options becomes a major factor that affects their decision-making. The lack of transparency related to the cost of healthcare, also known as the ability to "shop," makes it difficult for patients to make well-educated decisions that they are comfortable with. 10. Applying the approach of universal precautions to health literacy means that clinicians and health care organizations should assume that all patients are at risk of not understanding medical information. Therefore, they should communicate with patients in a way that uses plain language and is easy to understand. Which key concept is involved in this approach for promoting health literacy? Using an electronic translator Immediately calling for an interpreter Supporting patients in their health management efforts - ANSWER � � Supporting patients in their health management efforts Showing support for what patients are doing well and reinforcing the same with simple guides will help cement key concepts in health education and instructions. 11. True or False Disparities in access to health information are just as detrimental as disparities in access to healthcare itself. - ANSWER True Disparities in access to health information, such as the inability to have access to computers or the internet, results in the lower usage rates of preventive services, less knowledge of chronic disease management, higher rates of hospitalization, and poorer reported health status. 12. For many patients challenged with technology, a way to improve their outcomes through the use of informatics is to consider what can be done to improve the ease and convenience of using technology. How can this be completed? Through the delivery of basic classes on how to use the internet Through the application of evidence-based best practices in user centered design By purchasing technology tailored to their digital learning capacity. By extending their visits with their providers to allow for time to teach them how to use the internet for their healthcare information. - ANSWER Through the application of evidence-based best practices in user-centered design User-centered design involves the purposeful planning and design of technology that makes it convenient and easy to use by the user, not the developer. 13. Submit and Compare One of the challenges in advancing health literacy is the lack of research in the efficacy of interventions to improve it. Discuss at least two issues that further research could help with in health literacy. - ANSWER Ideal response includes the following: long-term outcomes of interventions that examine cost, quality, and satisfaction. Effects of broad-based health literacy initiatives and interventions. Success of obtaining funding for other interventions when present ones do not work. Causal relationships between health literacy and improved outcomes. 14. Organizations that put value in establishing an environment that supports health literacy exhibit certain attributes. What is the appropriate attribute that applies to these types of organizations? The organization provides discounts in cafeteria and parking costs to patients and their families.