WGU C468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026
‣ Information literacy . Answer: Defined as the ability to recognize when
information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use
needed information effectively
‣ Information . Answer: Term used to describe data that has been
interpreted
‣ Information science . Answer: Focus on how to gather, process and
transform information into knowledge. It also incorporates features from
5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
‣ Information systems . Answer: Using the EHR to document care of a
patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in which
way
,‣ Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. . Answer:
Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate feedback of the skill
being learned
‣ Knowledge worker . Answer: Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
‣ Expert/Experienced Nurse . Answer: Expected to fully integrate
informatics throughout the course of his/her practice, not just for basic
data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of data
‣ Nursing informatics . Answer: Nursing informatics as a specialty does
have its own National certification exam
‣ Clinical practice guidelines . Answer: Clinical practice guidelines can
allow for the creation of nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced
based research
‣ Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system .
Answer: CPOE, bar code medication administration, and clinical
decision support are all examples of what
, ‣ Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) . Answer: The name
used to describe the process by which the physician or provider enters
orders electronically into the EHR
‣ RFID . Answer: A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of
(information) technology that is used to identify and track supplies and
medications within a healthcare environment
‣ Informatics affecting Nursing Practice . Answer: Clinical pathways and
computer generated care plans are examples of how informatics can
affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
‣ Nursing informatics . Answer: The use of technology and information
to help support all aspects of nursing practice
‣ The foundation of knowledge model . Answer: The basis for which
knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition,
knowledge processing and knowledge dissemination
‣ Data (not information until it has been analyzed) . Answer: A patients
height, weight, code status, and date of birth are all examples of what
‣ Less consumer accountability . Answer: Not an emerging trend in
healthcare
AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026
‣ Information literacy . Answer: Defined as the ability to recognize when
information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use
needed information effectively
‣ Information . Answer: Term used to describe data that has been
interpreted
‣ Information science . Answer: Focus on how to gather, process and
transform information into knowledge. It also incorporates features from
5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
‣ Information systems . Answer: Using the EHR to document care of a
patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in which
way
,‣ Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. . Answer:
Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate feedback of the skill
being learned
‣ Knowledge worker . Answer: Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
‣ Expert/Experienced Nurse . Answer: Expected to fully integrate
informatics throughout the course of his/her practice, not just for basic
data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of data
‣ Nursing informatics . Answer: Nursing informatics as a specialty does
have its own National certification exam
‣ Clinical practice guidelines . Answer: Clinical practice guidelines can
allow for the creation of nursing policies. True rooted in evidenced
based research
‣ Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system .
Answer: CPOE, bar code medication administration, and clinical
decision support are all examples of what
, ‣ Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) . Answer: The name
used to describe the process by which the physician or provider enters
orders electronically into the EHR
‣ RFID . Answer: A radio frequency identifier (RFID) is a type of
(information) technology that is used to identify and track supplies and
medications within a healthcare environment
‣ Informatics affecting Nursing Practice . Answer: Clinical pathways and
computer generated care plans are examples of how informatics can
affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
‣ Nursing informatics . Answer: The use of technology and information
to help support all aspects of nursing practice
‣ The foundation of knowledge model . Answer: The basis for which
knowledge is used to meet the needs of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition,
knowledge processing and knowledge dissemination
‣ Data (not information until it has been analyzed) . Answer: A patients
height, weight, code status, and date of birth are all examples of what
‣ Less consumer accountability . Answer: Not an emerging trend in
healthcare
