WGU C468 INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION OF
TECHNOLOGY FINAL EXAM ELITE
REVIEW WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
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
MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION OF
TECHNOLOGY FINAL EXAM ELITE
REVIEW WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
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
