WGU - C468 Information Management and the Application of Technology PA
How is information related to data? Correct Answer: Information is data that have been interpreted
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to
practice
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in his situation? Correct Answer: Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? Correct Answer: Nurses generate knowledge
as a product.
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Beginning nurse Uses
information systems to manage patients
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Experienced nurse Pulls
trends out of data
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics innovator
Generates informatics theory
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
specialist Focuses on nursing's information needs
The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
Plays an active role in research and theory development Correct Answer: Informatics nurse specialist
Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Correct Answer: Informatics nurse speicalist
Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Correct Answer:
Informatics nurse
Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for
previously hidden trends? Correct Answer: Data mining
, A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The
nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current
clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Correct Answer: To promote desired
clinical outcomes
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system
utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the
specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but
she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all
nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing
Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Correct Answer: Lack of
continued support
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient
arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-
sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care?
Correct Answer: The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care
being delivered in a timely manner.
Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? Correct Answer: Barcode scanning for
medication administration
Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and nursing
outcomes? Correct Answer: ICNP
Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? Correct Answer:
Meaningful Use
What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? Correct Answer: Creating economic
incentives and policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and professional
goals
What is the importance of a nurse's active participation in electronic patient information? Correct
Answer: To ensure patient information will be current and accessible to the healthcare team
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's worsening heart failure.
The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this situation?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
How is information related to data? Correct Answer: Information is data that have been interpreted
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to
practice
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in his situation? Correct Answer: Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? Correct Answer: Nurses generate knowledge
as a product.
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Beginning nurse Uses
information systems to manage patients
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Experienced nurse Pulls
trends out of data
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics innovator
Generates informatics theory
Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
specialist Focuses on nursing's information needs
The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Correct Answer: Informatics nurse
Plays an active role in research and theory development Correct Answer: Informatics nurse specialist
Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Correct Answer: Informatics nurse speicalist
Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Correct Answer:
Informatics nurse
Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for
previously hidden trends? Correct Answer: Data mining
, A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The
nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current
clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Correct Answer: To promote desired
clinical outcomes
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system
utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the
specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but
she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all
nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing
Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Correct Answer: Lack of
continued support
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient
arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-
sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care?
Correct Answer: The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care
being delivered in a timely manner.
Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? Correct Answer: Barcode scanning for
medication administration
Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and nursing
outcomes? Correct Answer: ICNP
Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? Correct Answer:
Meaningful Use
What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? Correct Answer: Creating economic
incentives and policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and professional
goals
What is the importance of a nurse's active participation in electronic patient information? Correct
Answer: To ensure patient information will be current and accessible to the healthcare team
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's worsening heart failure.
The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this situation?
Choose 2 answers Correct Answer: The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
