ATI Test Nurse's Touch: Nursing
informatics and Technology QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
WITH RATIONALES
1. An informatics nurse specialist may engage in numerous roles. Which of the
following roles is specific to her qualifications?
A. Project manager to design & implement updates to the electronic
health record in a facility.
B. Liaison between health care professionals, information technology
department & administration.
C. Data processing & reviewing statistics related to research programs. -
ANSWER ✅ B
(the informatics nurse specialist is expected to be able to "talk the talk" of NI
& communicate the importance of information technology to an
interdisciplinary team. The INS is expected to promote the effectiveness of
information systems & revise existing systems to meet the needs of clinical
staff)
2. Risks associated with the use of information technologies include which of
the following?
A. Compromising client & caregiver safety related to nursing care &
health outcomes.
B. Loss of electronic information due to glitches & external threats to
security.
C. Decreased dependence on traditonal & trial & error when problems
solving. - ANSWER ✅ B
(the primary risk associated with the sue of electronic health records & other
information science technologies I the potential loss of information due to
system errors, mechanical glitches & external security threats)
, 3. A new staff member asks a nurse what the abbreviation CDSS means. The
correct response is...
A. Clinical Decision Support System.
B. Clinical Documentation Specific Systems.
C. Communication Documentation Support System. - ANSWER ✅ A
(clinical decision support systems use evidence based practice & clinical
guidelines to assist physicians, nurses & others to make the best practice
decisions based on client data)
4. The purpose of using critical pathways to help manage the care of clients
who have specific clinical problems is to...
A. Improve client outcomes by providing timely interventions.
B. Increase variation of care to each individual client.
C. Control the degree of standardization across populations. - ANSWER
✅A
(critical pathways are used by the interdisciplinary team to track a client's
progress. the clinical pathway outlines assessments, interventions, treatments
& outcomes for health-related conditions for a specified period of time)
5. When administering a client's medication, a nurse uses which of the
following actions as the best way to reduce preventable medication errors?
A. Scan the client's medication, ask the client to state her name & date of
birth.
B. Scan the client's medication, and scan the client's hospital
identification armband.
C. Visually verify the medication, and ask the client to state her name &
date of birth. - ANSWER ✅ C
(the nurse should visually verify the correct medication & dosage, as well as
use 2 client identifiers before administering the medication. this is the best
way to reduce preventable medication errors)
6. Confidential information in a secure network is most often breached by...
informatics and Technology QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
WITH RATIONALES
1. An informatics nurse specialist may engage in numerous roles. Which of the
following roles is specific to her qualifications?
A. Project manager to design & implement updates to the electronic
health record in a facility.
B. Liaison between health care professionals, information technology
department & administration.
C. Data processing & reviewing statistics related to research programs. -
ANSWER ✅ B
(the informatics nurse specialist is expected to be able to "talk the talk" of NI
& communicate the importance of information technology to an
interdisciplinary team. The INS is expected to promote the effectiveness of
information systems & revise existing systems to meet the needs of clinical
staff)
2. Risks associated with the use of information technologies include which of
the following?
A. Compromising client & caregiver safety related to nursing care &
health outcomes.
B. Loss of electronic information due to glitches & external threats to
security.
C. Decreased dependence on traditonal & trial & error when problems
solving. - ANSWER ✅ B
(the primary risk associated with the sue of electronic health records & other
information science technologies I the potential loss of information due to
system errors, mechanical glitches & external security threats)
, 3. A new staff member asks a nurse what the abbreviation CDSS means. The
correct response is...
A. Clinical Decision Support System.
B. Clinical Documentation Specific Systems.
C. Communication Documentation Support System. - ANSWER ✅ A
(clinical decision support systems use evidence based practice & clinical
guidelines to assist physicians, nurses & others to make the best practice
decisions based on client data)
4. The purpose of using critical pathways to help manage the care of clients
who have specific clinical problems is to...
A. Improve client outcomes by providing timely interventions.
B. Increase variation of care to each individual client.
C. Control the degree of standardization across populations. - ANSWER
✅A
(critical pathways are used by the interdisciplinary team to track a client's
progress. the clinical pathway outlines assessments, interventions, treatments
& outcomes for health-related conditions for a specified period of time)
5. When administering a client's medication, a nurse uses which of the
following actions as the best way to reduce preventable medication errors?
A. Scan the client's medication, ask the client to state her name & date of
birth.
B. Scan the client's medication, and scan the client's hospital
identification armband.
C. Visually verify the medication, and ask the client to state her name &
date of birth. - ANSWER ✅ C
(the nurse should visually verify the correct medication & dosage, as well as
use 2 client identifiers before administering the medication. this is the best
way to reduce preventable medication errors)
6. Confidential information in a secure network is most often breached by...
