NURS 4006 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
A computer is:
Select one:
a. A collection of hardware and software that function together
as a single unit to perform complex calculations.
b. An expensive piece of technology not found in hospitals or
health agencies
c. A system that does not contain hardware or software
d. b & c Correct Answers a. A collection of hardware and
software that function together as a single unit to perform
complex calculations.
Canada Health Infoway is:
Select one:
a. a provincial organization in charge of organizing information
b. a network infrastructure used to relay information related to
patients in acute care
c. a federal, non-profit, strategic investor facilitating the
development of an Electronic Health Record
d. the new descriptor of eHealth in 2010 and beyond Correct
Answers c. a federal, non-profit, strategic investor facilitating
the development of an Electronic Health Record
Canada Health Infoway, the Canadian Nursing Informatics
Association, and the Ontario Nursing Informatics Group are all:
Select one:
a. Vendors selling various eHealth technology and products
,b. Various organizations moving the eHealth and health
informatics agenda forward in Canada and Ontario
c. Organizations where nurses are involved in eHealth
d. Both b and c Correct Answers d. Both b and c
Canadian Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (C-
HOBIC) Correct Answers An initiative to introduce systematic,
structured language to admission and discharge assessments of
patients receiving acute care, complex continuing care, long-
term care, or home care. This language can be abstracted into
local and provincial databases or EHRs.
Clinical Information System (CIS) Correct Answers General
term often used interchangeably to describe a computerized
clinical application, electronic health record system, or
departmental clinical system (e.g. laboratory information
system).
Clinical Judgement Correct Answers Decision at which a nurse
arrives following a process of observation, reflection, and
analysis of observable or available information or data.
Competency Correct Answers A complex know-act based on
combining and mobilizing internal resources (knowledge, skills,
attitudes) and external resources to apply appropriately to
specific types of situations.
Consumers wishing to use information found on the Internet to
influence their care should:
Select one:
, a. Discuss the information with the appropriate health provider
prior to proceeding
b. Use the information as anything from the Internet is
evidenced-based
c. Use information only retrieved from Google Scholar
d. Avoid all information from the Internet Correct Answers a.
Discuss the information with the appropriate health provider
prior to proceeding
Decision Support Tools Correct Answers Tools used for
enhancing health-related decisions and actions with pertinent,
organized clinical knowledge and patient information to
improve health and healthcare delivery.
eHealth Ontario is focused to support eHealth by:
Select one:
a. Strengthening eHealth governance and leadership
b. Setting clear roles and responsibilities for strategy
implementation
c. Focusing on implementation and adoption
d. Focusing on health system outcomes
e. All of the above Correct Answers e. All of the above
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Correct Answers The systems
that make up the secure and private lifetime record of a person's
health and health care history. These systems store and share
such information as lab results, medication profiles, key clinical
reports (e.g. hospital discharge summaries), diagnostic images
(e.g. X-rays), and immunization history. The information is
available electronically to authorized health care providers.
A computer is:
Select one:
a. A collection of hardware and software that function together
as a single unit to perform complex calculations.
b. An expensive piece of technology not found in hospitals or
health agencies
c. A system that does not contain hardware or software
d. b & c Correct Answers a. A collection of hardware and
software that function together as a single unit to perform
complex calculations.
Canada Health Infoway is:
Select one:
a. a provincial organization in charge of organizing information
b. a network infrastructure used to relay information related to
patients in acute care
c. a federal, non-profit, strategic investor facilitating the
development of an Electronic Health Record
d. the new descriptor of eHealth in 2010 and beyond Correct
Answers c. a federal, non-profit, strategic investor facilitating
the development of an Electronic Health Record
Canada Health Infoway, the Canadian Nursing Informatics
Association, and the Ontario Nursing Informatics Group are all:
Select one:
a. Vendors selling various eHealth technology and products
,b. Various organizations moving the eHealth and health
informatics agenda forward in Canada and Ontario
c. Organizations where nurses are involved in eHealth
d. Both b and c Correct Answers d. Both b and c
Canadian Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (C-
HOBIC) Correct Answers An initiative to introduce systematic,
structured language to admission and discharge assessments of
patients receiving acute care, complex continuing care, long-
term care, or home care. This language can be abstracted into
local and provincial databases or EHRs.
Clinical Information System (CIS) Correct Answers General
term often used interchangeably to describe a computerized
clinical application, electronic health record system, or
departmental clinical system (e.g. laboratory information
system).
Clinical Judgement Correct Answers Decision at which a nurse
arrives following a process of observation, reflection, and
analysis of observable or available information or data.
Competency Correct Answers A complex know-act based on
combining and mobilizing internal resources (knowledge, skills,
attitudes) and external resources to apply appropriately to
specific types of situations.
Consumers wishing to use information found on the Internet to
influence their care should:
Select one:
, a. Discuss the information with the appropriate health provider
prior to proceeding
b. Use the information as anything from the Internet is
evidenced-based
c. Use information only retrieved from Google Scholar
d. Avoid all information from the Internet Correct Answers a.
Discuss the information with the appropriate health provider
prior to proceeding
Decision Support Tools Correct Answers Tools used for
enhancing health-related decisions and actions with pertinent,
organized clinical knowledge and patient information to
improve health and healthcare delivery.
eHealth Ontario is focused to support eHealth by:
Select one:
a. Strengthening eHealth governance and leadership
b. Setting clear roles and responsibilities for strategy
implementation
c. Focusing on implementation and adoption
d. Focusing on health system outcomes
e. All of the above Correct Answers e. All of the above
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Correct Answers The systems
that make up the secure and private lifetime record of a person's
health and health care history. These systems store and share
such information as lab results, medication profiles, key clinical
reports (e.g. hospital discharge summaries), diagnostic images
(e.g. X-rays), and immunization history. The information is
available electronically to authorized health care providers.
