NURS 360 Mid Term Exam Guide
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2025/2026
For which is information literacy considered essential? - correct answer ✔evidence-based practice
When describing how new systems for information are organized, which would the nursing informatics
specialist explain as being used? - correct answer ✔data
A nurse asks the nursing informatics specialist, "What is the difference between computer literacy and
computer fluency?" Which information would the nursing informatics specialist integrate into the
response? - correct answer ✔Computer literacy refers to the ability to perform tasks with a computer.
A nurse involved in informatics identifies the need for information and demonstrates ability to locate,
evaluate, and effectively use it. The nurse is demonstrating which competency? - correct answer
✔Information literacy
When reviewing a client safety database, the nurse understands that which information is being used? -
correct answer ✔Aggregated date
A nurse is reviewing the components of a computer system that he or she has just purchased. Which
operating system would he or she expect to find as the most common? - correct answer ✔Microsoft
windows
When using a computer program, a nurse enters a command by pointing and clicking. The nurse student
understands that this action is the result of: - correct answer ✔Graphical Uses Interfaces
A nurse is working on the computer using a trial copy of a software program. The nurse is using: - correct
answer ✔Shareware
, Which term describes what happens to a computer after a specific period of inactivity? - correct answer
✔Sleeping
A nurse is reading a journal article about the evolution of computers and operating systems. The nurse
would expect to read about which operating system as the first released? - correct answer ✔Mac
A nurse receives an e-mail containing a web address hyperlink on his or her personal computer. The e-
mail instructs the nurse to go to the website to confirm his or her bank account number. When the
nurse clicks on the link, it would take him or her to a phony website. This is an example of: - correct
answer ✔Phishing
A client contacts his or her healthcare provider through a web-based portal software program to ask for
a medication refill. The client is using: - correct answer ✔Virtual Private Network
A nurse practitioner wants to join a professional networking site with other nurse practitioners. Which
site would the nurse practitioner most likely choose? - correct answer ✔LinkedIn
A practicing nurse is looking for other employment opportunities and wanting to connect with other
nurses about the different career paths available. Which site would be most appropriate for the nurse to
use? - correct answer ✔LinkedIn
A nurse who is attending graduate school must write a paper about the effects of a chronic disease on
the client and family. Which style would the nurse most likely use to write the paper? - correct answer
✔APA
A nurse has decided to write a paper for a presentation at a local healthcare facility. Which step would
be most important for the nurse to do first? - correct answer ✔Identify the audience
Which word processor is considered a commercial word processor? - correct answer ✔Microsoft Word
Question and answers rated A+
2025/2026
For which is information literacy considered essential? - correct answer ✔evidence-based practice
When describing how new systems for information are organized, which would the nursing informatics
specialist explain as being used? - correct answer ✔data
A nurse asks the nursing informatics specialist, "What is the difference between computer literacy and
computer fluency?" Which information would the nursing informatics specialist integrate into the
response? - correct answer ✔Computer literacy refers to the ability to perform tasks with a computer.
A nurse involved in informatics identifies the need for information and demonstrates ability to locate,
evaluate, and effectively use it. The nurse is demonstrating which competency? - correct answer
✔Information literacy
When reviewing a client safety database, the nurse understands that which information is being used? -
correct answer ✔Aggregated date
A nurse is reviewing the components of a computer system that he or she has just purchased. Which
operating system would he or she expect to find as the most common? - correct answer ✔Microsoft
windows
When using a computer program, a nurse enters a command by pointing and clicking. The nurse student
understands that this action is the result of: - correct answer ✔Graphical Uses Interfaces
A nurse is working on the computer using a trial copy of a software program. The nurse is using: - correct
answer ✔Shareware
, Which term describes what happens to a computer after a specific period of inactivity? - correct answer
✔Sleeping
A nurse is reading a journal article about the evolution of computers and operating systems. The nurse
would expect to read about which operating system as the first released? - correct answer ✔Mac
A nurse receives an e-mail containing a web address hyperlink on his or her personal computer. The e-
mail instructs the nurse to go to the website to confirm his or her bank account number. When the
nurse clicks on the link, it would take him or her to a phony website. This is an example of: - correct
answer ✔Phishing
A client contacts his or her healthcare provider through a web-based portal software program to ask for
a medication refill. The client is using: - correct answer ✔Virtual Private Network
A nurse practitioner wants to join a professional networking site with other nurse practitioners. Which
site would the nurse practitioner most likely choose? - correct answer ✔LinkedIn
A practicing nurse is looking for other employment opportunities and wanting to connect with other
nurses about the different career paths available. Which site would be most appropriate for the nurse to
use? - correct answer ✔LinkedIn
A nurse who is attending graduate school must write a paper about the effects of a chronic disease on
the client and family. Which style would the nurse most likely use to write the paper? - correct answer
✔APA
A nurse has decided to write a paper for a presentation at a local healthcare facility. Which step would
be most important for the nurse to do first? - correct answer ✔Identify the audience
Which word processor is considered a commercial word processor? - correct answer ✔Microsoft Word
