NR599- FINAL EXAM STUDY SET
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
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Nursing informatics - Correct Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ Generalist and Informatics
Nurse Specialist
Informatics Nurse Specialist - Correct Answer ✔✔ Completed graduate level education
in informatics or related field
Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ Those who work with information and
generate knowledge as a product. Nurses are an example of such.
Wisdom - Correct Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ Study of storage, conversion and
transformation, transfer or transmission of information in computers through algorithms
and practical implementation problems.
Cognitive Science - Correct Answer ✔✔ Studies how the mind works from an
information processing perspective.
, Information Science - Correct Answer ✔✔ The study of the retrieval, application, use
and management of information as well as the human-computer interaction.
Standard Terminologies - Correct Answer ✔✔ 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 Answer ✔✔ Refers to a system of rules and procedures for
adding names used in an art or science, such as nursing.
Classification - Correct Answer ✔✔ Systems that capture categories, which are then
used to determine costs or outcomes but are insufficient in detail for clinical
documentation purposes
Taxonomy - Correct Answer ✔✔ Uses classification according to a predetermined
system, with the resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for
discussion, analysis, or information retrieval.
Data Set - Correct Answer ✔✔ Refers to a named collection of data consisting of
individual information organized in a prescribed fashion
Analytics - Correct Answer ✔✔ A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical
and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based
management to drive decisions and actions. Can improve marketing or in healthcare,
services for the demographics served.
Nursing Informatics Competencies - Correct Answer ✔✔ The integration of knowledge,
skills, and attitudes in the performance of various nursing informatics activities within
prescribed levels of nursing practice
ICD - Correct Answer ✔✔ International Statistical Classification of Diseases and
Related Health Problems; Maintained by the WHO and provides a description and
classification of known diseases and injuries.
CPT - Correct Answer ✔✔ Current Procedural Terminology; Unique billing codes for
services rendered; Maintained by the American Medical Association.
Nursing Informatics Roles - Correct Answer ✔✔ Project Manager, Consultant, Educator,
Researcher, Product Developer, Decision Support/Outcomes Manager, Advocate/Policy
Developer, Clinical Analyst/System Specialist, Entrepreneur
TIGER Initiative - Correct Answer ✔✔ -The work of the Technology Informatics Guiding
Education Reform Team. This team of nursing leaders developed a vision for utilizing
information technology to transform nursing practice.