NR599: Mid Term Study Set_2020, NR599: Final Exam
Study Set June 2020, questions and answers reviewed
2026
Nursing informatics - Correct Answers specialty that integrates nursing science, computer
science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and
knowledge in nursing practice
Levels of Nursing Informatics Practice - Correct Answers Generalist and Informatics Nurse
Specialist
Informatics Nurse Specialist - Correct Answers Completed graduate level education in
informatics or related field
Knowledge - Correct Answers The awareness and understanding of a set of information and the
ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision.
Knowledge Workers - Correct Answers Those who work with information and generate
knowledge as a product. Nurses are an example of such.
Wisdom - Correct Answers the ability to apply valuable and viable knowledge, experience,
understanding and insight while being prudent and sensible. Sometimes considered the highest
form of "Common Sense"
, Scientific Underpinning - Correct Answers Provide the basis of knowledge to advance nursing
practice; include sciences such as biology, physiology, psychology, ethics, and nursing.
-DIKW Paradigm (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom)
Foundation of Knowledge model - Correct Answers Model that proposes that humans are
organic information systems constantly acquiring, processing, and generating information or
knowledge in both their professional and personal lives.
Computer Science - Correct Answers Study of storage, conversion and transformation, transfer
or transmission of information in computers through algorithms and practical implementation
problems.
Cognitive Science - Correct Answers Studies how the mind works from an information
processing perspective.
Information Science - Correct Answers The study of the retrieval, application, use and
management of information as well as the human-computer interaction.
Standard Terminologies - Correct Answers Structured, controlled languages developed to
represent concepts in a given domain in a clear, unambiguous fashion that conveys the exact
same meaning for data, information, and knowledge across settings, regions, and even different
countries.
Nomenclature - Correct Answers Refers to a system of rules and procedures for adding names
used in an art or science, such as nursing.
Classification - Correct Answers Systems that capture categories, which are then used to
determine costs or outcomes but are insufficient in detail for clinical documentation purposes
Study Set June 2020, questions and answers reviewed
2026
Nursing informatics - Correct Answers specialty that integrates nursing science, computer
science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and
knowledge in nursing practice
Levels of Nursing Informatics Practice - Correct Answers Generalist and Informatics Nurse
Specialist
Informatics Nurse Specialist - Correct Answers Completed graduate level education in
informatics or related field
Knowledge - Correct Answers The awareness and understanding of a set of information and the
ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision.
Knowledge Workers - Correct Answers Those who work with information and generate
knowledge as a product. Nurses are an example of such.
Wisdom - Correct Answers the ability to apply valuable and viable knowledge, experience,
understanding and insight while being prudent and sensible. Sometimes considered the highest
form of "Common Sense"
, Scientific Underpinning - Correct Answers Provide the basis of knowledge to advance nursing
practice; include sciences such as biology, physiology, psychology, ethics, and nursing.
-DIKW Paradigm (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom)
Foundation of Knowledge model - Correct Answers Model that proposes that humans are
organic information systems constantly acquiring, processing, and generating information or
knowledge in both their professional and personal lives.
Computer Science - Correct Answers Study of storage, conversion and transformation, transfer
or transmission of information in computers through algorithms and practical implementation
problems.
Cognitive Science - Correct Answers Studies how the mind works from an information
processing perspective.
Information Science - Correct Answers The study of the retrieval, application, use and
management of information as well as the human-computer interaction.
Standard Terminologies - Correct Answers Structured, controlled languages developed to
represent concepts in a given domain in a clear, unambiguous fashion that conveys the exact
same meaning for data, information, and knowledge across settings, regions, and even different
countries.
Nomenclature - Correct Answers Refers to a system of rules and procedures for adding names
used in an art or science, such as nursing.
Classification - Correct Answers Systems that capture categories, which are then used to
determine costs or outcomes but are insufficient in detail for clinical documentation purposes
