FINAL EXAM NUR2513 ACTUAL ASSESSMENT
2026 COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Secondary data analysis. Answer: analyzing data for purposes
other than the purpose of the original collection.
◉ Benefits of informatics. Answer: - Improve patient outcomes:
creating and using aggregated data, preventing errors, easing work
conditions, and providing better documentation
- Provide information about problems, show patterns: any shared
patient data (outside agency or with those without a need to know)
must be deidentified (no way to identify the patient from the data)
- Improved communication among all healthcare providers
- Easy, quick storage, and retrieval of healthcare records
- Saving of time and money with computerization of tasks; easier
method for recording charges (no lost charges)
- Improves practice and helps nursing science to develop
- Improves documentation:
decreases time spent on documentation; nurse can enter patient
data once, data can later be retrieved and presented in many forms
to meet needs of other users
- Uses data for quality control and research due to complete
documentation
,- Builds evidence-based nursing knowledge
◉ Best-of-breed. Answer: - Selection of a system that best meets the
needs of a particular service line or department (individual
departments may have different systems from different vendors)
- Requires an integrated interface at the institutional level
◉ Integrated enterprise system. Answer: - A "package" system that
is designed to meet the needs of the whole organization
- Departments make the universal product work for them as-is
◉ Quality payment program. Answer: Healthcare facilities are paid
based on quality outcomes, not on number of patients served or the
resources needed to care for these patients (facilities are no longer
rewarded for poor care/outcomes)
◉ EHR certification. Answer: Certification is a quality measure that
helps ensure interoperability/healthcare data communication that
meets Meaningful Use objectives
◉ Health IT research and analysis reports. Answer: Healthcare
providers and facilities can use reports to choose the best
system/upgrade system for their needs
,◉ Admission, discharge, and transfer system. Answer: - Tracks
patient details (demographics, insurance information, medical
record #, providers, next of kin)
- Patient interactions are linked to this information
◉ Financial system. Answer: - Tracks financial interactions
- Provides fiscal reporting necessary for maintaining business
- Key functions: Ensure higher rate of collection from payers,
expedite payments from accounts receivable, minimize insurance
payer denials, ensure billing practices are ethical
◉ Clinical information systems. Answer: - Core clinical information
systems: ancillary departments (lab, radiology, & pharmacy)
- Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
- Electronic medication administration record (eMAR)
- Positive patient identifier (PPID): Barcoded medication
administration system
◉ Ancillary systems. Answer: - Store and view clinical testing and
diagnostic patient information
- Lab systems: integrate data from standard lab departments
(hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, & pathology)
, - Radiology systems: integrate data from diagnostic & therapeutic
services; picture archiving and communication system (PACS):
Digital imaging storage in the electronic patient record
- Pharmacy systems: provides a means for stocking and recording
medications dispensed by the pharmacy
◉ Clinical documentation systems. Answer: - Part of the clinical
workflow
- Support the communication of real-time information
- Clinical documentation software is designed by using rules so that
when the assessment data with abnormal values, such as a pulse
rate or blood pressure, are entered, the abnormal values stand out
because they are displayed in a different color
- Can help the nurse to manage assignments and workload
- Remove the need to find the paper chart and allow all who use the
electronic chart to access information whenever and wherever it is
needed
- Allow for data retrieval used in long-range planning and research
◉ Clinical decision support systems. Answer: computer applications
that use a complex system of rules to analyze data and present
information to support the decision-making process of the
knowledge worker
2026 COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Secondary data analysis. Answer: analyzing data for purposes
other than the purpose of the original collection.
◉ Benefits of informatics. Answer: - Improve patient outcomes:
creating and using aggregated data, preventing errors, easing work
conditions, and providing better documentation
- Provide information about problems, show patterns: any shared
patient data (outside agency or with those without a need to know)
must be deidentified (no way to identify the patient from the data)
- Improved communication among all healthcare providers
- Easy, quick storage, and retrieval of healthcare records
- Saving of time and money with computerization of tasks; easier
method for recording charges (no lost charges)
- Improves practice and helps nursing science to develop
- Improves documentation:
decreases time spent on documentation; nurse can enter patient
data once, data can later be retrieved and presented in many forms
to meet needs of other users
- Uses data for quality control and research due to complete
documentation
,- Builds evidence-based nursing knowledge
◉ Best-of-breed. Answer: - Selection of a system that best meets the
needs of a particular service line or department (individual
departments may have different systems from different vendors)
- Requires an integrated interface at the institutional level
◉ Integrated enterprise system. Answer: - A "package" system that
is designed to meet the needs of the whole organization
- Departments make the universal product work for them as-is
◉ Quality payment program. Answer: Healthcare facilities are paid
based on quality outcomes, not on number of patients served or the
resources needed to care for these patients (facilities are no longer
rewarded for poor care/outcomes)
◉ EHR certification. Answer: Certification is a quality measure that
helps ensure interoperability/healthcare data communication that
meets Meaningful Use objectives
◉ Health IT research and analysis reports. Answer: Healthcare
providers and facilities can use reports to choose the best
system/upgrade system for their needs
,◉ Admission, discharge, and transfer system. Answer: - Tracks
patient details (demographics, insurance information, medical
record #, providers, next of kin)
- Patient interactions are linked to this information
◉ Financial system. Answer: - Tracks financial interactions
- Provides fiscal reporting necessary for maintaining business
- Key functions: Ensure higher rate of collection from payers,
expedite payments from accounts receivable, minimize insurance
payer denials, ensure billing practices are ethical
◉ Clinical information systems. Answer: - Core clinical information
systems: ancillary departments (lab, radiology, & pharmacy)
- Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
- Electronic medication administration record (eMAR)
- Positive patient identifier (PPID): Barcoded medication
administration system
◉ Ancillary systems. Answer: - Store and view clinical testing and
diagnostic patient information
- Lab systems: integrate data from standard lab departments
(hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, & pathology)
, - Radiology systems: integrate data from diagnostic & therapeutic
services; picture archiving and communication system (PACS):
Digital imaging storage in the electronic patient record
- Pharmacy systems: provides a means for stocking and recording
medications dispensed by the pharmacy
◉ Clinical documentation systems. Answer: - Part of the clinical
workflow
- Support the communication of real-time information
- Clinical documentation software is designed by using rules so that
when the assessment data with abnormal values, such as a pulse
rate or blood pressure, are entered, the abnormal values stand out
because they are displayed in a different color
- Can help the nurse to manage assignments and workload
- Remove the need to find the paper chart and allow all who use the
electronic chart to access information whenever and wherever it is
needed
- Allow for data retrieval used in long-range planning and research
◉ Clinical decision support systems. Answer: computer applications
that use a complex system of rules to analyze data and present
information to support the decision-making process of the
knowledge worker
