A new nurse is documenting in a patient's electronic health record when a visitor ap-
proaches the nurse to ask questions. What should the nurse do to ensure confidentiality and
security of the patient's electronic health record?
A.Close the electronic health record immediately.
B.Take the visitor to the nurse's station for assistance.
C.Continue documenting the record and answer the visitor's questions.
D.None of these is correct. - ANSWER A. Close the electronic health record immediately
A nurse reviews the electronic health record of a patient and identifies a drug allergy to the
medication that has been prescribed. The nurse has demonstrated:
A. informatics competency.
B. dissemination of nursing science.
C. generation of new knowledge.
D. interpretation of data. - ANSWER D. Interpretation
A nurse reviews the patient's electronic health record prior to meeting the patient. The
nurse is:
A. acquiring knowledge and wisdom.
B. analyzing knowledge and data.
C. applying knowledge from the basic sciences.
D. gathering information and data. - ANSWER D. Gathering information and data
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,A nursing professional reads a nursing journal article on a new patient care technology. This
nursing professional is:
A. processing knowledge.
B. generating knowledge.
C. using feedback.
D. acquiring knowledge. - ANSWER D. Acquiring knowledge
Every nurse must commit to lifelong learning and the use of knowledge in practice in order
to be successful.
True or False - ANSWER True
The nurse violates a patient's confidentiality and right to privacy by:
A. discussing care-related information with the patient's respiratory therapist.
B. discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.
C. providing bedside report containing patient information to the oncoming nurse.
D. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results. - ANSWER D. looking up a
colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results.
When a nurse uses information from other sources to help rethink, revise, and apply
knowledge to a clinical situation, this is known as:
A. feedback.
B. knowledge processing.
C. knowledge engineering.
D. None of these is correct. - ANSWER A. feedback.
Which of the following activities is/are used to build a foundation of knowledge in profes-
sional practice?
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, A. Reading research and theory articles
B. Attending continuing education programs
C. Consulting with expert colleagues and using clinical practice guidelines
D. All of these - ANSWER D. All of these
Which of the following best describes the central goal of nursing informatics?
A. To foster interdisciplinary collaboration and communication in a healthcare organization
B. To promote patient safety and prevent falls by assigning a fall risk number to hospitalized
patients
C. To manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of
nursing care
D. To increase efficiency of care delivery and help to manage costs - ANSWER C. To man-
age and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of nursing
care
A nurse is performing a physical assessment on a patient with chest pain. Which of the fol-
lowing is a technology that the nurse would use to obtain objective data on the physical sta-
tus of the patient?
A. Heart monitor
B. Clinical practice guideline
C. Electronic health record
D. Electronic nursing journal - ANSWER A. Heart monitor
A nurse is caring for a patient who experiences a complication after surgery. The nurse un-
derstands the cause-and-effect relationship because her knowledge is based in:
A. reason.
B. intuition.
C. empiricism.
D. instinct. - ANSWER A. reason.
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proaches the nurse to ask questions. What should the nurse do to ensure confidentiality and
security of the patient's electronic health record?
A.Close the electronic health record immediately.
B.Take the visitor to the nurse's station for assistance.
C.Continue documenting the record and answer the visitor's questions.
D.None of these is correct. - ANSWER A. Close the electronic health record immediately
A nurse reviews the electronic health record of a patient and identifies a drug allergy to the
medication that has been prescribed. The nurse has demonstrated:
A. informatics competency.
B. dissemination of nursing science.
C. generation of new knowledge.
D. interpretation of data. - ANSWER D. Interpretation
A nurse reviews the patient's electronic health record prior to meeting the patient. The
nurse is:
A. acquiring knowledge and wisdom.
B. analyzing knowledge and data.
C. applying knowledge from the basic sciences.
D. gathering information and data. - ANSWER D. Gathering information and data
1
,A nursing professional reads a nursing journal article on a new patient care technology. This
nursing professional is:
A. processing knowledge.
B. generating knowledge.
C. using feedback.
D. acquiring knowledge. - ANSWER D. Acquiring knowledge
Every nurse must commit to lifelong learning and the use of knowledge in practice in order
to be successful.
True or False - ANSWER True
The nurse violates a patient's confidentiality and right to privacy by:
A. discussing care-related information with the patient's respiratory therapist.
B. discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.
C. providing bedside report containing patient information to the oncoming nurse.
D. looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results. - ANSWER D. looking up a
colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results.
When a nurse uses information from other sources to help rethink, revise, and apply
knowledge to a clinical situation, this is known as:
A. feedback.
B. knowledge processing.
C. knowledge engineering.
D. None of these is correct. - ANSWER A. feedback.
Which of the following activities is/are used to build a foundation of knowledge in profes-
sional practice?
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, A. Reading research and theory articles
B. Attending continuing education programs
C. Consulting with expert colleagues and using clinical practice guidelines
D. All of these - ANSWER D. All of these
Which of the following best describes the central goal of nursing informatics?
A. To foster interdisciplinary collaboration and communication in a healthcare organization
B. To promote patient safety and prevent falls by assigning a fall risk number to hospitalized
patients
C. To manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of
nursing care
D. To increase efficiency of care delivery and help to manage costs - ANSWER C. To man-
age and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of nursing
care
A nurse is performing a physical assessment on a patient with chest pain. Which of the fol-
lowing is a technology that the nurse would use to obtain objective data on the physical sta-
tus of the patient?
A. Heart monitor
B. Clinical practice guideline
C. Electronic health record
D. Electronic nursing journal - ANSWER A. Heart monitor
A nurse is caring for a patient who experiences a complication after surgery. The nurse un-
derstands the cause-and-effect relationship because her knowledge is based in:
A. reason.
B. intuition.
C. empiricism.
D. instinct. - ANSWER A. reason.
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