NR599 Final Exam
NR 599: Nursing Informatics for Advanced Practice:
Chamberlain College of Nursing (MCQs, True/False,
Essay Questions with Answers)
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, Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is it difficult to integrate information from all hospital departments into a single hospital
information system?
a. Individual departments want to obtain & maintain specialized systems
b. Hospital departments are organized along vertical lines while the continuum of care for
patients flows along horizontal lines
c. Patient care systems & financial management systems are incompatible with each other
d. Each department is required by law & the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
& Health Care Organizations to maintain specific information for billing & accreditation
purposes
e. Individual departments do not see the value in comprehensive patient records
2. Which of the following groups of activities represent challenges to the technologist when
building an integrated hospital information system?
a. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments into a case
management model
b. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single care model, realigning traditional departments into a case management
model
c. Allowing specific departments to retain their individualized information systems, getting
all departments to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments
into a case management model
d. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, keeping all hospital departments within the
traditional vertical structure
e. Allowing all departments to retain their individual information systems, allowing all
departments to have their own billing system, keeping all hospital departments separate
but equal
3. The conceptual components of informatics are:
a. Management, processing, & transformation
b. Data, information, & paradigms
c. Data, information, & knowledge
d. Management, processing, & data
e. Management, processing, & knowledge
4. Several colleges have suggested that Wikipedia™ be banned as a resource for academic papers.
Which of the following statements support that ban?
a. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered a primary source of information
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NR 599: Nursing Informatics for Advanced Practice:
Chamberlain College of Nursing (MCQs, True/False,
Essay Questions with Answers)
1
, Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is it difficult to integrate information from all hospital departments into a single hospital
information system?
a. Individual departments want to obtain & maintain specialized systems
b. Hospital departments are organized along vertical lines while the continuum of care for
patients flows along horizontal lines
c. Patient care systems & financial management systems are incompatible with each other
d. Each department is required by law & the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
& Health Care Organizations to maintain specific information for billing & accreditation
purposes
e. Individual departments do not see the value in comprehensive patient records
2. Which of the following groups of activities represent challenges to the technologist when
building an integrated hospital information system?
a. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments into a case
management model
b. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single care model, realigning traditional departments into a case management
model
c. Allowing specific departments to retain their individualized information systems, getting
all departments to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments
into a case management model
d. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, keeping all hospital departments within the
traditional vertical structure
e. Allowing all departments to retain their individual information systems, allowing all
departments to have their own billing system, keeping all hospital departments separate
but equal
3. The conceptual components of informatics are:
a. Management, processing, & transformation
b. Data, information, & paradigms
c. Data, information, & knowledge
d. Management, processing, & data
e. Management, processing, & knowledge
4. Several colleges have suggested that Wikipedia™ be banned as a resource for academic papers.
Which of the following statements support that ban?
a. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered a primary source of information
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